Art & Project
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Art & Project was Amsterdam's
leading contemporary art
gallery
in the 1970s and eighties, as well as the name of an influential art magazine published by the same gallery between 1968 and 1989.
, was for more than 30 years a major platform for conceptual art
in the Netherlands and beyond.
From the start of the gallery in 1968, Art & Project supported an international group of artists that was mostly associated with Minimal Art, Conceptual Art
and Land Art
. Through their Art & Project Bulletin, the gallery build an artistic network and enabled artists to have "exhibitions by mail".
The following artists were involved with the gallery (and the bulletin):
Barry Flanagan
, Douglas Huebler
, Lawrence Weiner
, Sol LeWitt
, Robert Barry
, Carl Andre
, Joseph Kosuth
, Richard Long
, Stanley Brouwn, Gilbert & George, Alighiero Boetti
, Francesco Clemente
, Allen Ruppersberg
, Marcel Broodthaers
, John Baldessari
, Hamish Fulton
, Jan Dibbets
, Ian Wilson
, Bas Jan Ader
and Daniel Buren
.
published 156 bulletins of Art & Project. The first magazines were merely announcements of upcoming exhibitions in the Art & Project gallery. Later editions more and more took the form of art objects.
The magazine was printed by The Hague
printshop Delta in an edition of 800. The format was generally A3, which was folded and thus formed 4 A4 pages. It was generally printed black ink on white paper. In some cases the standard format was abandoned, for example:
Art & Project was meant to be a monthly but was not always published regularly (17 in 1972, only 8 in 1973). Between June 1983 and December 1984 no magazines were published.
The magazine was distributed free of charge to about 400 addresses (mainly artists, galleries and curators). The remainder of each edition could be picked up at the gallery in Amsterdam. In some cases distribution (and even printing) took place in other cities:
in Europe in the sixties and seventies. Art & Project bulletins have become much sought-after documents. Several museums and galleries (Geneva, MoMA) have dedicated exhibitions commemorating the Art & Project legacy (see Links below).
) on Specific Object / David Platzker.New Art & Project bulletins by 20th Century Art Archives.Art & Project Bulletin, Amsterdam 1968-1989, Art & Project retrospective in the Geneva MAMCO museum.
Amsterdam
Amsterdam is the largest city and the capital of the Netherlands. The current position of Amsterdam as capital city of the Kingdom of the Netherlands is governed by the constitution of August 24, 1815 and its successors. Amsterdam has a population of 783,364 within city limits, an urban population...
leading contemporary art
Contemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
gallery
Art gallery
An art gallery or art museum is a building or space for the exhibition of art, usually visual art.Museums can be public or private, but what distinguishes a museum is the ownership of a collection...
in the 1970s and eighties, as well as the name of an influential art magazine published by the same gallery between 1968 and 1989.
The gallery
The Amsterdam gallery Art & Project (1968-2001), led by Adriaan van Ravesteijn & Geert van BeijerenAdriaan van Ravesteijn & Geert van Beijeren
Adriaan van Ravesteijn and his partner Geert van Beijeren were former gallery owners and art collectors in The Netherlands. They were the founders of the leading Dutch art gallery Art & Project and publishers of the art magazine with the same name...
, was for more than 30 years a major platform for conceptual art
Conceptual art
Conceptual art is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works, sometimes called installations, of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions...
in the Netherlands and beyond.
From the start of the gallery in 1968, Art & Project supported an international group of artists that was mostly associated with Minimal Art, Conceptual Art
Conceptual art
Conceptual art is art in which the concept or idea involved in the work take precedence over traditional aesthetic and material concerns. Many of the works, sometimes called installations, of the artist Sol LeWitt may be constructed by anyone simply by following a set of written instructions...
and Land Art
Land art
Land art, Earthworks , or Earth art is an art movement which emerged in the United States in the late 1960s and early 1970s, in which landscape and the work of art are inextricably linked...
. Through their Art & Project Bulletin, the gallery build an artistic network and enabled artists to have "exhibitions by mail".
The following artists were involved with the gallery (and the bulletin):
Barry Flanagan
Barry Flanagan
Barry Flanagan RA OBE was a Welsh sculptor, best known for his bronze statues of hares.-Biography:Barry Flanagan was born in Prestatyn, North Wales. He studied at Birmingham College of Art and Crafts before going on to St. Martin's School of Art in London in 1964. Flanagan graduated in 1966 and...
, Douglas Huebler
Douglas Huebler
Douglas Huebler was an American conceptual artist.-Life and career:Douglas Huebler grew up in rural Michigan during the Depression and served in the Marines in World War II...
, Lawrence Weiner
Lawrence Weiner
Lawrence Weiner was a central figure in the formation of conceptual art in the 1960s His work often takes the form of typographic texts.- Life and career :...
, Sol LeWitt
Sol LeWitt
Solomon "Sol" LeWitt was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism....
, Robert Barry
Robert Barry (artist)
Robert Barry is an American artist. Since 1967, Barry has produced non-material works of art, installations, and performance art using a variety of otherwise invisible media...
, Carl Andre
Carl Andre
Carl Andre is an American minimalist artist recognized for his ordered linear format and grid format sculptures. His sculptures range from large public artworks to more intimate tile patterns arranged on the floor of an exhibition space Carl Andre (born September 16, 1935) is an American...
, Joseph Kosuth
Joseph Kosuth
Joseph Kosuth , is an American conceptual artist. Kosuth lives in New York and Rome.-Early life and career:Kosuth was born in Toledo, Ohio. He attended the Toledo Museum School of Design from 1955 to 1962 and studied privately under the Belgian painter Line Bloom Draper. In 1963, Kosuth enrolled at...
, Richard Long
Richard Long (artist)
Richard Long is an English sculptor, photographer and painter, one of the best known British land artists. Long is the only artist to be shortlisted for the Turner Prize four times, and he is reputed to have refused the prize in 1984...
, Stanley Brouwn, Gilbert & George, Alighiero Boetti
Alighiero Boetti
Alighiero Fabrizio Boetti known as Alighiero e Boetti was an Italian conceptual artist, considered to be a member of the art movement Arte Povera....
, Francesco Clemente
Francesco Clemente
Francesco Clemente is an Italian and American contemporary artist. Influenced by thinkers as diverse as Gregory Bateson, William Blake, Allen Ginsberg, and J Krishnamurti, the art of Francesco Clemente is inclusive and nomadic, crossing many borders, intellectual and geographical.Dividing his time...
, Allen Ruppersberg
Allen Ruppersberg
Born in 1944 in Cleveland, Ohio. Allen Ruppersberg is one of the first generation of American Conceptual artists that changed the way art was thought about and made. His work includes paintings, prints, photographs, sculptures, installations, and books.- Biography :...
, Marcel Broodthaers
Marcel Broodthaers
Marcel Broodthaers was a Belgian poet, filmmaker and artist with a highly literate and often witty approach to creating art works....
, John Baldessari
John Baldessari
John Anthony Baldessari is an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lives and works in Santa Monica and Venice, California...
, Hamish Fulton
Hamish Fulton (artist)
Hamish Fulton was born in 1946 in London, England. From 1966 to 1968, he studied at St. Martin's School of Art, London and the following year at the Royal College of Art, London. The conceptual artist and photographer primarily concentrated his work on the experiences in individual walks that he took...
, Jan Dibbets
Jan Dibbets
Jan Dibbets , is a Dutch conceptual artist.In 1994, he was commissioned by the Arago Association to create a memorial to the French astronomer François Arago, known as Hommage à Arago...
, Ian Wilson
Ian Wilson
Ian Wilson may refer to:* Ian Wilson , Australian politician* Ian Wilson , Irish composer* Ian Wilson , English cinematographer...
, Bas Jan Ader
Bas Jan Ader
Bas Jan Ader was a Dutch conceptual artist, performance artist, photographer and filmmaker. He lived in Los Angeles for the last 10 years of his life. Ader's work was in many instances presented as photographs and film of his performances...
and Daniel Buren
Daniel Buren
Daniel Buren is a French conceptual artist.- Work :Sometimes classified as an abstract minimalist Buren is known best for using regular, contrasting maxi stripes to integrate the visual surface and architectural space, notably historical, landmark architecture.Among his chief concerns is the...
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The art magazine
Between September 1968 and November 1989 Adriaan van Ravesteijn & Geert van BeijerenAdriaan van Ravesteijn & Geert van Beijeren
Adriaan van Ravesteijn and his partner Geert van Beijeren were former gallery owners and art collectors in The Netherlands. They were the founders of the leading Dutch art gallery Art & Project and publishers of the art magazine with the same name...
published 156 bulletins of Art & Project. The first magazines were merely announcements of upcoming exhibitions in the Art & Project gallery. Later editions more and more took the form of art objects.
The magazine was printed by The Hague
The Hague
The Hague is the capital city of the province of South Holland in the Netherlands. With a population of 500,000 inhabitants , it is the third largest city of the Netherlands, after Amsterdam and Rotterdam...
printshop Delta in an edition of 800. The format was generally A3, which was folded and thus formed 4 A4 pages. It was generally printed black ink on white paper. In some cases the standard format was abandoned, for example:
- Bulletin 24 (Daniel BurenDaniel BurenDaniel Buren is a French conceptual artist.- Work :Sometimes classified as an abstract minimalist Buren is known best for using regular, contrasting maxi stripes to integrate the visual surface and architectural space, notably historical, landmark architecture.Among his chief concerns is the...
, 1970): Not really published. - Bulletin 43 (Sol LeWittSol LeWittSolomon "Sol" LeWitt was an American artist linked to various movements, including Conceptual art and Minimalism....
, September 1971): Folded in 48 rectangles. - Bulletin 62 (Alighiero BoettiAlighiero BoettiAlighiero Fabrizio Boetti known as Alighiero e Boetti was an Italian conceptual artist, considered to be a member of the art movement Arte Povera....
, November 1972): Format 28,6 x 42 cm. - Bulletin 68 (Douglas HueblerDouglas HueblerDouglas Huebler was an American conceptual artist.-Life and career:Douglas Huebler grew up in rural Michigan during the Depression and served in the Marines in World War II...
, August 1973): Format 29.7 x 63 cm and folded in three. - Bulletin 75 (Daniel BurenDaniel BurenDaniel Buren is a French conceptual artist.- Work :Sometimes classified as an abstract minimalist Buren is known best for using regular, contrasting maxi stripes to integrate the visual surface and architectural space, notably historical, landmark architecture.Among his chief concerns is the...
, March 1974): Printed on vellumVellumVellum is mammal skin prepared for writing or printing on, to produce single pages, scrolls, codices or books. It is generally smooth and durable, although there are great variations depending on preparation, the quality of the skin and the type of animal used...
. - Bulletin 107 (Francesco ClementeFrancesco ClementeFrancesco Clemente is an Italian and American contemporary artist. Influenced by thinkers as diverse as Gregory Bateson, William Blake, Allen Ginsberg, and J Krishnamurti, the art of Francesco Clemente is inclusive and nomadic, crossing many borders, intellectual and geographical.Dividing his time...
, May 1978): Printed on orange paper.
Art & Project was meant to be a monthly but was not always published regularly (17 in 1972, only 8 in 1973). Between June 1983 and December 1984 no magazines were published.
The magazine was distributed free of charge to about 400 addresses (mainly artists, galleries and curators). The remainder of each edition could be picked up at the gallery in Amsterdam. In some cases distribution (and even printing) took place in other cities:
- Bulletin 11 (Stanley Brouwn, September 1969): Distributed from DüsseldorfDüsseldorfDüsseldorf is the capital city of the German state of North Rhine-Westphalia and centre of the Rhine-Ruhr metropolitan region.Düsseldorf is an important international business and financial centre and renowned for its fashion and trade fairs. Located centrally within the European Megalopolis, the...
, as an announcement for the exhibition "Prospect 69" in Kunsthalle DüsseldorfKunsthalle Düsseldorf-Building:The present art centre was built in 1967 in Brutalist architecture by the architects Konrad Beckmann and Brockes. They used commercially available precast concrete for the construction work.-History:...
. - Bulletin 20 (Gilbert & George, March 1970) and 21 (Yutaka Matsuzawa, March 1970): Printed and distributed in TokyoTokyo, ; officially , is one of the 47 prefectures of Japan. Tokyo is the capital of Japan, the center of the Greater Tokyo Area, and the largest metropolitan area of Japan. It is the seat of the Japanese government and the Imperial Palace, and the home of the Japanese Imperial Family...
. - Bulletin 56 (Jan DibbetsJan DibbetsJan Dibbets , is a Dutch conceptual artist.In 1994, he was commissioned by the Arago Association to create a memorial to the French astronomer François Arago, known as Hommage à Arago...
, June 1972): Distributed from VeniceVeniceVenice is a city in northern Italy which is renowned for the beauty of its setting, its architecture and its artworks. It is the capital of the Veneto region...
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Lasting influence
The name Art & Project has become sheer legendary in the world of art. Along with the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, the gallery was an important centre for renewal of contemporary artContemporary art
Contemporary art can be defined variously as art produced at this present point in time or art produced since World War II. The definition of the word contemporary would support the first view, but museums of contemporary art commonly define their collections as consisting of art produced...
in Europe in the sixties and seventies. Art & Project bulletins have become much sought-after documents. Several museums and galleries (Geneva, MoMA) have dedicated exhibitions commemorating the Art & Project legacy (see Links below).
External links
Art & Project on Left Matrix.Art & Project Bulletins: 1968 - 1989, Art & Project retrospective in gallery Specific Object / David Platzker.Complete lijst van Art & Project bulletins (document PDFPortable Document Format
Portable Document Format is an open standard for document exchange. This file format, created by Adobe Systems in 1993, is used for representing documents in a manner independent of application software, hardware, and operating systems....
) on Specific Object / David Platzker.New Art & Project bulletins by 20th Century Art Archives.Art & Project Bulletin, Amsterdam 1968-1989, Art & Project retrospective in the Geneva MAMCO museum.