Table of Contents
Preface and Acknowledgments xiii
Introduction 1
Constructions, Concretions, Readymades 27
Auguste Rodin 33
Preface to Art: Conversations with Paul Gsell (1911)
An Antique Fragment (1914)
Art and Nature (1916)
The Richness of the Antique Lies in Modeling (1917)
Constantin Brancusi 36
Propos (1926)
Artist's Statement (1926)
Artist's Statement (1927)
Umber to Boccioni 38
Technical Manifesto of Futurist Sculpture (1912)
Medardo Rosso 44
Impressionism in Sculpture (1907)
Pablo Picasso 47
Interview with Daniel-Henri Kahnweiler (1933)
Julio González on Picasso as Sculptor (1936)
Interview with Daniel-Henri Kahnweiler (1948)
Artist Statement (1951)
The Bull's Head (ca. 1957)
Conversations with Brassai (1964)
On Sculpture (1964)
Life with Picasso (1965)
Henri Matisse 51
Matisse Speaks to His Students (1908)
Interview with Pierre Courthion (1941)
Julio González 53
"Picasso sculpteur et les cathédrales" (ca. 1932)
"Notations" (ca. 1932)
Reply to a Question on Contemporary Art (1935)
Naum Gabo 55
The Constructive Idea in Art (ca. 1937)
Vladimir Tatlin 57
The Problem of the Relationship between Man and Object: Let Us Declare War on Chests of Drawers and Sideboards (1930)
László Moholy-Nagy 59
Sculpture (1936/1947)
Joaquín Torres-García 62
The Will to Construct (1930)
Alexander Calder 64
Mobiles (1937)
Jean Arp 67
Concrete Art (1944)
Henry Moore 69
Unit One (1934)
Marcel Duchamp 72
Apropos of "Readymades" (1961)
Personages, Politics. Passages 75
Jacques Lipchitz 81
Interview with James Johnson Sweeney (1945)
Alberto Giacometti 83
Letter to Pierre Matisse (1947)
Joseph Cornell 88
Diary Entry from January 24, 1947
Isamu Noguchi 90
New Stone Gardens (1964)
Theodore Roszak 93
In Pursuit of an Image (1955)
Herbert Ferber 95
Sculpture as Environment (1960)
David Smith 97
The Question-What Are Your Influences (1950)
Louise Bourgeois 100
On Cells (1991)
Jiro Yoshihara 103
Gutai Art Manifesto (1956)
Ruth Asawa 106
Two Conversations with Ruth Asawa 11995 and 1999)
Meret Oppenheim 109
Autobiographical Notes (ca. 1970)
Richard Stankiewicz 111
Contribution to "The Private Myth, A Symposium" (1961)
John Chamberlain 112
A Statement (1982)
Anthony Caro 114
My Own Work (1985)
Environments, Happenings, Combines 117
Frederick Kiesler 125
The Future: Notes on Architecture as Sculpture (1966)
Louise Nevelson 128
Dawns and Dusks: Taped Conversations with Diana MacKown (1976)
Yayoi Kusama 132
Create, Then Obliterate (2011)
Marisa Merz 134
Lo Specchio Ardente (The Burning Mirror) (1975)
Joseph Beuys 137
What Is Art? (1979)
Paul Thek 140
Interview with Harald Szeemann (1973)
Edward Kienholz 145
Documentation Book for Five Car Stud Tableau and the Sawdy Edition (1972)
Paul McCarthy 147
Substance Substitute (2010)
Mike Kelley 149
In the Image of Man (1992)
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov 152
Introduction to Public Projects or The Spirit of a Place (2001)
Allan Kaprow 156
Notes on the Creation of a Total Art (1958)
Claes Oldenburg 159
A Statement (1966)
Ken Price 161
Memo to M.F.A. Students Who Use Clay (1997-1998)
From a Maker's Standpoint (1997-1998)
Lygia Clark 164
The Empty Full (1960)
The Bichos (1960)
Hélio Oiticica 168
Eden (1969)
Gilbert and George 170
Two Text Pages Describing Our Position (1970)
Robert Rauschenberg 171
Artist's Statement (1959)
Interview with Barbara Rose (1987)
Jasper Johns 174
A Conversation with Terry Winters (2011)
Marisol 179
Interview with Cindy Nemser (1973)
Nam June Paik 183
Interview with Jud Yalkut (1968)
Polemics, Paragraphs, Propositions 189
Tony Smith 199
Pattern of Organic Life in America (1943)
Talking with Tony Smith (1966)
Donald Judd 201
Specific Objects (1964)
Robert Morris 208
Notes on Sculpture (1966)
Robert Irwin 213
"Conditional," in "Being and Circumstance" (1985)
Hans Haacke 219
Untitled Statement (1980)
Hans Haacke Responds to Questions from Texte zur Kunst (2010)
Mierle Laderman Ukeles 222
Manifesto for Maintenance Art 19691 / Proposal for an Exhibition "Care" (1969) Why Sanitation can be Used as a Model for Public Art (1984)
Sol LeWitt 229
Paragraphs an Conceptual Art (1967)
Lee Bontecou 233
Statement (1960)
Artist's Statement (2003)
Anne Truitt 235
Daybook: The Journal of an Artist (1974)
Carl Andre 238
Essayonsculpture1964
Dan Flavin 239
Journal Entry (1963)
"… in daylight or cool white.": An autobiographical sketch (1964-1969)
The Artists Say (1965)
Letter to Betsy Baker (1967)
Reply to Jan van der Marck (1967)
Reply to Dan Graham (1967)
Richard Artschwager 243
4 Sentences for Art in America (1965)
Art and Reason (1990)
Ronald Bladen 245
Statement (1965)
Eva Hesse 246
Conversation with Cindy Nemser (1970)
Richard Serra 251
Extended Notes from Sight Point Road (1984)
Richard Tuttle 256
Statement (1968)
Work Is Justification for the Excuse (1972)
Interview with Judith Olch Richards (1998)
Bruce Nauman 258
A Thousand Words: Bruce Nauman Talks about Mapping the Studio (2002)
Fred Sandback 263
Remarks on My Sculpture, 1966-1986 (1986)
Ana Mendieta 266
"La Maja de Yerba," Proposal for Bard College (1984)
Earth, Sky, Water 267
Christo and Jeanne-Claude 273
Christo in Conversation with Hans Ulrich Obrist (2017)
Robert Smithson 280
A Provisional Theory of Non-Sites (1968)
Cultural Confinement (1972)
Nancy Holt 283
Statement (1993)
Walter De Maria 287
The Lightning Field: Some Facts, Notes, Data, Information, Statistics, and Statements (1980)
Michael Heizer 291
Conversation with Kara Vander Weg (2014-2015)
James Turrell 296
Interview with Christine Y. Kim (2012)
Giuseppe Penone 301
Statement (1968)
Statement (1970)
Statement (1977)
Statement (1984)
Statement (1991)
Statement (1991)
Richard Long 304
Words after the Fact (1982)
Andy Goldsworthy 306
Hanging Stones (2018)
Maya Lin 309
About the Work (2000)
Sculpture in the Present 313
Ai Weiwei 315
Ai Weiwei with Phong H. Bui (2016)
Janine Antoni 323
Conversation with Douglas Dreishpoon (2009)
Petah Coyne 326
Conversation with Mary Sabbatino (2019)
Olafur Eliasson 329
Becoming Co-sculptural (2019)
Theaster Gates 333
Every Square Needs a Circle: Conversation between Zachary Cahill, Theaster Gates, and Michelle Grabner (2019)
Felix Gonzalez-Torres 342
Interview with Bruce Ferguson (1990)
Practices: The Problem of Divisions of Cultural Labor (1992)
Conversation between Felix Gonzalez-Torres and Joseph Kosuth (1993)
Interview with Hans Ulrich Obrist (1994)
Artist Lecture (1995)
Ann Hamilton 346
Weight (2016)
Pierre Huyghe 349
Interviewwith Robert Storr (2013)
Martin Puryear 354
Conversation with David Levi Strauss (2007)
Ursula von Rydingsvard 364
Why Do I Make Art? (2014)
Alison Saar 366
Statement (2019)
Tom Sachs 369
Thoughts about Prada Death Camp (2013)
Jeanne Silverthorne 372
As of Now (2019)
Kiki Smith 375
Conversation with Douglas Dreishpoon (2018)
Selected Bibliography 379
List of Illustration Credits 395
Index 401
