BARRY Robert (New York 1936)
New York, Holly Solomon Gallery, 1991, 15 × 15 cm, paperback with two metal staples, pp. (2)-(24)-(2), typographic cover with white title on black background, artist’s book fully illustrated with color and black and white pictures, published in conjunction with the exhibition "Not Intended: A New Projection by Robert Barry" (New York, Holly Solomon Gallery, September 5 - October 5, 1991).
[Bibliography: Mathieu Copeland, "Robert Barry. The Defining of It…”, Köln, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2025: pp. 373-375].
Photographs of friends and colleagues in «Not Intended» offered a strong parallel to Barry's key Slidepiece «Belmont 67», that featured pictures of fellow artists and participants in the summer retreat. With photographs taken by Barry of the likes of Seth Siegelaub, Lawrence Weiner, Rudi Fuchs and John Baldessari, «Not Intended» also announced Barry's forthcoming series of painted portraits featuring friends, family and fellow artists. These portraits consisted of black and white printed photographs in a square format, painted over with a thin layer of colour overlaid with painted words. These repainted photographs were each presented in a wooden black box that acted as a frame, a direct nod to the frames Ad Reinhardt used for his «Ultimate Painting series»... (Mathieu Copeland)
BARRY Robert (New York 1936)
New York, Holly Solomon Gallery, 1991, 15 × 15 cm, paperback with two metal staples, pp. (2)-(24)-(2), typographic cover with white title on black background, artist’s book fully illustrated with color and black and white pictures, published in conjunction with the exhibition "Not Intended: A New Projection by Robert Barry" (New York, Holly Solomon Gallery, September 5 - October 5, 1991).
[Bibliography: Mathieu Copeland, "Robert Barry. The Defining of It…”, Köln, Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther und Franz König, 2025: pp. 373-375].
Photographs of friends and colleagues in «Not Intended» offered a strong parallel to Barry's key Slidepiece «Belmont 67», that featured pictures of fellow artists and participants in the summer retreat. With photographs taken by Barry of the likes of Seth Siegelaub, Lawrence Weiner, Rudi Fuchs and John Baldessari, «Not Intended» also announced Barry's forthcoming series of painted portraits featuring friends, family and fellow artists. These portraits consisted of black and white printed photographs in a square format, painted over with a thin layer of colour overlaid with painted words. These repainted photographs were each presented in a wooden black box that acted as a frame, a direct nod to the frames Ad Reinhardt used for his «Ultimate Painting series»... (Mathieu Copeland)
