Scope and Contents Clive Phillpot coined the term "magazine art" as "art conceived specifically for magazine content, and, therefore, art which is realized only when the magazine itself has been commposed and printed. Alexander Proven Amaxon.com: Allen's book is a great chronicle of the rise and fall of artists' magazines--among them Aspen, 0 to 9, Avalanche, Art-Rite, FILE, and Real Life--that, in the 60s, 70s, and 80s, provided a space for artists to colonize the discourse of the art world, and do so in their own voices. Artists like Robert Smithson, Dan Graham, Mel Bochner, and Vito Acconci created magazine art where criticism had once been, emphasizing the materiality of language, denying its ability to communicate. (Graham's "Schema," a site-specific instructional piece published in a variety of magazines in the 60s and 70s, is a paramount example; it consisted of a template to be completed by the editor, in accordance with the magazine's typography, design, and layout, producing a new work in...

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This book is one of the most extensive collection of word-image material with emphasis on concrete poems ever commercially published. The text is brief, e.g., a preface by Jean-Francois Bory and a postface by Isabelle Maunet-Salliet. Each image is printed one to a page. Although the emphasis is on French poets, there are images from poets all over the world. Significant omissions that are bound to occur in such a large undertaking include among others d.a. levy, Dick Higgins, Dom Silvester Houedard, Steve McCaffery, bill bissett, Edgardo-Antonio Vigo, Leon Ferrari, Mira Schendel, Ana Hatherly, Herman de Vries, Ernesto M. de Melo e Castro, Ben, Herman Damen, Enzo Miglietta, Carlfriedrich Claus, Alan Riddell, and Rachid Koriachi. -- Source of annotation: Marvin or Ruth Sackner.

Scope and Contents This is one of the most outstanding, comprehensive, well illustrated, and documented exhibition catalogues in this genre. In addition to the description of the exhibition approched by movement or country, there are several interviews of the pioneers in the field. Excerpts are translated into French of manifestos and critical texts at pivotal historical points. Brief biographies of the poets/artists in the exhibition are provided. The Sackner lent several works to this exhibition. The Table of Contents includes the following: A. Coron : Avant Apollinaire, vingt siecles de poemes figures.- G. Lista : Entre dynamis et physis ou les mots en liberte du futurisme.- M. Decaudin : De l'espace figure a l'espace signifiant.- J.-P. Bobillot : Du visuel au litteral, quelques propositions.- M. Dachy : Dada, la langue comme utopie.- M. D. : L'Ursonate de Kurt Schwitters.- V. Markov : Les futuristes russes.- A. Schwarz : Les dix facettes d'une poetique libertaire.- M. Davidson : Le texte...