Art & Language sound recordings
name: label: Creator
content: Art & Language (Group)
topic: label: Topic
content: Conceptual art
acqinfo: label: Provenance
content: The collection was donated by Nigel Lendon, one of the participants, in 2011.
creator: label: Creator
content: Art & Language (Group)
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content: Art & Language sound recordings
abstract: label: Summary
content: Twelve audio cassettes of six days of meetings, conducted in 1975, by members of the Art & Language group, concerning the future of the group. Participants include Sarah Charlesworth, Carol Condé, Michael Corris, Christine Kozlov, Nigel Lendon, Andrew Menard, Mel Ramsden, and Paula Ramsden among others. Participants discuss Marxism, Capitalism, including class and gender structure in society and other political issues; Art & Language publication, "The Fox"; and the Structuralist and Formalist movements in art. Also mentioned are the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Council.
bioghist: label: Biographical / Historical
content: Art & Language (1967- 1975) was a group of artists based in England and New York, N.Y. that focused on Conceptual art.
physdesc: label: Extent
content: 0.5 Linear Feet
unitdate: label: Date
content: 1975
dataSource: label: Archival Repository
content: Archives of American Art
identifier: label: Identifier
content: AAA.artlang
objectType: label: Type
content: Collection descriptions
label: Type
content: Archival materials
label: Type
content: Sound recordings
arrangement: label: Arrangement
content: The collection is arranged into one series.
processinfo: label: Processing Information
content: The collection was processed, and a finding aid prepared by Ricky Gomez in 2020.
genre_format: label: Genre/Form
content: Sound recordings
scopecontent: label: Scope and Contents
content: The Art & Language sound recordings measure 0.5 linear feet and date to 1975.The collection is a series of meetings held by the group, Art & Language, in which they discuss the future of the group. Participants include Sarah Charlesworth, Carol Conde, Michael Corris, Christine Kozlov, Nigel Lendon, Andrew Menard, Mel Ramsden, and Paula Ramsden. Some of the topics of discussion include Marxism, Capitalism, Art & Language publication "The Fox," and the Structuaralist and Formalist movements in art.