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34 A Retrospective of Closed Exhibitions (1964-2016) Mathieu Copeland
Hi Red Center Great Panorama Exhibition (aka Closing Event), Naiqua Gallery, Tokyo, 1964 47 Hi Red Center, Great Panorama Exhibition ReikoTomii 51 A Can of the Universe Akasegawa Genpei
Matsuzawa Yutaka Ah, Nil, Ah, A Ceremony ofPsi’s Secret Embodiment Drowning in the Wilderness: Prototype Exhibition, Naiqua Gallery, Tokyo, 1964 63 Matsuzawa Yutaka, Ah, Nil, Ah, A Ceremony ofPsi’s Secret Embodiment Drowning in the Wilderness: Prototype Exhibition Reiko Tomii
Graciela Carnevale Untitled, Ciclo de Arte Experimental, Rosario, 1968 67 Graciela Carnevale, 7 to 19 October Graciela Carnevale 75 Graciela Carnevale in conversation with Mathieu Copeland
Daniel Buren Papiers co/les blanc et vert, Apollinaire Gallery, Milan, 1968 83 Daniel Buren in conversation with Mathieu Copeland
Robert Barry During the exhibition the gallery will be dosed, Art & Project, Amsterdam, 1969 For the exhibition the gallery will be closed, Sperone Gallery, Torino, 1969 March 10 through March 21 the gallery will be closed, Eugenia Butler Gallery, Los Angeles, 1970 93 Robert Barry in conversation with Mathieu Copeland
Lefevre Jean Claude Une exposition de Lefevre Jean Claude a la galerie Yvon Lambert entre le 11 juillet et le 31 aoüt 1981, Yvon Lambert Gallery, Paris, 1981 99 Lefevre Jean Claude in conversation with Mathieu Copeland 103 An exhibition by Lefevre Jean Claude at the Yvon Lambert Gallery from 11 July to 31 August 1981 Michel Gauthier
Maurizio Cattelan Torno Subito, Neon Gallery, Bologna, 1989 108 Swetlana Heger & Flamen Dejanov Galerie wegen Urlaub geschlossen [Gallery Closed for Holidays], Mehdi Chouakri Gallery, Berlin, 1999 110 Flamen Dejanov in conversation with Mathieu Copeland 117 Swetlana Heger in conversation with Mathieu Copeland
Santiago Sierra Space Closed by Corrugated Meta!, Lisson Gallery, London, 2002 120
Rirkrit Tiravanija Nomadic Residents: Rirkrit Tiravanija, OCAD Professional Gallery, Ontario College of Art and Design, 2007 123 Nomadic Residents: Rirkrit Tiravanija, OCAD Professional Gallery Jim Drobnick
Maria Eichhorn 5 weeks, 2 5 days, 175hours, Chisenhale Gallery, London, 2016 134 Maria Eichhorn in conversation with Katie Guggenheim
143 Geijustsu on their Minds: Memorable Words on Anti-Art Reiko Tomii
165 The Mighty Grimoire of Mystic Spells, Rituals and Incantations That Deploy Dialectical Immaterialism To Transform The Bad Energy Of White Male Guilt Into A Magical Tool To Make Anti-Art Disappear And The World A More Sisterly Place! Translated from the French by Paschal Beverly Randolph and retrieved from the future by Stewart Home. Originally published by Beringos Fratres of Lyon at The Sign of Agrippa in 2262 Stewart Home
173 Henry Flynt in conversation with Mathieu Copeland (part 1)
187 Henry Flynt in conversation with Mathieu Copeland (part 2)
196 1962-63: Razing the Institutions? Henry Flynt
210 M.D.-Rx Robert Morris
213 Jacques Villegle in conversation with Mathieu Copeland
217 Claude Rutault in conversation with Mathieu Copeland
223 Fluxus Manifesto George Maciunas 225 A Manifesto Reconsidered Yvonne Rainer
227 Goran Trbuljak in conversation with Andrea Bellini
233 Anti-Art Non-Art Art Dora Vallier
241 Anti-Anti-Art Billy Childish and Charles Thomson
243 “Vulgar Show Introductions” Stanley Fisher
246 “Involvement” (Press Release) Stanley Fisher, Sam Goodman, Boris Lurie et al.
251 March gallery artists statement on Anti-Art Stanley Fisher, Sam Goodman, Boris Lurie et al.
252 YES & NO THOUGHTS, Process of a Contribution to the Issues of the Past Lil Picard
257 NO-ART Boris Lurie
270 On Non Art Iris Clert
272 Ben Vautier in conversation with Mathieu Copeland
280 Against Art by Other Means: Goran Oordevic, 1972-1985 Branislav Dimitrijevic
292 With Love from the Kitchen: On the Paradox of Responsibilities and Representation Krist Gruijthuijsen
297 Arman’s “Le Plein” (Full Up): The Key is on the Inside Deborah Laks
313 “Ladies and gentlemen, the museum will close in 15minutes"-Ha Ha Ha Ha! Veronique Follet
325 Generally Discredited Words Storm van Heising and Gareth James
332 Closed for business, Storm van Heising suggests that galleries shouldn’t have exhibitions just because they can Tim Griffin in conversation with Storm van Heising 335 Opening: A Work In Situ Nicolas de Oliveira and Nicola Oxley
343 Anti-Museums that Aren’t: Notes on a few Contradictions Balthazar Lovay
363 Museum of the Void (Castles in the Sand) Bob Nickas
380 Museums in the Post-Industrial Mass Society: An Argument Against the Metaphysics of Presence and for the Physics of the Masses Peter Weibel
389 The Anti-Museum: Thoughts on Art Cultivation Johannes Cladders
397 a Model —a Museum for Today and for the Future Sören Schmeling
417 Art is everywhere —at my grandmother’s house —in the most improbable kitsch, even under a rotten floorboard. Olivier Suter
430 Manifesto 2 for a Theatre of Human Destruction Jean Toche
432 GUERILLA ART ACTION in front of the METROPOLITAN MUSEUM of NEW YORK Jon Hendricks and Jean Toche
436 Newsweek Jon Hendricks and Jean Toche
437 MANIFESTO FOR THE GUERILLA ART ACTION GROUP Jon Hendricks and Jean Toche
439 PRESS COMMUNIQUE Jon Hendricks, Jean Toche
443 A CALL FOR THE IMMEDIATE RESIGNATION OF ALL THE ROCKEFELLERS FROM THE BOARD OF TRUSTEES OF THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART Jon Hendricks, Poppy Johnson, Silvianna, Jean Toche
444 COMMUNIQUE Jon Hendricks, Poppy Johnson, Silvianna, Jean Toche
447 GUERRILLA ART ACTION GROUP Jon Hendricks, Poppy Johnson, Jean Toche
448 GUERRILLA ART ACTION AT THE WHITNEY MUSEUM OF AMERICAN ART Guerrilla Art Action Group 451 Rereading An Anti-Catalog: Radical Art History and the Decline of the Left Alan Wallach
462 The Slave—A Figure for the Anti-Museum? Achille Mbembe
467 The Impossibility of Anti: A Theoretical Consideration of Bikyötö Reiko Tomii
485 Mierle Laderman Ukeles in conversation with Mathieu Copeland
499 The Museum of AMused Muses (MAMM), of the IAM (Imperium Asinum Magnificum) According to the Principles of TTP (Totally Total Poetry) Michel Giroud
505 Enter The Anti-Space Richard Goldstein
510 From Anti-Design and the Anti-Museum to the Parco Arte Vivente Piero Gilardi in conversation with Andrea Bellini
515 Radical Architecture: Refusing the Ordinary Role Andrea Branzi (Archizoom Associati)
518 Controdesign Ettore Sottsass
521 Radical Notes: The Elite and Mass Creativity Andrea Branzi
525 Perfectly Normal Alessandro Mendini
526 The Notion of Un-Design Alessandro Mendini
527 In-Vitro Ideal City Alessandro Mendini
530 A Museum Is not a Building Yona Friedman
541 The Post-Museum Beatriz Colomina
555 Excerpts from Technology Against Technology - Anti-Tech Takis 560 Against the Happening Roberto Jacoby
566 Contra-Internet Zach Bias
577 Verb List Compilation: Actions to Destroy Instruments Matthieu Saladin
592 Varieties of Anti-Music: From Antoine Delafoy’s Absolute Anti-Chord to Congenital Amusia Thibault Walter
605 Lydia Lunch in conversation with Mathieu Copeland
609 GX Jupitter-Larsen Thibault Walter
613 Correct Malapropisms GX Jupitter-Larsen
617 On Anti-Cinema: Apocope and Prefix Erik Bullot
624 I See NOTHING Fanny Schulmann
633 L’Antitradition Futuriste Guillaume Apollinaire
637 A Brief Overview of Anti-Writing Kenneth Goldsmith
650 Anti-Manga: Sasaki Maki, Ishiko Junzö, and the Image Ryan Holmberg
668 Mai-Thu Ferret
670 THE NO TEXTS Steven Parrino
680 ART = RELIGION = CULTURE = H A -H A -H A Jean Toche
682 Genesis Breyer P-Orridge in conversation with Mathieu Copeland
687 The Antiuniversity of London: An Introduction to Deinstitutionalisation JakobJakobsen
700 A Short Philosophical Grammar of the Anti-X or Anti-Art in Question Olivier Quintyn 709 Destroying the Temple: The Religion of the End of Religion- Art of the End of Art Paulo Piresdo Vale
725 Buffet Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
728 Dadaism Georges Ribemont-Dessaignes
733 Manifesto for The Door: a universal exhibition Robin Page
735 Total Art Ben Vautier
739 Everything Is Architecture Hans Hollein
749 John Armleder in conversation with Mathieu Copeland (parti)
753 John Armleder in conversation with Mathieu Copeland (part 2)
758 Lessons in Scandal/Historical Landmarks Arnaud Labelle-Rojoux
777 Sources & Credits