Conceptual Art: A Critical Anthology
1999 anthology edited by Alexander Alberro and Blake Stimson
Contents
| Author | Title | pg. | Originally published in |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alexander Alberro | Reconsidering Conceptual Art, 1966–1977 | xvi | |
| Blake Stimson | The Promise of Conceptual Art | xxxviii | |
| I. 1966-1967 | |||
| Eduardo Costa, Raúl Escari, Roberto Jacoby | A Media Art (Manifesto) | 2 | |
| Christine Kozlov | Compositions for Audio Structures | 6 | |
| Hélio Oiticica | Position and Program | 8 | |
| Sol LeWitt | Paragraphs on Conceptual Art | 12 | |
| Sigmund Bode | Excerpt from Placement as Language (1928) | 18 | |
| Mel Bochner | The Serial Attitude | 22 | |
| Daniel Buren, Olivier Mosset, Michel Parmentier, Niele Toroni | Statement | 28 | |
| Michel Claura | Buren, Mosset, Toroni or Anybody | 30 | |
| Michael Baldwin | Remarks on Air-Conditioning: An Extravaganza of Blandness | 32 | |
| Adrian Piper | A Defense of the "Conceptual" Process in Art | 36 | |
| Hélio Oiticica | General Scheme of the New Objectivity | 40 | |
| II. 1968 | |||
| Lucy R. Lippard and John Chandler | The Dematerialization of Art | 46 | |
| Terry Atkinson | Concerning the Article "The Dematerialization of Art" | 52 | |
| Yvonne Rainer | Statement | 60 | |
| Hanne Darboven | Statement to Lucy Lippard | 62 | |
| Georges Boudaille | Interview with Daniel Buren: Art Is No Longer Justifiable or Setting the Record Straight | 66 | |
| María Teresa Gramuglio and Nicolás Rosa | Tucumán Burns | 76 | |
| III. 1969 | |||
| Michel Claura | Paris Commentary | 82 | |
| Gregory Battcock | Painting Is Obsolete | 88 | |
| Dan Graham | Art Workers’ Coalition Open Hearing Presentation | 92 | |
| Editors of Art-Language | Introduction | 98 | |
| Sol LeWitt | Sentences on Conceptual Art | 106 | |
| Ian Burn | Dialogue | 110 | |
| Lee Lozano | Dialogue Piece | 112 | |
| Mierle Laderman Ukeles | Maintenance Art Manifesto, Proposal for an Exhibition, "CARE" | 122 | |
| John Murphy | Patron’s Statement for "When Attitudes Become Form" | 126 | |
| Piero Gilardi | Politics and the Avant-Garde | 128 | |
| Jean Clay | Art Tamed and Wild | 136 | |
| Rolf Wedewer | Introduction to Konzeption/Conception | 142 | |
| Daniel Buren | Beware | 144 | |
| Joseph Kosuth | Art After Philosophy | 158 | |
| Lucy R. Lippard | Introduction to 557,087 | 178 | |
| IV. 1970 | |||