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Conceptual Art Library

Possibly the most abused word in the art lexicon, “conceptual” refers to any art work in which the idea is the work’s most important aspect. “When an artist uses a conceptual form of art,” wrote Sol LeWitt in his 1967 “Paragraphs on Conceptual Art,” “it means that all of the planning and decisions are made beforehand and the execution is a perfunctory affair. The idea becomes a machine that makes the art.” While the question of whether the idea outweighs the work’s execution can often only be answered intuitively, conceptual art is nonetheless associated with a certain look: serial forms (since the idea often generates serial examples of itself), industrial/nono-manual production and the use of graphically emphatic language (as in Lawrence Weiner). Weiner, LeWitt, Mel Bochner, Joseph Kosuth and the Art & Language collective were among the first generation of conceptualists; included in our conceptualism library are examples from subsequent generations of artists who have extended their legacy.

TITLE ALPHABETICAL INDEX

ADRIAN PIPER

Lévy Gorvy

ISBN: 9781944379209
USD $25.00 | CAD $34.5 UK £ 22

Pub Date: 5/22/2018
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ADRIAN PIPER: A READER

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450332
USD $45.00 | CAD $60

Pub Date: 5/22/2018
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ADRIAN PIPER: A SYNTHESIS OF INTUITIONS 1965–2016

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450493
USD $65.00 | CAD $87

Pub Date: 5/22/2018
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AGNES DENES: ABSOLUTES AND INTERMEDIATES

The Shed

ISBN: 9781732494701
USD $65.00 | CAD $90 UK £ 57

Pub Date: 2/18/2020
Active | Out of stock

ALLEN RUPPERSBERG SOURCEBOOK

Independent Curators International (ICI)

ISBN: 9780916365844
USD $39.95 | CAD $53.95 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 5/31/2014
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BERNADETTE MAYER: MEMORY

Siglio

ISBN: 9781938221255
USD $45.00 | CAD $63 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 6/9/2020
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BRUCE NAUMAN: DISAPPEARING ACTS

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450318
USD $75.00 | CAD $99

Pub Date: 2/27/2018
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CAHIERS D’ART: AI WEIWEI

Cahiers d'Art

ISBN: 9782851173072
USD $100.00 | CAD $140

Pub Date: 3/31/2020
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CECILIA VICUñA: ABOUT TO HAPPEN

Siglio

ISBN: 9781938221231
USD $29.95 | CAD $39.95 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 8/20/2019
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CHARLES GAINES: PALM TREES AND OTHER WORKS

Hauser & Wirth Publishers

ISBN: 9783906915463
USD $50.00 | CAD $69.95

Pub Date: 2/18/2020
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CHRISTIAN MARCLAY: SOUND STORIES

Snap Inc.

ISBN: 9781942884620
USD $35.00 | CAD $49 UK £ 30

Pub Date: 1/28/2020
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CONCEPTUAL ART IN A CURATORIAL PERSPECTIVE

Valiz/vis-à-vis

ISBN: 9789078088769
USD $30.00 | CAD $45

Pub Date: 4/23/2019
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DAVID LAMELAS: PUBLICATION

Primary Information

ISBN: 9780990689614
USD $18.00 | CAD $25.5

Pub Date: 9/27/2016
Active | Out of stock

ENTREPRECARIAT

Onomatopee Projects

ISBN: 9789493148161
USD $20.00 | CAD $28

Pub Date: 9/8/2020
Active | Out of stock

FERDINAND KRIWET: STARS

Spector Books

ISBN: 9783959053204
USD $60.00 | CAD $85

Pub Date: 5/27/2025
Forthcoming

GUY DE COINTET: TEMPO RUBATO

Fundación/Colección Jumex

ISBN: 9786079584511
USD $49.95 | CAD $67.5

Pub Date: 2/28/2014
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HANNE DARBOVEN: BOUNDLESS

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775740197
USD $60.00 | CAD $79

Pub Date: 2/23/2016
Active | Out of stock

IMAGE BANK

Hatje Cantz

ISBN: 9783775746328
USD $59.95 | CAD $85

Pub Date: 1/21/2020
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INFORMATION

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870709760
USD $35.00 | CAD $39.95

Pub Date: 10/8/2019
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MARCEL BROODTHAERS

D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers

ISBN: 9781938922299
USD $75.00 | CAD $99

Pub Date: 11/30/2013
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MARCEL BROODTHAERS

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870709623
USD $75.00 | CAD $99

Pub Date: 2/23/2016
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MARCEL DUCHAMP

Hauser & Wirth Publishers

ISBN: 9783906915517
USD $125.00 | CAD $172

Pub Date: 12/14/2021
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MEL BOCHNER: IF THE COLOUR CHANGES

Ridinghouse

ISBN: 9781905464661
USD $45.00 | CAD $55

Pub Date: 9/1/2012
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MEL BOCHNER: MEASUREMENTS (1968–1971)

Dia Art Foundation

ISBN: 9780944521908
USD $40.00 | CAD $56 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 3/31/2020
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MICHAEL CRAIG-MARTIN: PRESENT SENSE

Royal Academy of Arts

ISBN: 9781912520152
USD $30.00 | CAD $45

Pub Date: 3/19/2019
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MICHAEL RAKOWITZ

Silvana Editoriale

ISBN: 9788836643332
USD $45.00 | CAD $63

Pub Date: 3/17/2020
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MUNGO THOMSON: MAIL

Inventory Press

ISBN: 9781941753347
USD $45.00 | CAD $63 UK £ 40

Pub Date: 8/11/2020
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NOT VITAL: SCARCH

Hauser & Wirth Publishers

ISBN: 9783906915500
USD $55.00 | CAD $77

Pub Date: 3/31/2020
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ON BEING AN ARTIST

Art / Books

ISBN: 9781908970503
USD $20.00 | CAD $29.95

Pub Date: 8/20/2019
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ON KAWARA — SILENCE

Guggenheim Museum Publications

ISBN: 9780892075195
USD $65.00 | CAD $87 UK £ 57

Pub Date: 3/24/2015
Active | Out of stock

POPE.L: CAMPAIGN

Mousse Publishing

ISBN: 9788867493890
USD $30.00 | CAD $45

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
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POPE.L: PROTO-SKIN SET

Mitchell-Innes & Nash

ISBN: 9780998631219
USD $40.00 | CAD $54 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 4/24/2018
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RENEE GLADMAN & FRED MOTEN: ONE LONG BLACK SENTENCE

Image Text Ithaca Press

ISBN: 9781733497107
USD $60.00 | CAD $85 UK £ 53

Pub Date: 7/21/2020
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

SARAH CHARLESWORTH: DOUBLEWORLD

New Museum

ISBN: 9780915557080
USD $55.00 | CAD $72.5 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

SOL LEWITT: FOLDS AND RIPS

Walther König, Köln

ISBN: 9783960987116
USD $55.00 | CAD $77

Pub Date: 4/21/2020
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SOL LEWITT: FOUR BASIC KINDS OF LINES & COLOUR

Primary Information/Printed Matter, Inc.

ISBN: 9781732098664
USD $16.00 | CAD $24.95

Pub Date: 9/17/2019
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STEVEN LEIBER: CATALOGS

Inventory Press & RITE Editions

ISBN: 9781941753248
USD $55.00 | CAD $75 UK £ 50

Pub Date: 8/20/2019
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TALLUR L.N.: INTERFERENCE FRINGE

Grounds For Sculpture

ISBN: 9781646570003
USD $40.00 | CAD $56 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 5/19/2020
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THE APARTMENT

MAMCO, Geneva

ISBN: 9781942884484
USD $29.95 | CAD $41.95 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 4/7/2020
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TOMáS SARACENO

Marsilio

ISBN: 9788829703647
USD $40.00 | CAD $56 UK £ 35

Pub Date: 8/25/2020
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UPGRADE AVAILABLE

Dancing Foxes Press

ISBN: 9781733688925
USD $29.95 | CAD $41.95 UK £ 27

Pub Date: 6/23/2020
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YOKO ONO: GRAPEFRUIT

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870709784
USD $150.00 | CAD $200

Pub Date: 6/23/2015
Out of stock indefinitely | Not available

YOKO ONO: ONE WOMAN SHOW, 1960–1971

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9780870709661
USD $60.00 | CAD $79

Pub Date: 5/26/2015
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MEMBER: POPE.L, 1978–2001

The Museum of Modern Art, New York

ISBN: 9781633450868
USD $40.00 | CAD $55

Pub Date: 11/19/2019
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Conceptual Art: Recommended Reading List of Books & Catalogs

Conceptual Art Library Active Backlist Titles

Adrian Piper LéVY GORVY Pbk, 7.25 x 10 in. / 92 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 5/22/2018 | In stock  |   US $25.00	Adrian Piper: A Reader THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Pbk, 6.5 x 9.75 in. / 280 pgs / 52 color / 75 bw. | 5/22/2018 | In stock  |   US $45.00	Adrian Piper: A Synthesis of Intuitions 1965–2016 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 352 pgs / 373 color. | 5/22/2018 | In stock  |   US $65.00
Allen Ruppersberg Sourcebook INDEPENDENT CURATORS INTERNATIONAL (ICI) Pbk, 8.5 x 11 in. / 284 pgs / illustrated throughout. | 5/31/2014 | In stock  |   US $39.95	Bernadette Mayer: Memory SIGLIO Hbk, 10 x 7.25 in. / 332 pgs / 1155 color. | 6/9/2020 | In stock  |   US $45.00	Bruce Nauman: Disappearing Acts THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Hbk, 9 x 10.5 in. / 356 pgs / 250 color. | 2/27/2018 | In stock  |   US $75.00
Cahiers d’Art: Ai Weiwei CAHIERS D'ART Slip, pbk, 12.5 x 9.75 in. / 192 pgs / 120 color. | 3/31/2020 | In stock  |   US $100.00	Cecilia Vicuña: About to Happen SIGLIO Pbk, 8 x 8 in. / 160 pgs / 100 color / 8 bw. | 8/20/2019 | In stock  |   US $29.95	Charles Gaines: Palm Trees and Other Works HAUSER & WIRTH PUBLISHERS Hbk, 8 x 12 in. / 144 pgs / 85 color. | 2/18/2020 | In stock  |   US $50.00
Christian Marclay: Sound Stories SNAP INC. Hbk, 6.75 x 9.75 in. / 104 pgs / 40 color / 13 duotone. | 1/28/2020 | In stock  |   US $35.00	Conceptual Art in a Curatorial Perspective VALIZ/VIS-à-VIS Pbk, 6.25 x 8.25 in. / 240 pgs / 50 bw. | 4/23/2019 | In stock  |   US $30.00	Guy de Cointet: Tempo Rubato FUNDACIóN/COLECCIóN JUMEX Hbk, 6.5 x 9 in. / 197 pgs / 91 color / 19 bw. | 2/28/2014 | In stock  |   US $49.95
Image Bank HATJE CANTZ Pbk, 6.75 x 9.5 in. / 320 pgs / 317 color. | 1/21/2020 | In stock  |   US $59.95	Information THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Pbk, 8 x 10 in. / 208 pgs / 100 bw. | 10/8/2019 | In stock  |   US $35.00	Marcel Broodthaers D.A.P./DISTRIBUTED ART PUBLISHERS Hbk, 10 x 12 in. / 320 pgs / 350 color. | 11/30/2013 | In stock  |   US $75.00
Marcel Broodthaers THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Hbk, 9.5 x 12 in. / 352 pgs / 450 color. | 2/23/2016 | In stock  |   US $75.00	Marcel Duchamp HAUSER & WIRTH PUBLISHERS Slip, hbk, 2 vols, 9.5 x 12.5 in. / 252 pgs. / 167 color. | 12/14/2021 | In stock  |   US $125.00	Mel Bochner: If the Colour Changes RIDINGHOUSE Pbk, 9.63 x 11.25 in. / 224 pgs / 140 color. | 9/1/2012 | In stock  |   US $45.00
Mel Bochner: Measurements (1968–1971) DIA ART FOUNDATION Hbk, 10 x 10 in. / 128 pgs / 60 color / 60 bw. | 3/31/2020 | In stock  |   US $40.00	Michael Craig-Martin: Present Sense ROYAL ACADEMY OF ARTS Pbk, 9.75 x 12 in. / 96 pgs / 45 color. | 3/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $30.00	Michael Rakowitz SILVANA EDITORIALE Hbk, 9.5 x 11 in. / 224 pgs / 160 color. | 3/17/2020 | In stock  |   US $45.00
Mungo Thomson: Mail INVENTORY PRESS Pbk, 8.5 x 10.25 in. / 496 pgs / 3000 color. | 8/11/2020 | In stock  |   US $45.00	Not Vital: Scarch HAUSER & WIRTH PUBLISHERS Clth, 9.25 x 12.25 in. / 260 pgs. | 3/31/2020 | In stock  |   US $55.00	On Being an Artist ART / BOOKS Pbk, 6 x 9 in. / 304 pgs / 60 color / 33 bw. | 8/20/2019 | In stock  |   US $20.00
Pope.L: Campaign MOUSSE PUBLISHING Pbk, 5.75 x 8.25 in. / 168 pgs / 130 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $30.00	Sol LeWitt: Four Basic Kinds of Lines & Colour PRIMARY INFORMATION/PRINTED MATTER, INC. Pbk, 8 x 8 in. / 36 pgs / 16 color / 16 bw. | 9/17/2019 | In stock  |   US $16.00	Steven Leiber: Catalogs INVENTORY PRESS & RITE EDITIONS Pbk, 10.25 x 10.25 in. / 252 pgs / 300 color. | 8/20/2019 | In stock  |   US $55.00
Tallur L.N.: Interference Fringe GROUNDS FOR SCULPTURE Pbk, 9 x 11 in. / 120 pgs / 100 color. | 5/19/2020 | In stock  |   US $40.00	The Apartment MAMCO, GENEVA Pbk, 6.25 x 9 in. / 132 pgs / 35 color / 9 bw. | 4/7/2020 | In stock  |   US $29.95	Tomás Saraceno MARSILIO Pbk, 8.25 x 10.5 in. / 160 pgs / 150 color. | 8/25/2020 | In stock  |   US $40.00
Upgrade Available DANCING FOXES PRESS Pbk, 7.75 x 9.5 in. / 144 pgs / 56 color. | 6/23/2020 | In stock  |   US $29.95	Yoko Ono: One Woman Show, 1960–1971 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Clth, 9.5 x 12 in. / 240 pgs / 250 color. | 5/26/2015 | In stock  |   US $60.00	member: Pope.L, 1978–2001 THE MUSEUM OF MODERN ART, NEW YORK Hbk, 8 x 10 in. / 144 pgs / 100 color. | 11/19/2019 | In stock  |   US $40.00