Name: Information: 50Th Anniversary Edition
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Author: Lucy R. Lippard
ISBN: 9780870709760

portada Information: 50Th Anniversary Edition

Type

Physical Book

Author

Kynaston McShine

Contributions by

Lucy R. Lippard

Publisher

Museum of Modern Art

Year

2019

Language

English

Pages

208

Format

Paperback

Dimensions

27.2 x 21.1 x 1.5 cm

Weight

0.59 kg.

ISBN13

9780870709760

Edition No.

Synopsis "Information: 50Th Anniversary Edition "

The 50th anniversary edition of MoMA's trendsetting book on conceptual artIn the summer of 1970, the Museum of Modern Art in New York mounted the now legendary exhibition Information, one of the first surveys of conceptual art. Conceived by MoMA's celebrated curator Kynaston McShine as an "international report" on contemporary trends, the show and attendant catalog together assembled the work of more than 150 artists from 15 countries to explore the parameters and possibilities of the emerging art practices of the era. Noting the participating artists' attunement to the "mobility and change that pervades their time," McShine underscored their interest in "ways of rapidly exchanging ideas, rather than embalming the idea in an 'object.'" Indeed, much of the work in the exhibition engaged mass-communications systems, such as broadcast television and the postal service, and addressed viewers directly, often encouraging their participation in return. The catalog, rather than merely document the show, functioned autonomously: it included a list of recommended reading, a chance-based index by critic Lucy Lippard, and individual artist contributions in the form of photographic documentation, textual description, drawings and diagrams--some relating to work in the exhibition and others to artworks as yet unrealized. This facsimile edition of the original Information catalog, which has long been out of print, invites reengagement with MoMA's landmark exhibition while illuminating the early history of conceptual art.

Lucy R. Lippard

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Lucy R. Lippard (New York, 1937) is a writer, art critic, curator, and American activist, known for her pioneering role in conceptual art and artistic feminism. Throughout her career, she has published more than 20 books on contemporary art, activism, feminism, and cultural politics. She has received numerous awards and recognitions, including the Guggenheim Fellowship (1968), the Frank Jewett Mather Award from the College Art Association (1975), the Distinguished Feminist Award (2012), and the Distinguished Lifetime Achievement Award for Writing on Art (2015).

Among her most notable works are Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object from 1966 to 1972 (1973), From the Center: Feminist Essays on Women's Art (1976), Eva Hesse (1976), Overlay: Contemporary Art and the Art of Prehistory (1983), Mixed Blessings: New Art in a Multicultural America (1990), and The Lure of the Local: Senses of Place in a Multicentered Society (1997). Her work falls within the genre of critical essay and art theory, and has been fundamental in understanding the intersections between art, politics, and society.

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