‘patacritical Interrogation Techniques Anthology Volume 3

Doug Harvey (Ed.)

On the brink between paranoid conspiracy theory and avant-garde literature, LA based critic, curator, and artist Doug Harvey defies logic and redefines art historical thinking in his captured text and images. ‘patacritical Interrogation Techniques is the implementation of the principles of French playwright Alfred Jarry’s science of ‘pataphysics,’ in which texts are subject to extreme stress in order to display their true significance.  Key documents in ‘patacritical research are reprinted in the text and original artifacts generated from new research are published for the first time! Contributors include Clayton Eshleman, Peter Frank, Doug Harvey, John Higham, and more.

January 2013, English

Softcover, 7 x 10 inches, 420 pp, 123 b&w

ISBN 978-09841309-4-8

Retail price: $16.00

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Essaying Essays: Alternative Forms of Exposition

Richard Kostelanetz (Ed.)

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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