Recording Conceptual Art: Early Interviews with Barry, Huebler, Kaltenbach, LeWitt, Morris, Oppenheim, Siegelaub, Smithson, and Weiner by Patricia Norvell

207 Pages·2001·23.994 MB·English

by  Alberro, Alexander, Barry, Robert, Norvell, Patsy

RECORDING CONCEPTUAL ART

RECORDING
CONCEPTUAL
ART
EARLY INTERVIEWS WITH
Barry
Huebler
Kaltenbach
LeWitt
Edited by
Morris
ALEXANDER ALBERRO
and Oppenheim
PATRICIA NORVELL Siegelaub
Smithson
Weiner
BY PATRICIA NORVELL
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA PRESS
Berkeley Los Angeles London
University of California Press
Berkeley and Los Angeles, California
University of California Press, Ltd.
London, England
© 2001 by Patricia Norvell
Introduction © 2001 by Alexander Alberro
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Recording conceptual art : early interviews with Barry, Huebler, Kaltenbach,
LeWitt, Morris, Oppenheim, Siegelaub, Smithson, and Weiner by Patricia
Norvell / edited by Alexander Alberro and Patricia Norvell.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
isbn0-520-22010-2 (cloth : alk. paper)—
isbn0-520-22011-0 (pbk. : alk. paper)
1. Conceptual art—United States. 2. Artists—United States—
Interviews. I. Barry, Robert, 1936– II. Alberro, Alexander.
III. Norvell, Patsy.
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CONTENTS
LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS vii
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS xi
PREFACE xiii
Patricia Norvell
INTRODUCTION: AT THE THRESHOLD
OF ART AS INFORMATION 1
Alexander Alberro
INTRODUCTION TO ELEVEN INTERVIEWS 17
Patricia Norvell
NOTE ON THE INTERVIEWS 19
Dennis Oppenheim March 29, 1969 21
Seth Siegelaub April 17, 1969 31
Robert Morris May 16, 1969 56
Stephen Kaltenbach May 24, 1969 70
Robert Barry May 30, 1969 86
Lawrence Weiner June 3, 1969 101
Sol LeWitt June 12, 1969 112
Robert Smithson June 20, 1969 124
Douglas Huebler July 25, 1969 135
INDEX 155

ILLUSTRATIONS
Illustrations follow page 100.
1. Dennis Oppenheim, Annual Rings,1968.Photo courtesy of Dennis Oppen-
heim.
2. Dennis Oppenheim, Removal Transplant—New York Stock Exchange,1968.
Photo courtesy of Dennis Oppenheim.
3. Dennis Oppenheim, Cancelled Crop, 1969. Photo courtesy of Dennis Op-
penheim.
4. Duane Michals, Seth Siegelaub,1969. Photo © Duane Michals.
5. Seth Siegelaub, cover of March 1–31, 1969 (New York: Seth Siegelaub,
1969). Photo courtesy of Siegelaub Collection and Archives.
6. Seth Siegelaub, second page of March 1–31, 1969 (New York: Seth Siege-
laub, 1969). Photo courtesy of Siegelaub Collection and Archives.
7. Seth Siegelaub, title page from Andre Barry Huebler Kosuth LeWitt Morris
Weiner(New York: Seth Siegelaub and Jack Wendler, 1968). Photo courtesy
of Siegelaub Collection and Archives.
8. Robert Morris, Continuous Project Altered Daily(state 9), 1969. Photo cour-
tesy of Leo Castelli Gallery, New York.
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9. Robert Morris, Card File, 1962. Photo courtesy of the Centre National
d’Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou.
10. Robert Morris, Untitled (Threadwaste), 1994 refabrication of 1968 origi-
nal. Photo by David Heald © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation,
New York.
11. Robert Morris, Untitled (Dirt),1994 refabrication of 1968 original. Photo
by David Heald © The Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation, New York.
12. Stephen Kaltenbach, sketch for Earthworks, 1967. Photo courtesy of Ste-
phen Kaltenbach.
13. Stephen Kaltenbach, Canvas Piece, ca. 1967–68. Photo courtesy of
Stephen Kaltenbach.
14. Stephen Kaltenbach, Time Capsule, ca. 1968. Photo courtesy of Stephen
Kaltenbach.
15. Stephen Kaltenbach, Art Works,1968. Photo courtesy of Stephen Kalten-
bach.
16. Robert Barry, Telepathic Piece,1969. Photo courtesy of Robert Barry.
17. Robert Barry, gallery space occupied simultaneously by 88mc Carrier
Wave, FM,1968; 1600kc Carrier Wave, AM,1968; 40khz Ultrasonic Sound-
wave Installation,1969. Photo courtesy of Robert Barry.
18. Robert Barry, Inert Gas Series: Helium, 1969. Photo courtesy of Robert
Barry.
19. Robert Barry, 4 to 1,1968. Photo courtesy of Robert Barry.
20. Robert Barry, page from Andre Barry Huebler Kosuth LeWitt Morris Weiner
(New York: Seth Siegelaub and Jack Wendler, 1968). Photo courtesy of
Siegelaub Collection and Archives.
21. Lawrence Weiner, A Rubber Ball Thrown at the Sea,1969.Photo courtesy
of Siegelaub Collection and Archives.
22. Lawrence Weiner, page from Andre Barry Huebler Kosuth LeWitt Morris
Weiner (New York: Seth Siegelaub and Jack Wendler, 1968). Photo cour-
tesy of Siegelaub Collection and Archives.
23. Lawrence Weiner, An Object Tossed from One Country to Another, 1969.
Photo courtesy of Siegelaub Collection and Archives.
24. Sol LeWitt, page from Andre Barry Huebler Kosuth LeWitt Morris Weiner
(New York: Seth Siegelaub and Jack Wendler, 1968). Photo courtesy of
Siegelaub Collection and Archives.
25. Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #2, Drawing Series II (A),1968. Photo courtesy
of Sol LeWitt.
26. Sol LeWitt, Wall Drawing #1, Drawing Series II 18 (A&B), 1968. Photo
courtesy of Sol LeWitt.
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