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SCOTT BURTON COLLECTED WRITINGS ON ART & PERFORMANCE, 1965–1975 EDITED BY DAVID J. GETSY SOBERSCOVE PREss CHICAGO Soberscove Press 1055 N Wolcott, 2F Chicago, IL 60622 USA www.soberscovepress.com All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any form, except for the inclusion of brief quotations and images in review, without prior permission from the publisher or copyright holders. Introduction, transcriptions/annotations, and the selection of texts in Scott Burton: Collected Writings on Art and Performance, 1965–1975 © 2012 David J. Getsy. Library of Congress Control Number: 2012945896 Burton, Scott, 1939–1989 Scott Burton: collected writings on art and performance, 1965–1975 / edited by David J. Getsy. First Printing, 2012 Design by Rita Lascaro ISBN-13: 978-0-9824090-4-6 CONTENTS Introduction: The Primacy of Sensibility: Scott Burton writing on art and performance, 1965–1975 by David J. Getsy 1 I. Beyond Minimalism 33 Tony Smith: Old Master at the New Frontier (1966) 35 Tony Smith and Minimalist Sculpture (1967) 45 Ronald Bladen (1967) 69 When Attitudes Become Form: Notes on the New (1969) 71 Time on Their Hands (1969) 79 II. Abstraction and Allusion 87 David Weinrib: See-Through Sculpture (1967) 89 Ralph Humphrey: A Different Stripe (1968) 94 Al Held: Big H (1968) 103 Adja Yunkers: The Eye’s Edge (1968) 112 Doug Ohlson: In The Wind (1968) 115 Leon Berkowitz: Color It Berkowitz (1969) 121 Willem de Kooning’s Gotham News (1969) 125 Generation of Light, 1945–70 (1971) 128 Plates 141 III. Figurative and Realist Commitments 153 Anne Arnold’s Animals (1965) 155 John Button (1967) 162 Robert Beauchamp: Paint the Devil (1966) 171 American Realism: Letter to the Editors of Artforum (1967) 176 Herman Rose: Telling and Showing (1967) 178 George McNeil and the Figure (1967) 185 Alex Katz (1968) 189 Direct Representation: Five Younger Realists (1969) 195 The Realist Revival (1972) 200 IV. Sculpture as Theater: Performance Art Statements 213 Three Street Works (1969) 215 Literalist Theater (1970) 217 From Literature to Performances (1970) 222 The Group Behavior Tableaux, early texts (1971–72) 225 Sculpture as Theater: The Lecture on Self (1973) 227 A Political Statement (1974) 244 Odd Years (1975) 246 Acknowledgements 248 Index 250 INDEX 0 to 9 (magazine), 215 Ashton, Dore, 174 Art and Literature, 6 Abstract Expressionism, 6, 46–47, Art in America, 1, 7 75, 80, 91, 103–04, 121, 128, 165, “Art in the Urban Environment: 167, 172–73, 189, 204, 210 Theory and Practice of Post- Acconci, Vito, 215, 227, 234; see also Studio Art” (course), 217 Learning Piece Art Students League (New York), The Actor, Leslie Barrett (Rose), 36 182–83 Artaud, Antonin, 245 Addams Family, 245 Artforum, 13, 45, 176 “Aegean Series” (Yunkers) 112 Artists Space, 30 Agostini, Peter, 36, 46 ARTnews, 1, 7–8, 29–30, 45, 128 Albee, Edward, 5 Artschwager, Richard, 71–72 Albers, Josef, 100 Asher, Michael, 83 Alloway, Lawrence 23 Autumn Rhythm (Pollock), 136 Amaryllis (Smith), 40, 61–63 American Federation of Arts (AFA), Bailey, William, 206 18 Bacon, Francis, 160 American Theater Lab, 225 Baker, Elizabeth, 27 Anderson, Lennart, 176 Balanchine, George, 69 Andre, Carl, 9, 10, 12, 14, 45, 57, 61, Balthus, 207 64, 71–73, 96 Barry, Robert, 80, 83 Angela (McNeil), 188 Baskin, Leonard, 160 Anthology (Perrault), 224 Bathers (Burton), 238 Anti-Illusion: Procedures/Materials Baudelaire, Charles, 101 (exhibition), 16, 79 Beal, Gifford, 206 Apollinaire, Guillame, 59 Beauchamp, Robert, 7, 171–75; 185 Archipenko, Alexander Porfyrovych, Bechtle, Robert, 196, 199, 208 37 Beckett, Samuel; see Happy Days, Architectural League (New York), 18 Molloy, Waiting for Godot Arnold, Anne, 155–161 Behavior Tableaux (Burton), 1, 20, Arp, Jean (Hans), 76, 90, 156 25, 217, 240– 41 “Art and Objecthood” (Fried), 13–14, Bell, Larry, 45, 52–53 45, 59, 60 Bell, Leland, 176 Art-Rite (magazine), 244 Berkowitz, Leon, 4, 121–24; see also 250 Scott Burton Cathedrals, Chasubles, Coronas, Sculpture,” et al. Obliques, Verticals Button, John, 5, 6, 15, 18, 31, 121, Berkson, Bill, 7 139–40, 162– 70, 176; see also Bernini, Gian Lorenzo, 62, 69 Coney Island, Summer, Downtown Bernstein, Richard, 209 Street, Garage Space, Grand Berrigan, Ted, 7 Central, Grand Tetons, Great Beuys, Joseph, 226, 233, 244 Salt Lake (Self Portrait), Blue The Big D (Held), 106 Windows, Three Serious Ladies The Big N (Held), 109 The Black Box (Smith), 38, 79 Cajori, Charles, 185 Black, White and Grey (exhibition), Calder, Alexander, 54–55, 90, 160 35 Cage, John, 75 Bladen, Ronald, 12, 45, 51, 69–70 California School, 164 Blaine, Nell, 164, 176 Canaletto, 166 Blake, William, 124, 160 Cathedral (Pollock), 137 Blue and White (Yunkers), 114 Cathedrals (Berkowitz), 122–23 Blue Windows (Button), 163 Caucasian Dance (McNeil), 188 Bollinger, Bill, 75, 80, 82–84 Cézanne, Paul, 62 Bosch, Hieronymus, 171 “Cézanne’s Doubt” (Merleau-Ponty), Brancusi, Constantin, 63, 91, 156 6–7 Brooks, James, 135, 187 Chasubles (Berkowitz), 122 Breughel, Pieter the Elder, 171 Cigarette (Smith), 39, 52, 58, 63, Bronze Chair (Burton), 24–25, 30, 65 32, 149 (image) Circle and the Triangle (Held), 108 Bruder, Harold, 206 Civitico, Bruno, 198–99, 206 Burroughs, William, 63 Clarke, John Clem, 210 Burton, Scott; see individual Close, Chuck, 210 lectures, works, & publications Collage: Blue, White, Yellow Behavior Tableaux, Bronze (Yunkers), 114 Chair, Compositions, Direct Columbia University, 5 Representation, Disguise Compositions (Burton), 223 Piece, Dream Sex, Ear-Piece, Coney Island (Button), 168 “Generation of Light,” Group Copland, Aaron, 6 Behavior Tableaux, Lecture on Corcoran Gallery, 121 Self, “Literalist Theater,” Low Coronas (Berkowitz), 122 Piece (Bench), “Make a Political Cornell, Joseph, 193 Statement,” “Notes on New,” Costa, Eduardo, 18; see also You See “Odd Years,” The Realist Revival, a Dress Seating for Eight, Self-Work: Courbet, Gustave, 155 Dream, Self-Works, Ten Tableaux: Cummings, E[dward] E[stlin], 59 Theater as Sculpture, Three Street Cunningham, Merce, 75 Works, Time on Their Hands, Cythera (Ohlson), 116–17, 144 “Tony Smith and Minimalist (image) INDEX 251 Da Bologna, Giovanni, 63, 65, 69 Eakins, Thomas, 131, 176 Dalí, Salvador, 211, 241 Ear-Piece (Burton), 18–19, 242 Dancer, 6 (McNeil), 188 Eddy, Don, 208 Davis, Stuart, 166 Egan, Charles, 186 Day, Francis, 206 Elegy (de Kooning), 131 De Andrea, John, 211 The Elevens Are Up (Smith), 35, 38, De Chirico, Giorgio, 207 66 De Kooning, Elaine, 185 Eliot, T[homas] S[tearns], 165 De Kooning, Willem, 21, 81, 101, Elmslie, Kenward, 7 104, 125–27, 129, 175, 185–86, Endicott (Humphrey), 95 192; see also Elegy, Gotham News, Ensor, James, 171 Night Square, Pink Angels, Rosy- Estes, Richard, 140, 209 Fingered Dawn at Louse Point, Woman as Landscape, One Flight Femme Egorgée (Giacometti), 90, 155 Up Ferber, Herbert, 46 De Niro, Robert, 176 Ferrer, Rafael, 82 De Rivera, José, 46 File, Arthur, 38 Deitch, Jeffrey, 246; see also Lives Finch College, 226 (exhibition) Fine Arts Building (New York), 246 Delacroix, Eugene, 155 Finnegans Wake (Joyce), 40 Denby, Edwin, 5, 120 Fiore, Joseph, 176 Descartes, René, 75 Fischbach Gallery, 35, 115 Di Suvero, Marco Polo (“Mark”), 36 Fish, Janet, 203, 206 Diane: Sitting (Miller), 211 Fitzgerald, F[rancis] Scott [Key], 105 Die (Smith), 8-9, 10, 12, 13, 14, 15, Flack, Audrey, 210 16, 27, 42, 57, 68 Flannagan, John B[ernard], 160 Direct Representation (exhibition), Flavin, Dan, 45, 47 22, 195–99 Fluxus, 233 Disguise Piece (Burton), 18–19, 236, Fox, Ida, 4, 121 242 Frankenstein (Warhol), 245 Documenta VI, 1 Free Ride (Smith), 38, 41, 52, 66 Dodd, Louis, 156, 176 Freilicher, Jane, 164, 176 The Dowager Empress (Held), 108, Fried, Michael; see “Art and 110 Objecthood” Friedrich, Caspar Downtown Street (Button), 167 David, 74, 83 Dream Sex (Burton), 18–19, 242, Furniture Landscape (Burton), 236 246 Furniture Pieces (Burton), 236 Droll, Donald, 32 Drummond, Sally Hazelet, 135 Gabo, Naum (Naum Neemia Dubuffet, Jean, 171 Pevsner), 89 Duchamp, Marcel, 19, 21, 76, 78, 83, Garage Space (Button), 165 210–11, 241 The Gates (Ohlson), 116–17 Duchamp-Villon, Raymond, 89 Gauguin, Paul, 109, 171 252 Scott Burton Gaurdi, Francesco, 166 Held, Al, 12, 101, 103, 174; see also “Generation of Light” (Burton), 15, The Big D, The Big N, Circle 21 and the Triangle, The Dowager Genesis (Held), 106 Empress, Genesis, Greek Garden, George Washington University, 5 I-Beam, Ivan the Terrible, Mao, Georges, Paul, 16, 176 The Red Gall, Siegfried Gianakos, Steve, 18 Henry, Gerrit, 7 Giacometti, Alberto; see Femme Hess, Thomas B., 7, 35, 126 Egorgée Hesse, Eva, 11, 71, 73 Gilbert & George, 227, 234; see also Hofmann, Hans, 4, 135, 171–73, 186 Singing Sculpture Homer, Winslow, 131 Godard, Jean-Luc, 64 Hopper, Edward, 15, 21, 100, Goddard College, 5 128–29, 166–67, 201, 210; see also Goings, Ralph, 208 House by the Railroad, Seven A.M. 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