Dan Graham (1942–2022)

Hardcover artist book ex. 15/40 signed by both the artists. Pop-up in the middle of the book. Texts by Chris Dercon en Mike Kelley on the dustjacket, cover design by Peter Downsbrough.

Dan Graham (1942 - 2022) is an American conceptuel artist, curator and critic. He lives and works in New York. He is represented in several important international collections (including Middelheim in Antwerp Belgium) and was present in several Dokumentas and Biënales of Venice.

Marie-Paule Macdonald (1942 ) is a Canadian architect and urbanist. She studied in Paris (France), Halifax (Canada), Saas-Fee ( Switzerland). She is Associate Professor at the University of Waterloo (Canada) with research interests in contemporary architectural and urban design, theory and practice, landscape architecture, urbanism, contemporary sculpture and their inter-relations ; soundscapes. Ref. University of Waterloo
She also worked with Gordon Matta Clark.
‘Rockspaces 2000 – Rockspace is a dream about the future of music in the city’

Imschoot Uitgevers: In 1987 publishing house Imschoot (Ghent- Belgium) started an exceptional series of artists’ books made by international artists ( Giovanni Anselmo, Sol LeWitt, John Baldessari, Lawrence Weiner, Hanne Darboven, Robert Barry, Christian Boltanski, Dan Graham, a.o.). Ref. Johan Pas
In addition to the regular softcover edition (500 to 1000 copies), a deluxe hardcover edition was also issued in a very limited edition, numbered and signed by the artists.
The publishing house ceased its activities in 2006.
Kaatje Cusse (editor Imschoot) about this book:
‘The book we’re making with Dan Graham has been dragging on for a while. In collaboration with architect Marie-Paule Macdonald he worked on a rock & roll opera that was to be performed at La Monnaie, but never took place. We decided to make a booklet with the libretto and the drawings. It is based on the movie - Wild in the streets – (1968). We are currently investigating the possibilities of publishing a number of copies as a pop-up book (book with protrudings parts).

References
• Ref. Elke de Rijcke, Het telefoonboek in herdruk en tal van andere titels. Een interview met Dirk Imschoot, uitgever van kunstenaarsboeken., De Witte Raaf, ed. 41 jan.-feb. 1993
• Ref. Johan Pas (Een essay door -), Het kunstenaarsboek in België: de voorzet tot een geschiedenis., Kunstenpunt
• Ref. University of Waterloo (Canada), Architecture
"Dan Graham : Beyond" by Chrissie Iles, Bennett Simpson, Beatriz Colomina, Rhea Anastas, Mark von Schlegell, Mark Francis, Alexandra Midal, Philippe Vergne, Kim Gordon, Rodney Graham. Cambridge, MA : The MIT Press, 2009, pp. 50, 164.… (más)

Dan Graham (1942-2022) was a highly influential figure in the field of contemporary art, both as an artist and as a well-respected critic and theorist. He was the founding director of the John Daniels Gallery (1964–1965), where he presented Sol LeWitt's first solo exhibition and showed works by Donald Judd, Dan Flavin, and Robert Smithson. Graham is known for his early conceptual work for magazines, his groundbreaking video work, and his site-specific architectural pavilions.

Rassemble des textes sur l'architecture, le design, le cinéma, le théâtre et le rock. Il y est question de Brooke Shields, Dean Martin et Malcolm McLaren, tout autant que de Dan Flavin, Claes Oldenburg et Robert Venturi. Quant à la musique rock, elle est le prétexte à la définition d'un espace où s'imbriquent sectes religieuses, féminisme et rébellion musicale.… (más)