Seth Siegelaub
Subtitle: beyond conceptual art
By: concept and editing, Leontine Coelewij, Sara Martinetti
Contributors: Amsterdam (Netherlands). Stedelijk Museum
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 559
ISBN-13: 9783863358242
Copyright date: 2016
Subjects: Art publishing; Conceptual art; Exhibitions
Description: "Surveys the life and work of the man widely known as 'the godfather of conceptual art.' Accompanying the eponymous exhibition at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, it is the first comprehensive attempt to chart Siegelaub's activities as a curator, publisher, bibliographer, and collector across different realms, from conceptual art and mass media to politics and textiles"--
Notes: "Stedelijk Museum catalogue number: 923"--Colophon.

"Catalogue-as-exhibition : exhibition-as-catalogue"--Inside book jacket.

Published on the occasion of the exhibition held at the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, December 12, 2015-April 17, 2016.

Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Director's foreward / -- Beatrix Ruf; title: Stichting Egress Foundation foreward  -- Marja Bloem -- Curators' note / -- Leontine Coelewij, Sara Martinetti; title: Tinker, tailor, soldier, sailor  -- Sara Martinetti; title: Seth Siegelaub's material conditions  -- Julia Bryan-Wilson; title: Chronology  -- Sara Martinetti; title: Interview between Seth Siegelaub and Ursula Meyer :; title: 'When you become aware of something, it immediately becomes part of you' --; title: Interview Seth Siegelaub, Robert Horvitz, Thomas Levin :; title: 'I think we can make some trouble there' --; title: Seth Siegelaub and Studio International :; title: conceptual art and production  -- Jo Melvin; title: Unpacking Siegelaub's library :; title: the collection of the IMMRC at the International Institute of Social History  -- Götz Langkau; title: Conversation about Seth Siegelaub's textile collection  -- Matilda McQuaid, Alan Kennedy, Marja Bloem; title: The rules and the game :; title: the legacy of Seth Siegelaub -- Leontine Coelewij.