The Artforum Index 1962-1968. New version. © by Laurence McGilvery 1970, 2002, 2009 1 The Artforum Index: Volume I, number 1, through volume VII, number 4 June 1962 through December 1968 The original edition of 1000 copies appeared 1 July 1970 as Artforum, 1962-1968: a cumulative index to the first six years, by Laurence McGilvery, La Jolla, California. This revised, free, on-line version is published 1 November 2009. CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ACKNOWLEDGMENTS NOTES to the first sixty-five issues INDEX A, B, C, D, E, F, G, H, I, J, K, L, M, N, O, P, Q, R, S, T, U, V, W, Y, Z © by Laurence McGilvery 1970, 2002, 2009 All rights reserved for printed, electronic, digital, or any other media The Artforum Index 1962-1968. New version. © by Laurence McGilvery 1970, 2002, 2009 2 INTRODUCTION BACKGROUND. The first, expanded, on-line version of The Artforum Index was prepared during the spring of 2002 and appeared almost exactly thirty-two years after its initial publication as Artforum, 1962-1968: a cumulative index to the first six volumes. It includes volume VII, numbers 1-4, September-December 1968. Coverage of Artforum by Art Index began with volume VII, number 5, January 1969. This further-revised, digital version, prepared during the fall of 2009, also is free. Nearly all abbreviations have been spelled out, and the speed of today’s computers allows a much simpler, faster interface for the reader. For the first on-line version, the TextBridge Pro 9.0 character-recognition program was used to scan the original printing master. The program was accurate for its time, but even after multiple proofings a few errors may remain, especially among the many roman numerals and abbreviations in the difficult original. The process of converting this long file a second time perhaps has introduced new ones. Corrections and additions are welcome. “Acknowledgments” gives some history of this work. Each volume is described in “Notes to the first sixty-five issues.” The 1970 edition supplied dates for some artists and authors. The information came from many secondary sources. It is reasonably reliable but not authoritative, and it is long out of date now. Other dates have been added selectively for this new version. Please send corrections or additions to: [email protected]. AN IMPERFECT TOOL. All indexes are imperfect, a talented reference librarian once said. Following are some of the eccentricities of this imperfect tool. The most complete entry for any signed article is under the author, if the article is on a general subject, or under a specific artist, museum, or collection, if any of these are named in the title. Main entries [see below] include long subtitles that may be omitted elsewhere, references to all illustrations, plus correspondence, corrections, and cross-references. This does not apply to entries beginning “Exhibition at” or to reviews which appear as part of a regular department, such as “Los Angeles,” “San Francisco,” or “New York.” The original printed book and the 2002 on-line version both incorporated a guide to all subject headings, together with variant terms and phrases. Nearly all those subject headings now are cross-references within the body of the index. Headings beginning with the word “art” have been minimized. “Art, African,” refers to “Africa.” “Art, Viennese” lists both “Expressionism, Viennese” and “Vienna: recent art.” “Recent” describes art that is more or less contemporaneous with the article or review in which it is discussed. The Artforum Index 1962-1968. New version. © by Laurence McGilvery 1970, 2002, 2009 3 The word “contemporary” has been avoided completely in these headings, except as a reference, and “modern” has been used only once and with considerable reservations. “Contemporary art” is the main subject of Artforum, and any such heading would have to list most of the contents of every issue. The term “Minimal art” covers that work which has been called “ABC art,” “Conceptual art,” “ Literalist art,” “Primary structures,” and “Specific objects.” Similarly, “Post Painterly Abstraction” is defined to include “Color-field painting,” “Formalist painting,” “Structurist painting,” and “Systemic painting.” The choice of these two terms in 1970 was an indexing expedient not intended to settle any critical disputes. The index contains several specialized lists. California art demanded a large number of localized subject headings. In addition to appearing in their proper alphabetical sequence, all of these are referenced under “California.” Similar lists appear for “Twentieth-century art” and “Recent art.” All the review departments are listed under “Reviews.” Also, there are lists of “Museums and galleries,” “Collections,” and “Print workshops.” Cross- references to juried and international shows and others appear under “Exhibitions.” The many references beginning with the words, “Art,” “Painting,” “Sculpture,” etc. can be used as partial checklists of the contents of these sixty-seven issues. The articles that appear under the heading “Artists on Art” may be especially valuable for some readers. In its printed form, this index was dense with abbreviations, many invented for the occasion. The reason was to keep 96 three-column pages from expanding to 144. Nearly all have been eliminated in the 2009 version. The only exceptions are the actual volume, number, and page citations. Issue and page references read as in the following example: VI:8, 40-5 April 1968 = Volume VI (6), number 8, pages 40 through 45 April 1968 MAIN ENTRIES. The main entry for an article on a single artist is under the artist’s name. Main entries for articles on museums or collections appear under their names. Main entries for articles on general subjects are under the name of the author, as in the following example: KOZLOFF, Max The dilemma of Expressionism: the Guggenheim Museum provokes a disenchanted view of the psychology and mechanics of Expressionist art. III:2, 32-5 November 1964 illustration (part color): W. de Kooning, Gogh, Jorn, Munch, J. Pollock, Soutine Reply. G. Phillips. III:4, 4 January 1965 The titles of illustrated works are listed under the individual artists. Anonymous works appear in the author entries. Five issues are devoted to special subjects, as follows: II:2 Ag63 “California sculpture today,” see Sculpture, California, recent II:12 Su64 “The Los Angeles scene today,” see Los Angeles IV:1 Se65 “The New York School,” see New York School V:l Se66 “Surrealism,” see Surrealism V:l0 Su67 “American sculpture,” see Sculpture, United States The Artforum Index 1962-1968. New version. © by Laurence McGilvery 1970, 2002, 2009 4 ACKNOWLEDGMENTS This index to Artforum magazine originated as a series of typed manuscripts compiled for the use of the editorial staff. These were prepared in part by Marjorie Reeves, then at the library of the University of California, Irvine, and Mrs. Lucy Yen, then of the California Institute of Arts, Los Angeles. Ms. Reeves assembled them into a five-year cumulation. The resulting manuscript served as the basis for this index, but the printed version, published in 1970, was so much revised and expanded as to constitute almost a new work. Any shortcomings are the sole responsibility of the present editor. Suggestions, corrections, and criticisms are cordially welcomed. Besides Ms. Reeves’ substantial assistance during the early stages of this project, many other people and institutions were very generous with their time, knowledge and resources. Particular thanks must go to Judith Hoffberg and Philip Leider, both of whom on several occasions suggested the right solutions to difficult problems, and to Mrs. E.M. Polley, who answered numerous questions about San Francisco Bay Area art and artists. Among the many other people who assisted in one way or another are Mrs. Nancy Andrews of the Fine Arts Gallery of San Diego, David and Eleanor Antin, John Baldessari, Eugenie Candau of the San Francisco Museum of Art, Herschel B. Chipp, Harold Cohen, John Coplans, L. Clarice Davis, James T. Demetrion, Claire Isaacs, Edward F. Fry, Gretchen Glicksman, Joan Hugo, Raymond A. Marlowe, Frances Preisman, Lawrence Urrutia, Dr. Kingsley Widmer, and Marlene Williams. A number of galleries supplied much-needed information from their files, including the Artists’ Co-op and the Bolles Gallery, both of San Francisco, and the Bednarz Gallery, the Dalzell Hatfield Gallery, the David Stuart Gallery, the Esther Robles Gallery, the Feingarten Gallery, the Landau Gallery, the Los Angeles Art Association, the Rivas Gallery and the Ryder Gallery, all of Los Angeles. A difficult task was much lightened by the resources of several libraries, those of The Athenaeum, The La Jolla Museum of Art, and the University of California, San Diego, all located in La Jolla, and also the Oakland Museum and the San Francisco Museum of Art. Greg Calvert designed the 2002 on-line version, and Craig Good scanned the original printing master. Alan Green, Luke Lozier, and Mathew Jones of Bibliopolis have shepherded the 2009 version into existence. Finally, I would like to express my everlasting gratitude to my family: to the children for their patience with this endless project; and, most of all, to my late wife, Gere, who, in addition to all those things that always need doing, spent literally hundreds of hours checking information, proofreading, and assisting in other ways numerous and subtle beyond definition, and all for no more than the usual wages. Laurence McGilvery, La Jolla, California, 10 June 1970, 10 June 2002, 1 November 2009 The Artforum Index 1962-1968. New version. © by Laurence McGilvery 1970, 2002, 2009 5 NOTES to the first sixty-five issues The volumes and issues of ARTFORUM covered in this Index are as follows: Volume I has twelve issues from June 1962 through June 1963. Numbers 5, 6, and 7 were published without dates during the four-month period running from October 1962 through January 1963.