From the Center

by Lucy R. Lippard

Book by Lippard, Lucy R.

Genres: Art, Art History, Nonfiction, Essays, Feminism, Philosophy, Womens

314 pages, Paperback

First published January 1, 1976

About the author

Since 1966, Lippard has published 20 books on feminism, art, politics and place and has received numerous awards and accolades from literary critics and art associations. A 2012 exhibition on her seminal book, Six Years: The Dematerialization of the Art Object at the Brooklyn Museum, titled "Six Years": Lucy R. Lippard and the Emergence of Conceptual Art", cites Lippard's scholarship as its point of entry into a discussion about conceptual art during its era of emergence, demonstrating her crucial role in the contemporary understanding of this period of art production and criticism. Her research on the move toward dematerialization in art making has formed a cornerstone of contemporary art scholarship and discourse.

Co-founder of Printed matter (an art bookstore in New York City centered around artist's books), the Heresies Collective, Political Art Documentation/Distribution (PAD/D), Artists Call Against U.S. Intervention in Central America, and other artists' organizations, she has also curated over 50 exhibitions, done performances, comics, guerrilla theater, and edited several independent publications the latest of which is the decidedly local La Puente de Galisteo in her home community in Galisteo, New Mexico. She has infused aesthetics with politics, and disdained disinterestedness for ethical activism.

Reviews

[Jabeeeeeen · Rating 5 out of 5]

Helps you understand the feminist movement and the female artists engaged in it during the 70s. I read it because I was writing about Kiki Smith. I generally love Lucy Lippard’s writing and critical views.

[Mariana · Rating 3 out of 5]

I only read one essay from this book. It is a collection of Feminist essays on Women's Art. Anyways, the one that captured my eye was the piece regarding the Woman's building and many other organizations for women based in Los Angeles and the SOHO district.