Inside The Studio: Two Decades of Talks with Artists in New York - Softcover

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0916365700 ISBN 13: 9780916365707

Publisher: Independent Curators International (ICI), 2004

Synopsis

Since 1981, Independent Curators International (ICI) has run a series in which prominent New York artists talk about their work to an audience gathered at the artist's studio. The New York Studio Events program has visited some 200 distinguished artists throughout its history, including Janine Antoni, Mel Bochner, Louise Bourgeois, Petah Coyne, Leon Golub, David Levinthal, Mary Lucier, Laurie Simmons, Richard Tuttle, Fred Wilson, Vik Muniz and Andrea Zittel. Inside the Studio shares for the first time the invaluable archive of audio recordings made during these events, excerpting from approximately 75 of the most fascinating to provide an exceptional oral record of these artists' thinking about their working processes, conceptual issues, the current scene and artists whose work they themselves admire. Founded in 1975, ICI's mission is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of contemporary art through traveling exhibitions and other activities that reach a diverse national and international audience. Collaborating with a wide range of eminent curators over the years, ICI has created some 100 exhibitions that collectively have included the work of more than 2,500 artists, presented at over 450 art spaces located throughout the United States, and 20 other countries.

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Synopsis

Excerpts from transcriptions of audio recordings made from Mar. 11, 1985 to Apr. 15, 2003 during ICI's annual "New York Studio Events," in which artists talk about their work to audiences gathered at the artists' studios.

Edition details

• Publisher: Independent Curators International (ICI)
• Publication date: 2004
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0916365700
• ISBN 13: 9780916365707
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 296