Title: MoMA PS1 : a history /
Authors: Biesenbach, Klaus; Funcke, Bettina; Lill, Jonathan; Shultz, Oliver
Year: 2019
Subjects: P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center History.; P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center; The Museum of Modern Art; Art museums New York (State) New York History.; Art, Modern; Art, Modern; Art Musées New York (État) New York Histoire.; Art; Art; ART Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions.; Art, Modern; Art museums; Performance; Interview; Kunst; New York (State) New York
Abstract: "Since its inception in the early 1970s, MoMA PS1 in Long Island City, Queens, has been a crucible for radical experimentation. Committed to New York City as well as to maintaining an international scope, PS1 has always put the artist at the center, engaging practitioners at work in every discipline from performance, music, dance, poetry and new media to painting, sculpture, photography and architecture. This groundbreaking publication captures the vibrancy of a long and venerable tradition that began with the legendary series of performances and events organized by founder Alanna Heiss under the Brooklyn Bridge in 1971.  Organized into four main sections that delve into the former school's rich history as an art center during the 1970s, 1980s and 1990s up to the present, the book features in-depth conversations between Heiss and Klaus Biesenbach, the director of MoMA PS1 from 2010 to 2018, and more than 40 recollections by artists, curators and critics closely associated with the institution--including Marina Abramovic, James Turrell, agnès b, Rebecca Quaytman, Carolee Schneemann and Andrea Zittel.  Presenting extensive photographic documentation of historic exhibitions and performances and related ephemera from the archives, plus an illustrated chronology and comprehensive exhibition history, this indispensable volume offers a vivid chronicle of the extraordinary history of MoMA PS1."--
Contents: Foreword / Glenn D. Lowry -- Preface / Agnes Gund -- Acknowledgments -- 1970s: Founding the anti-museum. -- Introduction / Jonathan Lill -- Alanna Heiss and Klaus Biesenbach, Part I (with Bettina Funcke) -- Finding PS1 / Linda Blumberg -- Though we thought of it as a mortgage, it was a loan / John Comfort -- Disband / Martha Wilson -- 1980s: The backbeat keeps you honest. -- Introduction / Jonathan Lill -- Alanna Heiss and Klaus Biesenbach, Part II (with Bettina Funcke) -- Nothing happens if you don't have a dream / James Turrell and Jeff Weinstein -- Full of possibilities / Chris Dercon -- A crazy school for art / R.H. Quaytman and Klaus Biesenbach (with Bettina Funcke) -- An artist-centric feeling / Tom Finkelpearl -- 19902: An uncategorizable museum alternative. -- Introduction / Oliver Shultz -- Alanna Heiss and Klaus Biesenbach, Part III (with Bettina Funcke) -- PS1 is a canvas / Frederick Fisher -- Our trip to Texas / Antoine (Tony) Guerrero -- Ars gratis artis: leading by charisma / Warren Niesℓuchowski -- We spent a lot of time with the art / Larissa Harris -- 1999-2019: Into the twenty-first century. -- Introduction / Oliver Shultz -- Alanna Heiss and Klaus Biesenbach, Part IV (with Bettina Funcke) -- Meaning is never solid / Janet Cardiff -- The sand in the oyster / Glenn D. Lowry and Klaus Biesenbach -- A place where things become what they are / Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev and Bettina Funcke -- The New York Art Book Fair at MoMA PS1 / Philip Aarons -- Let the art do its work / Peter Eleey and Klaus Biesenbach (with Bettina Funcke) -- IT WAS THE MOST PROMISING TIME FOR A SPACE, 2018 / Lawrence Weiner -- PS1 and its precursors: a chronology -- MoMA PS1 exhibition history -- National and International Studio Program participants -- Contributors -- MoMA PS1 Board of Directors and The Trustees of The Museum of Modern Art.