Paula R. Feldman

Compendium of critical essays on Carl Andre from 1965 - 2004. Includes reviews and critical essays. Lacks any interviews with the artist, however, some of the included texts do contain direct quotes by Andre. Contributions by Michel Assenmaker, Kenneth Baker, Julia Bernard, Carel Blotkamp, Mel Bochner, Guy Brett, Scott Burton, John Chandler, Michel Claura, Holland Cotter, Fenella Crichton, Douglas Crimp, Enno Develing, Willis Domingo, Sebastian Egenhofer, Milton Esterow, Briony Fer, Hollis Frampton, Martin Gayford, Jeremy Gilbert-Rolfe, Dan Graham, Clement Greenberg, Marlis Grüterich, Dodie Gust, Charles Harrison, Thomas B. Hess, Georg Jappe, Pepe Karmel, Hilton Kramer, Donald Kuspit, Philip Larson, Philip Leider, Lucy R. Lippard, Jane Livingston, Philip Mellor, James Meyer, Robert C. Morgan, Richard Morphet, Lynda Morris, Grégoire Müller, Beatrix Nobis, Reno Odlin, Ida Panicelli, Alex Potts, Dominic Rahtz, Barbara Rose, Peter Schjeldahl, Barry Schwabsky, Adrian Searle, Nicholas Serota, Colin Simpson, Roberta Smith, Hans Strelow, David Sylvester, Jan van der Marck, Dries Vande Velde, Kurt von Meier. "Carl Andre is one of the most significant and influential artists of his generation. Alongside contemporaries such as Robert Morris and Donald Judd, his radically minimalist sculpture and poetry has fundamentally shifted the definitions and boundaries of art. Spanning four decades, this book charts the gradual evolution of consensus about the meaning of his art. The most significant essays and exhibition reviews have been collated into one volume, including texts written by some of the most influential art historians and critics: Clement Greenberg, Donald Kuspit, Lucy R. Lippard, Robert C. Morgan, Barbara Rose and Roberta Smith. Some essays appear here in English for the first time. This volume is an indispensable anthology on one of the central figures of Minimalism… (mere)