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The documentation of contemporary art

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Beth Houghton
Beth Houghton*
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Tate Gallery Library
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Abstract

A description of some of the more ephemeral types of documentation surrounding contemporary art is followed by an indication of some of the problems involved in their acquisition, cataloguing and preservation. This is a revised version of a paper given at the two-day course on the Literature of Art and Architecture, organised by ARLIS and the Library Association in December 1979.

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Art Libraries Journal , Volume 5 , Issue 3 , Autumn 1980, pp. 12 - 25
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Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1980

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References

(1) The artist Steve Kaltenbach published a series of statements from November 1968 to January 1970 in the advertisement pages of Artforum.Google Scholar
Kosuth, Joseph published “Time (art as idea as idea)”, in five major British newspapers on 27 December 1968, in the New York Times on 5 January 1969, and in the January 1969 issue of Artforum.Google Scholar
(2) Pioneered particularly by Seth Siegelaub in New York: November 1968, Douglas Huebler (the first exhibition to exist solely as a catalogue); followed by 5-31 January 1969 and 1-31 March 1969 (two group exhibitions existing only as catalogues).Google Scholar
(3) U.S.A.: National Arts Guide, and Seasons in Art France: L’Officiel des Galeries Google Scholar
Germany: Belser Kunstquartal, and Kulturbrief (or for specific towns:Google Scholar
Museen in Koln, and Berliner Kunstblatt) Google Scholar
Switzerland: Kunst Bulletin, and Schweizer Kunst.Google Scholar
Other sources are mentioned in Chapter 5 of Pacey, P. (Ed.) Art Google Scholar
library manual. London: Bowker, 1977, by Anthony, Burton.Google Scholar
(4) ibid. See particularly the References for further citations on this subject.Google Scholar