Research Catalog

Title

• Information / edited by Kynaston L. McShine.

Publication

• New York : Museum of Modern Art, 2019.
• ©1970

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Additional Authors

• McShine, Kynaston,
• Museum of Modern Art (New York, N.Y.), host institution.

Description

207 pages : illustrations; 28 cm

Summary

In 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. --

Subject

• Artists' books > Exhibitions
• Artists' books
• Concept-art
• Conceptual art > Exhibitions
• Conceptual art
• Environment (Art)
• Environment (Art) > Exhibitions

Genre/Form

• Exhibition catalogs.
• Facsimiles.

Note

• Exhibition held at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, July 2 - Sept. 20, 1970, under the auspices of the International Council of the Museum of Modern Art.

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references (pages 200-205) and filmography (pages 193-198).

Contents

Artists -- Essay / Kynaston L. McShine -- Films -- Recommended reading -- Text and photograph credits.

ISBN

• 9780870709760
• 0870709763

LCCN

99989442526

OCLC

• on1102469282
• 1102469282

Owning Institutions

Columbia University Libraries