Artists: Interviews & Writings
- Artists Documentation Program
Interviews of artists and their close associates about their materials, working techniques, and intent for conservation of their works. Some transcripts are available. Free registration is required.
Being an Artist by Call Number: Art Library, N6490 .B45 2018ISBN: 9780692096734A collection of interviews conducted by Art21 over its 21-year history, some published for the first time. Examples include: Bruce Nauman reflecting on choosing the right questions; Julie Mehretu on the historical and political references embedded in her abstract paintings; Cai Guo-Qiang comparing the process of drawing with lovemaking; Nick Cavde describing art as a vehicle to express his emotions; Maya Lin explaining why she keeps art and architecture separate; Catherine Opie narrating her work's evolution from street photography to representational photography; Kerry James Marshall expounding on why art making is about fighting for recognition; James Turrell meditating on spirituality in the arts; and Theaster Gates proposing possibilities for art to go beyond the making of objects.
Encyclopaedia of the Word by Call Number: Art Library, N6490.B6138313 2010ISBN: 9788857204635Achille Bonito Oliva's interviews of 65 of the well-known and controversial artists, such as Joseph Beuys, Andy Warhol, Bruce Nauman, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris, Gilbert&George, Robert Ryman, Joseph Kosuth, Jannis Kounellis, Michelangelo Pistoletto, Hidetoshi Nagasawa, Giulio Paolini, Alighiero Boetti, Jimmy Durham, Marina Abramovic, Mimmo Paladino, William Kentridge, and Dennis Oppenheim.
Twentieth Century Artists on Art by Call Number: Art Library, N6490 .A795 1985ISBN: 0394522761A collection of essays about art by the artists themselves beginning with Picasso and ending with Rothko.
Twentieth Century Artists on Art: An Index by Call Number: Art Library, NX456.R59 1985ISBN: 0816190593An index to writings and interviews from around 5,000 artists, architects, and designers found in books, journals, magazines and exhibition catalogs published through 1983.
20th c. American Art: Primary Sources
Art in America, 1945-1970 by ISBN: 9781598533101Publication Date: 2014-10-09After World War II the center of the art world shifted from Paris to New York as American painters, sculptors and photographers questioned the role and meaning of art. Contemporary accounts significant artists, critics, poets, gallery owners, and other observers convey the sweep and energy of the period, generating a body of writing contending over fundamental questions of style and representation, of commercialism and artistic rigor.
Modern Art in the USA by ISBN: 0130361380Publication Date: 2000Chronological, thorough anthology of texts by artists, critics, exhibition organizers, poets, politicians, and other writers on culture covering the entire 20th c (1900-2000).
- Peter A. Juley & Son Collection
The Peter A. Juley & Son Collection holds 127,000 photographic black-and-white negatives documenting the work of 11,000 American artists. Approximately 10% have been digitized (Nov. 2013). This New York photography firm served artists, galleries, museums, schools, and private collectors from 1896 to 1975. The Juley Collection also contains 3,500 portraits of artists, including formal poses as well as candid shots that depict artists working in their studios, teaching classes, and serving as jurors for exhibitions. Search the entire Juley Collection Catalog online via SIRIS. Use the Limit feature to view works only from the Juley collection.
19th Century Art: Primary Sources
Art in Theory 1815-1900 by Call Number: Art Library, N6450.A779 1998ISBN: 0631200657Publication Date: 1998-03-16Art in Theory 1815-1900 provides the most wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of documents ever assembled on nineteenth-century theories of art.
The Art of All Nations, 1850-1873: The Emerging Role of Exhibitions and Critics by Call Number: Art Library, N6450.A79 1982ISBN: 0691039968
The expanding world of art, 1874-1902 by Call Number: Art Library, N 6450.E97 1988 vol. 1ISBN: 0300038259Primary sources of universal expositions and state-sponsored fine arts exhibitions.- From the classicists to the impressionists: a documentary history of art and architecture in the 19th century. byCall Number: Art Library, 709.03 H742FPublication Date: 1966Primary sources in translation.
Triumph of Art for the Public: the emerging role of exhibitions and critics. by Call Number: Art Library, N 6450.H62ISBN: 0385135114
- Vincent van Gogh The Letters
The edition, based on fifteen years of research, was edited by Leo Jansen, Hans Luijten and Nienke Bakker of the Van Gogh Museum, in association with the Huygens Institute. For each of the 902 letters the edition gives a transcription of the original Dutch or French text, a translation into English, a full (zoomable) facsimile, comprehensive annotation, and illustrations (about 2000 in all) of the works of art discussed in the letters. Editorial procedures are explained under 'About this edition' (http://www.vangoghletters.org/vg/about_1.html). An accompanying six-volume book edition is published in three languages (Dutch, French and English). More information about the books is available at http://www.vangoghletters.org/vg/bookedition.html Peter Boot Huygens Instituut KNAW www.huygensinstituut.knaw.nl
20th c. art: primary sources
Art Since 1900 by Call Number: NX456 .A78 2016 vol. 1 & 2ISBN: 9780500292716Publication Date: 2016Introduces key theoretical approaches to modern and contemporary art. Although the 2016 edition is non-circulating there are several earlier editions may be borrowed.
Documents of 20th-century art Series by Call Number: Vary; follow link for a list of available titlesPublication Date: 1999- presentA series of bibliographies focused on specific artists, theories, movements, etc. of 20th c. art. Each title lists primary and secondary sources and provides definitions. This record links to OBIS records for the 40+ titles in this series.
- The International Dada Archive
Search their Digital Data Library for primary sources created by Dadaists in the early part of the 20th c. - Texts & Documents Series
Print Location: Art Library: call numbers vary, follow link for titles in this series.
Series published by the Getty Research Institute of important primary sources with critical introductions focused on 19th and 20th c. art and architecture.
Theories and Documents of Contemporary Art by ISBN: 9780520253742Publication Date: 2012The 2012 edition represents thirty countries and 100+ new artists.
Contains important primary sources such as artists' statements and interviews as well as essays describing aesthetic approach and intent.
