Chronology assistant at the SculptureCenter in New York. I don’t like to repeat myself too much – Develops an interest in Oriental rugs. which is of course the essence of success – Begins buying specialist books on and I was in the fortunate position to carpets from second-hand bookshops. be able to evolve into different projects fairly easily. 1964 Seth Siegelaub, 20051 Opens his gallery, Seth Siegelaub Contemporary , at 56th Street, [The following document is based on the New York, where he shows the work available bibliography of Seth Siegelaub’s of Pierre Clerk, Michael Eastman, projects and publications, his archives, Arne Hendin, Alfred Michael and conversations with the author.] Iarusso, Herbert Livesey, Dennis MacCarthy, Lawrence Weiner and 1941 Edward Whiteman. Exhibits the Seth Siegelaub is born in the Bronx, work of Weiner twice, showing the New York, the first of four children. paintings he was making at the time. Raised in an intellectually curious For several months the gallery also lower middle class family. deals in Oriental rugs in partnership with Robert Gaile. 1947–1959 Attends public grade school p.s. 102, the 1965­–1966 Henry Hudson Junior High School Frequents openings and bars such as in the Bronx, and then the Stuyvesant Max’s Kansas City near Union High School. Discovers art and the Square. Makes the acquaintance world of ideas through his frequenta- of many people including gallerist tion of local public libraries, and Richard Bellamy and art historian later, the Donnell Library on 53rd and curator Eugene C. Goossen, Street in Manhattan. whose critical and active support of artists impresses him. Meets artists 1959–1960 Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Completes his military service obligation Huebler, Joseph Kosuth and Sol in the New York State Air National LeWitt, with whom he develops close Guard. working and personal relationships.

1960–1964 1966 Leaves home and moves into an apartment Organises 25, an exhibition with paintings at 59 West 90 Street in Manhattan. and sculptures by John Chamberlain, Briefly attends Hunter College in Joseph Cornell, Willem de Kooning, New York but soon loses interest Philip Guston, Al Heid, Hans in his studies. Works as a plumber, Hofmann, Ellsworth Kelly, Franz and also as a part-time gallery Kline, Martin Maloney, Robert 49

1. Maria Eichhorn, ‘Interview with Seth Siegelaub. 4 April 2005, ’, in Gerti Fietzek (ed.), The Artist’s Contract. Interviews with Carl Andre, Daniel Buren, Paula Cooper, Hans Haacke, Jenny Holzer, Adrian Piper, Robert Projansky, Robert Ryman, Seth Siegelaub, John Weber, Lawrence Weiner, Jackie Winsor (Cologne: Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther König, 2009), p. 41. Motherwell, Louise Nevelson, an exhibition and a symposium Barnett Newman, George Ortman, advertised by a four-part printed Jackson Pollock, Kenneth Price, announcement in an envelope. Ad Reinhardt, David Smith, Jack Tworkov, Lawrence Weiner, Adja 30 April–31 May Yunkers and Larry Zox. Buys a work Organises Carl Andre, Robert Barry, by Ad Reinhardt from the exhibition Lawrence Weiner with Chuck entitled Timeless Painting (1960–61). Ginnever at Windham College, Closes the gallery after eighteen months Putney, Vermont, an exhibition for financial reasons and doubts and a symposium moderated by about its artistic direction. Moves Dan Graham and advertised by into a three-room flat in a high-rise a poster mailing. As Windham at 1100 Madison Avenue, where he College does not have a dedicated tries to work as a private art dealer, art space, the artists create site- while organising exhibitions, events specific outdoor works. and debates at which artists, friends and collectors meet. 4–7 October Familiarises himself with the theories Organises a week-long Benefit Exhibition of Marshall McLuhan and Vance for the Congressional Election Packard on communication, culture Campaign for Edward Koch with and mass media. works by artists including Andre, Barry, Huebler and Weiner at 1967–1968 Richard L. Feigen & Co. in Lower With friend and collector Jack Wendler, New York. founds Image. Art Programs for Industry Inc., a public relations November company aiming to bring together Publishes Douglas Huebler, a catalogue- artists and industry via the use of exhibition with works from the new industrial materials. artist’s series of Variable Pieces and Duration Pieces. For the first time, 1968 the catalogue is the exhibition. His son Yves is born on 29 February. Critics John Chandler and Lucy Lippard December publish their seminal essay on the With the support of the Louis Kellner burgeoning scene, Foundation, New York, publishes ‘The Dematerialisation of the Lawrence Weiner’s Statements, Art Object’, in Art International. a catalogue-exhibition with 25 text-based works. 4 February–2 March Together with Jack Wendler, publishes Organises Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Lawrence Weiner at Bradford Junior Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, College, Bradford, Massachusetts, Robert Morris, Lawrence Weiner, 50 also known as the Xerox Book, a Gallery respectively, with works catalogue-exhibition with a 25-page by 72 artists at the forefront of 1960s work on standard paper by each artist, contemporary art. photocopied and then offset-printed. Charles Harrison, the assistant editor of the London-based magazine Studio 1969 International, publishes a manifesto Gives a long-term loan of his hundreds interview ‘On Exhibitions and the of rare books on rugs to the library World at Large’. of Asia Gallery in New York, Discusses his role in art with artist Patricia under the responsibility of Gordon Norvell as part of a series of ten Bailey Washburn. interviews with artists. Participates in the discussions of the Art Workers’ Coalition (awc), which 5–31 January was founded after a dispute between Organises January 5–31, 1969, an exhibi- artists and curators at the Museum tion and a catalogue with work by of Modern Art (moma) in New York. Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Intervenes during the Open Hearing, Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence Weiner. a public debate on the relationship The exhibition, which takes place in between art and the wider institu- a temporary space in the McLendon tional and political context. Building on 52nd Street, New York, Travels for the first time to Europe in is the guide to the catalogue. Each preparation for Prospekt ’69, an artist presents two works in the exhibition organised by Konrad exhibition and designs four pages Fischer and Hans Strelow at the in the publication. Kunsthalle Düsseldorf. Visits Harald Szeemann’s exhibition March When Attitudes Become Form at Publishes March 1969, also known as the Kunsthalle . From this time One Month, a catalogue-exhibition onwards, through travelling and in the shape of a calendar with a ongoing correspondence, stays text-based work by a different artist in contact with European artists, for each day of the month. Invited collectors, gallerists and critics such artists are Carl Andre, Michael Asher, as Daniel Buren, Michel Claura, Terry Atkinson, Michael Baldwin, Herman Daled, Konrad Fischer, Robert Barry, Frederick Barthelme, Yvon Lambert, Marisa Merz and Iain Baxter, James Lee Byars, John Mario Merz, Giuseppe Panza, Gian Chamberlain, Ron Cooper, Barry Enzo Sperone and Hans Strelow. Flanagan, Dan Flavin, Alex Hay, Works alongside Lippard in the prepara- Douglas Huebler, Robert Huot, tion of the catalogues for 557,087 Stephen Kaltenbach, On Kawara, and 955,000, the two exhibitions Joseph Kosuth, Christine Kozlov, she organised at the Seattle Art Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Museum and the Vancouver Art Robert Morris, Bruce Nauman, 51 Claes Oldenburg, Dennis Oppenheim, days that sees the artist making a Allen Ruppersberg, Ed Ruscha, gesture from the window of a build- Robert Smithson, De Wain Valentine, ing in . The photograph Lawrence Weiner and Ian Wilson. indicating the site of the performance Organises Joseph Kosuth and Robert serves as the announcement, and is Morris, a catalogue, exhibition sent from New York in the form of and symposium at Laura Knott a printed postcard in four languages. Gallery, Bradford Junior College, Bradford, Massachusetts. July­–September Organises July, August, September 1969/ April Juillet, Août, Septembre 1969/Juli, Organises Robert Barry’s Inert Gas Series, August, September 1969, an exhibition a project staged in the Mohave Desert and a trilingual catalogue-exhibition and advertised by a poster mailing with projects in different parts of the detailing the address of a post box in world. The catalogue describes each Los Angeles and a telephone number work and its location. Participating that, when dialled, leads to an answer- artists are Carl Andre in The Hague, phone message describing the work. Robert Barry in Baltimore, Daniel Buren in Paris, Jan Dibbets in 19 May–19 June Amsterdam, Douglas Huebler in Organises Catalogue for the Exhibition, Los Angeles, Joseph Kosuth in New an exhibition at the Centre for Mexico, Sol LeWitt in Düsseldorf, Communication and the at the Richard Long in Bristol, n.e. Thing Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, Co. Ltd. in Vancouver, Robert British Columbia, and a symposium Smithson in Yucatan, and Lawrence linking participants in Burnaby, Weiner in Niagara Falls. New York and Ottawa by telephone. Artists Terry Atkinson, Michael September Baldwin, Robert Barry, Jan Dibbets, Conceives and organises the participation Douglas Huebler, Stephen of Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Kaltenbach, Joseph Kosuth, Sol Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence LeWitt, n.e. Thing Co. Ltd. and Weiner in the exhibition Prospekt ’69 Lawrence Weiner exhibit in different in the form of interviews published parts of the campus. The artworks in the catalogue. are not identified during the exhibi- tion, and the catalogue is only October made available once the exhibition In collaboration with Dwan Gallery, has ended. New York, publishes Carl Andre’s Seven Books of Poetry, with the 9, 12 and 30 May artist’s early poetry and journals. Organises Jan Dibbets, a performance occurring at the same time over three 52 2 November April Organises ‘Art Without Space’, a debate Publishes 18 paris iv.70, a catalogue with Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, in three languages of an exhibition Joseph Kosuth and Lawrence Weiner organised by Michel Claura in broadcast on the progressive radio Paris. Artists Robert Barry, Marcel station wbai fm. Broodthaers, Stanley Brouwn, Daniel Buren, Jan Dibbets, Jean-Pierre 17 November Dijan, Gilbert and George, François Organises and moderates ‘Time: A Panel Guinochet, Douglas Huebler, Discussion’ with Carl Andre, Michael On Kawara, David Lamelas, Richard Cain (Pulsa), Douglas Huebler Long, Ed Ruscha, Robert Ryman, and Ian Wilson at the New York Sol LeWitt, Niele Toroni, Ian Wilson Shakespeare Theater in support of and Lawrence Weiner are invited the Student Mobilization Committee to propose two projects before to End the War in Vietnam. making a work for the exhibition.

1970 July–August Founds International General, which Publishes a catalogue-exhibition for publishes and distributes his past Studio International, later issued and future publications as well as, as a hardcover edition entitled July/ until 1971, artists’ books by n.e. August Exhibition Book. Juillet/ Thing Co. Ltd., Allen Ruppersberg Août Exposition Livre. Juli/August and Ed Ruscha. Ausstellung Buch. Six art critics Lives in Amsterdam for six months, a city – David Antin, Germano Celant, he regards as an ideal base for travel- Michel Claura, Charles Harrison, ling within Europe. Works on various Lucy Lippard and Hans Strelow – exhibition and publishing projects are each offered an eight-page and spends time with Jan Dibbets. section of the magazine, for which they select the artists. January Publishes Jan Dibbets’s Roodborst 5–6 October territorium/Sculptuur 1969. Robin Organises ‘The Halifax Conference’, Redbreast’s Territory/Sculpture 1969. a two-day programme of discussions Domaine d’un rouge-gorge/Sculpture held at the Nova Scotia College of 1969. Rotkehlchenterritorium/ Art and Design. Invited participants Skulptur 1969, a book in four produced exercises and propositions languages documenting the artist’s for students to experiment with. attempt to change the ecological Participants include Carl Andre, environment of a bird living Joseph Beuys, Ronald Bladen, Daniel in Amsterdam’s Vondel Park. Buren, John Chamberlain, Gene Davis, Jan Dibbets, Al Held, Robert Irwin, Roy Lichtenstein, Mario Merz, 53 Robert Morris, Robert Murray, n.e. newspaper in New York and opening Thing Co. Ltd., Claes Oldenburg, a radical news agency in France, Larry Poons, Robert Rauschenberg, neither of which are realised. Richard Serra, Richard Smith, Moves to Bagnolet in the Paris suburbs Robert Smithson, Michael Snow, to live with Rosalind Boehlinger, Jean Tinguely and Lawrence Weiner. an art book distributor. In the post-May ’68 context in Paris, 1971 meets political activists and journal- After sending a questionnaire to over ists with the intention of researching 500 people from the art world, drafts communication and culture. and publishes ‘The Artist’s Reserved Compiles and publishes the first issue of Rights Transfer and Sale Agreement’ the bibliography entitled Marxism with lawyer Robert Projansky. Also and the Mass Media. Towards a Basic called ‘The Artist Contract’, it is Bibliography. distributed as a free fold-out poster in various languages and aims to 1973 improve, amongst other things, Founds the International Mass Media the protection of artists’ rights, by Research Center (immrc) in demanding that the owner of a work Bagnolet, which publishes and ask for the artist’s permission when collects books, magazines, manu- it is publicly exhibited and that artists scripts and documentation on left receive a 15% share of the profits and progressive communication when their work is resold. and ideology in over 50 countries. Situated in the office-warehouse July owned by his partner Rosalind Conceives the catalogue-exhibition Boehlinger, the library is open to documenting The United States researchers and occasionally serves Servicemen’s Fund Art Collection. as a meeting place. immrc communi- The ussf is an organisation promot- cates and exchanges documents ing free speech within the us military with international left organisations and actively opposing the Vietnam specialised in mass communication. War through cultural activities. Several of its publishing projects involve sociologist Armand Mattelart. 1972 Receives the first item of his textiles Withdraws from the art world. The collection – an arpillera sewn by Leo Castelli Gallery agrees to take the families of political prisoners on artists Robert Barry, Douglas in Chile – from art historian and Huebler, Joseph Kosuth and friend David Kunzle. The collection Lawrence Weiner. now comprises 650 items including Following his growing interest in politics, 15th- to 19th-century European does research into press organisations. silks, Peruvian and Coptic tapestries, Considers publishing a left-wing Chinese and Japanese textiles, 54 barkcloth from Africa and Oceania, 1976 embroidery from around the world, Prepares the publication of two special headdresses and costume. issues of Marxism and the Mass A dialogue with Michel Claura is pub- Media, the first focussing on Africa lished in the French magazine and the Middle East and the second Vingtième Siècle. Revue d’histoire Portugal, which are not realised. under the title ‘L’art conceptuel’. Deposits his stock of Conceptual Art Compiles and publishes the second issue catalogues at Printed Matter, of Marxism and the Mass Media. an independent bookshop, publisher, library and art space in New York. 1974 Compiles and publishes the second Compiles and publishes the third issue volume of Marxism and the Mass of Marxism and the Mass Media. Media 4-5. Publishes Karl Marx & Frederick Engels on Literature and Art, a compilation 1978 of 57 texts edited by Lee Baxandall Publishes the first volume of Marxism and Stefan Morawski. and the Mass Media 1-2-3.

1975 1979 Takes part as member of the French His daughter Nelly is born on 5 April. branch in the 11th Congress of the After four years of legal procedures, International Association for Media International General wins the and Communication Research lawsuit brought against it by Walt (iacrm) in , an organisation Disney Productions, on the grounds advocating the protection of journal- of fair use and First Amendment, for ists, the right to free information, and copyright infringements concerning the development of research and the images reprinted in How to Read systematic study of communication Donald Duck. and media. Compiles and publishes Communication Travels to Portugal one year after the and Class Struggle. An Anthology in 2 Carnation Revolution, where he talks Volumes. 1. Capitalism, Imperialism, to soldiers active in the revolution the first volume of an anthology of and tries to collect documentation 64 texts, with Armand Mattelart. for the library. Publishes the first English translation 1980 of the essay How to Read Donald Publishes Marx & Engels on the Means Duck. Imperialist Ideology in the of Communication (The Movement Disney Comic by Ariel Dorfman of Commodities, People, Information and Armand Mattelart. & Capital), a selection of 26 excerpts of texts edited by Yves de la Haye.

55 1982 aspects of new communication Starts collecting books for a library and technologies. drafting entries for a historic bibliog- Publishes Rethinking Marx. Toward raphy of textile literature, focussing a Dialectic Understanding, an on the economic, social and political anthology of 51 texts edited by role of textiles as well as their aes- Sakari Hänninen and Leena Paldan. thetic aspects. Researches this area independently for twenty years, with 1986 occasional advice from Dorothy The immrc ceases its activities. Shepherd, Curator of Textiles at the Founds the Center for Social Research on Cleveland Museum of Art, and his Old Textiles (csrot), which groups friend Alan Kennedy, an antiquarian together the library, bibliographic and expert in Asian textiles. project and textile collection.

Starts buying textiles from antique dealers Publishes Communicating in Popular and at flea markets on a regular basis. Nicaragua, an anthology of 13 texts Acquires a series of European silks, compiled by Armand Mattelard.

velvets, brocades and damasks dating 576]

from the 15th to the 19th century. 1987 sst To finance the aforementioned collections Publishes Commodity Aesthetics, Ideology sells rare books on the history of and Culture, a compilation of textiles and Islamic art to museums 10 essays by Wolfgang Fritz Haug. and private customers through International General. Holds a stock 1989 of nearly 1,500 titles, grouped in Plans the publication of several books 24 categories. including Catalogue of the immrc Communication Research Library. 1983 Volume 1; Jean-Guy Lacroix and His daughter Jessica is born on 7 January. Benoît Lévesque, Communicating Compiles and publishes Communication in Quebec. The State of the Art; and Class Struggle. 2. Liberation, Armand Mattelard, Communication Socialism, the second volume and Class Struggle. 3. New Historical of an anthology of 64 texts, with Subjects; Kazen Motamed-Nejad, Armand Mattelart. Communication in/on the ‘Third Publishes Rethinking Ideology. A Marxist World’. i. National Development: Debate, an anthology of 36 texts A Critical International Bibliography; edited by Sakari Hänninen and André Pâquet, Film and Politics. Leena Paldan. Toward an International Left Southern highland region, Peru. Ca. 1000. 57 × 36 cm. Alpaca wool. [ Bibliography. Special Issue of 1984 Marxism and the Mass Media 8-9- woven textile fragment with priest figures and small bird pattern (close-up detail). Wari Is asked by unesco to take part in a 10; Fernando Perrone, Portugal. cooperative research programme on Political Struggle and the Mass Media. the social, economic and cultural None are realised. 56 Compiles and publishes the third and last Starts using a computer. volume of Marxism and the Media 6-7. The complete series comprises 1996 825 annotated entries listed by Alexander Alberro, Doctor of Art History inventory number, subject, author at the Northwestern University and country. in Chicago, defends a thesis on Publishes The Capitalization of Deprivileging Art. Seth Siegelaub Cultural Production, an essay and the Politics of Conceptual Art by Bernard Miege. (published in 2003 under the title Conceptual Art and the Politics 1990 of Publicity). As part of his phd, he Moves to Amsterdam to live with Marja undertakes the crucial task of classify-

Bloem, Curator of the Stedelijk ing Sieglaub’s archives from the Museum Amsterdam. Conceptual Art period (1964–1972). Donates the immrc library to the International Institute for Social 1997 History (iisg) in Amsterdam Compiles and publishes Bibliographica with the aim of making it accessible Textilia Historiæ. Towards a General to researchers. It comprises 1,760 Bibliography on the History of 623] books and documents as well as Textiles Based on the Library and sst working notes for Marxism and Archives of the Center for Social the Mass Media. Research on Old Textiles, which Lends artworks from his collection to comprises over 5,000 entries listed in the exhibition L’Art conceptuel, une the alphabetical order of the authors’ perspective, organised by Claude names, with a general thematic index. Gintz at the Musée d’Art Moderne It is an attempt at a world history de la Ville de Paris. Gives an interview of hand woven textiles. for the catalogue of the exhibition, which is generally considered to 2000 be the first major retrospective of Founds the Stichting Egress Foundation Conceptual Art. in Amsterdam, which brings together In collaboration with Marion and all his projects and collections. Roswitha Fricke, two art dealers in Starts charting the bibliographical field Düsseldorf, conducts the project and collecting books on theories

Egypt. 10th–12th century. 25 × 36 cm. Linen, silk. [ Egypt. 10th–12th century. The Context of Art/The Art of of time and causality in physics, Context, in which 115 artists involved two topics which have fascinated in one of the five most important him since his adolescence. exhibitions in 1969 are asked to From 2000 onwards, is regularly invited reflect on changes in art, their lives by museums or magazines to Fatimid textile fragment (aka ‘tiraz’) with small bird and calligraphic pattern (close-up detail). and the art world since the 1960s. discuss his role in the emergence The results are published in various of Conceptual Art. magazines in four different languages. 59 2001 Accepts a residency at the Office for Publishes a facsimile of Recherches sur Contemporary Art Norway (oca) le commerce, la fabrication et l’usage in Oslo. des étoffes de soie, d’or et d’argent et autres tissus précieux en Occident, 2007 principalement en France, pendant le Participates in the roundtable discussion Moyen Âge, a book on the history and ‘From the Specific to the General. use of textiles written by Francisque- The Publications of Seth Siegelaub’, Michel and published in 1852/54. with Alexander Alberro, Robert Barry and Lawrence Weiner, organ- 2003 ised at the Museum of Modern Art Between April 2003 and January 2004 (moma), New York, by Christophe travels to New Zealand and Australia, Cherix, Chief Curator of Prints following the successive instalments and Illustrated Books. of the exhibition Colin McCahon A Question of Faith, organised 2008 by Marja Bloem for the Stedelijk Launches the website Museum Amsterdam in 2002. http://egressfoundation.net. Begins collecting tapa (barkcloth), Is interviewed by Hans Ulrich Obrist for during this prolonged trip. his book A Brief History of Curating.

2005 2009 Prepares a cd-rom version of the Sets up the Egress Art Law Resource Bibliographica Textilia Historiæ Center, with lawyer and curator allowing searches by keyword, Daniel McClean, which focuses which is not realised. on critical legal issues around Starts collecting headdresses together contemporary art and provides with Marja Bloem, from the a forum for discussion. Americas, Africa, the Middle East. Lends 22 rare books on textiles and Oceania and Asia. one poster to the exhibition Art and Social Fabric at the Museum 2006 van Hedendaagse Kunst Antwerpen Stichting Egress Foundation gives support (muhka). Gives a talk about to various projects, including Primary his interest in textiles as part of Information, a publishing house the exhibition. for artists’ books in New York; Artist Maria Eichhorn publishes The Kunstverein, an independent art Artist’s Contract. Interviews with centre in Amsterdam; and the con- Carl Andre, Daniel Buren, Paula temporary culture index (ccindex), Cooper, Hans Haacke, Jenny Holzer, an online, open-access bibliographical Adrian Piper, Robert Projansky, database of international journals Robert Ryman, Seth Siegelaub, and periodicals. John Weber, Lawrence Weiner, 60 Jackie Winsor, discussing the impact Chronology compiled of ‘The Artist’s Reserved Rights by Sara Martinetti Transfer and Sale Agreement’. Translated from the French by Boris Kremer 2010 Launches the Bibliographica Textilia Historiæ Database on the website of the Stichting Egress Foundation, comprising 9,225 entries which are continually updated. Begins work to create a visual open-access database of the textile collection to be hosted by the Stichting Egress Foundation website. Accepts an invitation from Raven Row, London, to exhibit a selection of textiles from the csrot collection at their exhibition space in 2012.

2011 Presents ‘How Is Art History Made?’, the first project of the Egress Forum for Critical Art Studies, a research project on the socio-economic aspects of the art world, organised in associa- tion with the Kunsthalle Basel during the Basel Art Fair. The Museum of Modern Art (moma), New York, acquires 21 works from his collection of conceptual artworks and receives a donation of four works along with his archives of the period. Supervises the cataloguing of the csrot historic textile collection by conser- vator Emmy de Groot in Amsterdam ahead of the exhibition at Raven Row.

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