Writing Art
Writings by artists convey a specific type of knowledge or way of thinking about artistic practice that the writings of academic and professional observers do not. It is not just a matter of artists’ texts filling discursive gaps between critical writing and artistic production; it is also a question of texts by artists creating intellectual, political, and cultural possibilities that would not otherwise exist. The books in this series remind us that art’s manifestations and meanings are rendered more complex when artists’ voices are heard, and when artists engage in direct debate and dialogue with each other, the public, and scholars. This series carries the spirit of several earlier book series that shaped aesthetic theory and art writing practice in the twentieth century into the twenty-first century: the Documents of Modern Art series edited by Robert Motherwell (1944-61), the Jargon Society Press founded by Jonathan Williams at Black Mountain College in 1951, Dick Higgins’ Something Else Press (1964-75), and the Nova Scotia Series edited first by Kaspar Koenig and later by Benjamin Buchloh in Halifax in the 1970s. The Writing Art series of MIT Press was initiated by Roger Conover in 1991.
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We Are in Open Circuits
Writings by Nam June Paik
ISBN: 9780262039802
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 1, 2019
Essays, project plans, and correspondence from across Nam Jun Paik's career, much of it previously out of print or unpublished.
Public Knowledge
Selected Writings by Michael Asher
ISBN: 9780262042673
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 15, 2019
Writings by the conceptual artist Michael Asher—including notes, proposals, exhibition statements, and letters to curators and critics—most published here for the first time.
On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters
On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters
The Writings of Hollis Frampton
ISBN: 9780262527606
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 30, 2015
The collected writings of artist and filmmaker Hollis Frampton, including all the essays from the long-unavailable Circles of Confusion along with rare additional material.
The AIDS Crisis Is Ridiculous and Other Writings, 1986–2003
The AIDS Crisis Is Ridiculous and Other Writings, 1986–2003
ISBN: 9780262524599
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 17, 2006
The first collection of writings by a noted artist and activist whose work has focused on the AIDS epidemic.
Out of Order, Out of Sight
Selected Writings in Art Criticism 1967-1992
ISBN: 9780262661539
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 18, 1999
Adrian Piper joins the ranks of writer-artists who have provided much of the basic and most reliable literature on modern and contemporary art. Out of Order, Out of Sight is an artistic and...
Imaging Her Erotics
Essays, Interviews, Projects
ISBN: 9780262692977
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 12, 2003
A visual and written record of the work of pioneer painter-performance artist Carolee Scheemann.
Working Conditions
The Writings of Hans Haacke
ISBN: 9780262034838
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 21, 2016
Texts by Hans Haacke that range from straightforward descriptions of his artworks to wide-ranging reflections on the relationship between art and politics.
Feelings Are Facts
A Life
ISBN: 9780262525107
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 20, 2013
Memoir by the avant-garde dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker recounting her childhood years, sexual misadventures, and artistic explorations.
Ai Weiwei's Blog
Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009
ISBN: 9780262015219
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 18, 2011
Manifestos and immodest proposals from China's most famous artist and activist, culled from his popular blog, shut down by Chinese authorities in 2009.
We Are in Open Circuits
Writings by Nam June Paik
ISBN: 9780262039802
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 1, 2019
Essays, project plans, and correspondence from across Nam Jun Paik's career, much of it previously out of print or unpublished.
Public Knowledge
Selected Writings by Michael Asher
ISBN: 9780262042673
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 15, 2019
Writings by the conceptual artist Michael Asher—including notes, proposals, exhibition statements, and letters to curators and critics—most published here for the first time.
On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters
On the Camera Arts and Consecutive Matters
The Writings of Hollis Frampton
ISBN: 9780262527606
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: January 30, 2015
The collected writings of artist and filmmaker Hollis Frampton, including all the essays from the long-unavailable Circles of Confusion along with rare additional material.
The AIDS Crisis Is Ridiculous and Other Writings, 1986–2003
The AIDS Crisis Is Ridiculous and Other Writings, 1986–2003
ISBN: 9780262524599
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 17, 2006
The first collection of writings by a noted artist and activist whose work has focused on the AIDS epidemic.
Out of Order, Out of Sight
Selected Writings in Art Criticism 1967-1992
ISBN: 9780262661539
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: February 18, 1999
Adrian Piper joins the ranks of writer-artists who have provided much of the basic and most reliable literature on modern and contemporary art. Out of Order, Out of Sight is an artistic and...
Imaging Her Erotics
Essays, Interviews, Projects
ISBN: 9780262692977
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 12, 2003
A visual and written record of the work of pioneer painter-performance artist Carolee Scheemann.
Working Conditions
The Writings of Hans Haacke
ISBN: 9780262034838
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: October 21, 2016
Texts by Hans Haacke that range from straightforward descriptions of his artworks to wide-ranging reflections on the relationship between art and politics.
Feelings Are Facts
A Life
ISBN: 9780262525107
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: September 20, 2013
Memoir by the avant-garde dancer, choreographer, and filmmaker recounting her childhood years, sexual misadventures, and artistic explorations.
Ai Weiwei's Blog
Writings, Interviews, and Digital Rants, 2006-2009
ISBN: 9780262015219
Publisher: The MIT Press
Pub Date: March 18, 2011
Manifestos and immodest proposals from China's most famous artist and activist, culled from his popular blog, shut down by Chinese authorities in 2009.