Specific Object / David Platzker
New York, NY, USA
AbeBooks seller since March 20, 2018
About Specific Object / David Platzker
We are open by appointment only. Please visit www.specificobject.com for our complete inventory. Specific Object (2004 - 2013, 2018 - ) is dedicated to art post-1959, specifically pop, Fluxus, minimal, and conceptual, with an interest in the art that informed the 1960s and 1970s, as well as artists whose works organically followed from the era. Specific Object works to isolate distinct works of value historically, monetarily and / or intellectually valuable and show them in isolated contexts, allowing these works, or objects, their own place, space, and time. The material Specific Object presented ranged from artists' publications, ephemera, prints, multiples, and other editions to literature, music / audio works, and unique artworks of the contemporary world. In November 2004, Specific Object acquired the inventory of Barbara Moore's bookstore Bound & Unbound. Through her bookshops Bound & Unbound and its predecessor Backworks, founded in 1976, Moore has been a seminal and innovative champion of artists working in alternative mediums. In February 2005, Specific Object launched the Specific Object Publication of the Year Award to annually recognize excellence in artists' publications. From 1998 through 2004 David Platzker was the Executive Director of the non-profit institution Printed Matter, Inc. He is also the co-author, and co-curator - with Elizabeth Wyckoff - of "Hard Pressed: 600 Years of Prints and Process" (International Print Center New York & Hudson Hills Press, 2000); and - with Richard H. Axsom - the book and exhibition entitled Printed Stuff: Prints, Posters, and Ephemera by "Claes Oldenburg : A Catalogue Raisonne 1958-1996" (Madison Art Center & Hudson Hills Press, 1997), which was awarded the George Wittenborn Award for Best Art Publication of 1997 by the Art Libraries Society of North America. He has curated exhibitions of the works of Art & Project, John Baldessari, Marcel Broodthaers, Documenta 5, Conceptual Art, Marcel Duchamp, Donald Judd, John McLaughlin, Bruce Nauman, Oldenburg, Raymond Pettibon, Dieter Roth, and Edward Ruscha in addition to commissioning or curating exhibitions at Printed Matter of Angelblood, Larry Clark, Erin Cosgrove, Meg Cranston, General Idea, Jenny Holzer, Reverend Jen, Allan Kaprow, Yoko Ono, Ryan McGinness, Sonic Youth, Tom Sachs, David Tremlett, Richard Tuttle, the Guerrilla Girls, Dan Graham, and other projects. Platzker was also the host of WPS1.org's Recorded Matter online radio program. Archived programs can be found at www.artonair.org. His writings have been included in "Claude Closky: Hello And Welcome," "I Love John Giorno," "Jonathan Monk: In Relief (My Collection of Sol LeWitt Books - Exact Size, Shape and Occasionally Colour)," 2015, and elsewhere. From May 2013 through February 2018 David Platzker was Curator of Drawings and Prints at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, where he curated the exhibitions "There Will Never Be Silence: Scoring John Cage's 4'33"" with Jon Hendricks; "Sites of Reason: A Selection of Recent Acquisitions" with Erica Papernik; "Gilbert & George: The Early Years"; and "Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions, 1965 2016" with Connie Butler and Christophe Cherix. He authored essays for the catalogues "Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960-1971," "Louise Lawler : Receptions," "Being Modern: Building the Collection of The Museum of Modern Art," and the critical theory volume "Art and Theory of Post-1989 Central and Eastern Europe: A Critical Anthology" (MoMA Primary Documents). His additional MoMA publications include the vinyl LPs "There Will Never Be Silence," "The Thoughts of Gilbert & George," and "Antonio Dias: The Space Between" as well as the artists' books "Yoko Ono: Grapefruit" and "The Conquest of Space: Atlas for the Use of Artists and the Military" by Marcel Broodthaers.
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100 Wooster Street, Floor 2
New York, NY USA 10012
Specialty:Pop Art, Contemporary Art, Artists' Books, Multiples, Fluxus, Conceptual Art
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100 Wooster Street
New York, NY 10012212 242 6253 tel
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www.specificobject.com
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If you are a consumer you can cancel the contract in accordance with the following. Consumer means any natural person who is acting for purposes which are outside his trade, business, craft or profession.
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You have the right to cancel this contract within 14 days without giving any reason.
The cancellation period will expire after 14 days from the day on which you acquire, or a third party other than the carrier and indicated by you acquires, physical possession of the the last good or the last lot or piece.
To exercise the right to cancel, you must inform us, Specific Object / David Platzker, 100 Wooster Street, 10012, New York, New York, U.S.A., david@specificobject.com, of your decision to cancel this contract by a clear statement (e.g. a letter sent by post or e-mail). You may use the attached model cancellation form, but it is not obligatory. You can also electronically fill in and submit a clear statement on our website, under "My Purchases" in "My Account". If you use this option, we will communicate to you an acknowledgement of receipt of such a cancellation on a durable medium (e.g. by e-mail) without delay.
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Orders placed with us usually ship by USPS within 24 to 48 hours. Shipping costs are based on books weighing 1 LB [.45 KG]. If your book order is heavy or oversized, we may contact you to let you know extra shipping is required.
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Please visit our website: www.specificobject.com for additional inventory and information about our exhibition programing. We reply to all questions 24/7 at david@specificobject.com

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