Allan Kaprow / Standards by Allan Kaprow
KAPROW Allan (Atlantic City 1927 - Encinitas, California 2006)
Iowa, Department of Art, University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls-Waterloo, 27,9x21,5 cm., softcover, pp. [32], artist book with typography cover, 20 black and white photographic images by Rebecca Cummins, Frank Donovan and Phil Steinmetz, taken around of Cedar Fall-Waterloo IA, January 16-February 18, 1979, commissioned by the Department of Art for the University of Northern Iowa Art Gallery. Text and design by Allan Kaprow. Writings by Terry Williams, Sanford Sivitz Shaman.
Bibliography: Maffei 2011: pp. 104-105
KAPROW Allan (Atlantic City 1927 - Encinitas, California 2006)
Iowa, Department of Art, University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls-Waterloo, 27,9x21,5 cm., softcover, pp. [32], artist book with typography cover, 20 black and white photographic images by Rebecca Cummins, Frank Donovan and Phil Steinmetz, taken around of Cedar Fall-Waterloo IA, January 16-February 18, 1979, commissioned by the Department of Art for the University of Northern Iowa Art Gallery. Text and design by Allan Kaprow. Writings by Terry Williams, Sanford Sivitz Shaman.
Bibliography: Maffei 2011: pp. 104-105
KAPROW Allan (Atlantic City 1927 - Encinitas, California 2006)
Iowa, Department of Art, University of Northern Iowa Cedar Falls-Waterloo, 27,9x21,5 cm., softcover, pp. [32], artist book with typography cover, 20 black and white photographic images by Rebecca Cummins, Frank Donovan and Phil Steinmetz, taken around of Cedar Fall-Waterloo IA, January 16-February 18, 1979, commissioned by the Department of Art for the University of Northern Iowa Art Gallery. Text and design by Allan Kaprow. Writings by Terry Williams, Sanford Sivitz Shaman.
Bibliography: Maffei 2011: pp. 104-105
"STANDARDS is an experiment with what many of us suppose are the sign of on an orderly life: tidy surroundings, tidy personal space, tidy appearance, tidy manners, tidy thoughts - and the abiding desire to improve these traits. It is an experiment because we rarely question our assumptions about the value of orderliness; nor do we think much about why this or that is orderly at all. To find out what happens when we focus on these simple issues, a small group of person divided into pairs, carried out the preceding «program» on the weekend od December 9th and 10 th, 1978, in and around Cedar Falls - Waterloo, Iowa. Each pair independently executed the six parts of the piece in the everyday environment, at their own pace, in their own way, and without audience. Following its completion, the group as a whole met and reviewed experiences..." (Giorgio Maffei, Allan KAPROW. A Bibliography, Milano, Mousse Publishing, 2011).
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