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 Art, 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, Berlin’, 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 Conceptual Art 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 House 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 Bern. 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 Amsterdam. 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 Arts 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