Congrats @primaryinfo !! #Repost ・・・We're happy to announce the release of Michael Asher’s Writings 1973–1983 on Works 1969–1979, an essential document of a decade of formative work by the artist. Originally published in 1983 and edited by Benjamin H. D. Buchloh, the book presents 33 works through the artist’s writings, photographic documentation, architectural floor plans, exhibition announcements, and other ephemera. Writings 1973–1983 on Works 1969–1979 is 240 pages and retails for $40.00. Link to order in bio! Asher did not create traditional art objects; instead, he chose to alter the existing institutional apparatus through which art is presented, creating work dependent on the architectural, social, or economic systems that undergird how art is produced and experienced. Due to its site specificity and immateriality, Asher’s work ceased to exist after an exhibition, which makes this highly sought-after book the definitive mode through which one can gain insight into the work he made during this period. As the artist states in the introduction: “This book as a finished product will have a material permanence that contradicts the actual impermanence of the art-work, yet paradoxically functions as a testimony to that impermanence of my production.” Initiated by Kasper König, Writings 1973–1983 on Works 1969–1979 was originally co-published by the Press of the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, and was largely shaped by Asher’s close collaboration with art historian Benjamin H.D. Buchloh, who succeeded König as editor of the press. Images: 1: Cover of Michael Asher’s Writings 1973–1983 on Works 1969–1979 2-5: Interior spreads of Michael Asher’s Writings 1973–1983 on Works 1969–1979 All images by @naokomaeda Managing Editor: @_james_hoff Managing Editor: @rickmyers_cabinstudio #MichaelAsher #NovaScotiaCollegeofArtandDesign @moca #KasperKoenig #BenjaminHDBuchloh @bb1341 #JamesHoff #RickMyers https://www.instagram.com/p/CWGFtVAF4Vu/?utm_medium=tumblr
