Essaying Essays: Alternative Forms of Exposition

Essaying Essays provides a radical view into the revolutionary aesthetic of the late 1960s and early 1970s, containing eclectic essays by major artists compiled by artist and writer Richard Kostelanetz. Kostelanetz has contributed greatly to the source material of the avant-garde movement of the 60’s and 70’s. This reprint of the Essaying Essays anthology is presented in a larger scale from its 1975 newsprint edition providing unique insights into major movements, avant-garde to Fluxus. Over one hundred now legendary artists; Duchamp, Acconci, Auden, Baldessari, Kostelanetz, Cage, Higgins, Lippard, Reinhardt, Serra, Smithson, Brecht, Graham, Oldenberg, Nauman, and many more.

1975-2013, English
Softcover, 7 x 10 inches, 520 pp, 166 b&w
ISBN 978-0-9884715-4-2

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