Winner of the AIGA 50 Books | 50 Covers 2020 competition
Edited by Klaus Biesenbach and Bettina Funcke. With contributions by Phil Aarons, Marina Abramovic, Sarah Arison, agnès b, Linda Blumberg, Janet Cardiff, Chris Dercon, Peter Eleey, Fred Fisher, Tony Guerrero, Larissa Harris, Alanna Heiss, Jonathan Lill, Glenn D. Lowry, Warren Niesluchowski, Carolee Schneemann, Oliver Shultz, James Turrell, Rebecca H. Quaytman, Jeff Weinstein, Martha Wilson, Andrea Zittel. Historical texts by Vito Acconci, Carl Andre, Rudy Burckhardt, Douglas Davis, Simone Forti, Tina Girouard, Philip Glass, Marcia Hafif, Jene Highstein, Nancy Holt, Patrick Ireland, Les Levine, Sol LeWitt, Richard Nonas, Lucio Pozzi, Charlemagne Palestine & Carol Parker, and Hannah Wilke
This is the first publication on the history of MoMA PS1 and features in-depth interviews with its founder Alanna Heiss and key artists who were closely involved with the institution. The extensive illustrations include previously unpublished archival documentation of exhibitions, performances, and events at the alternative art space. In addition to contributions by contemporary artists, the book includes historical statements about PS1 from Vito Acconci, Carl Andre, Rudy Burckhardt, Douglas Davis, Simone Forti, Tina Girouard, Philip Glass, Marcia Hafif, Jene Highstein, Nancy Holt, Patrick Ireland, Les Levine, Sol LeWitt, Richard Nonas, Lucio Pozzi, Charlemagne Palestine and Carol Parker, and Hannah Wilke. 304 pp.; 300 illus.
