Creator:

Art & Language (Group)  Search this

Type:

Sound recordings

Place of publication, production, or execution:

United States

Physical Description:

0.5 Linear feet

Arrangement:

The collection is arranged into one series.

Access Note / Rights:

This collection is open for research. Access to original papers requires an appointment and is limited to the Archives' Washington, D.C. Research Center. Researchers interested in accessing born-digital records or audiovisual recordings in this collection must use access copies. Contact References Services for more information.

Summary:

Twelve audio cassettes of six days of meetings, conducted in 1975, by members of the Art & Language group, concerning the future of the group. Participants include Sarah Charlesworth, Carol Condé, Michael Corris, Christine Kozlov, Nigel Lendon, Andrew Menard, Mel Ramsden, and Paula Ramsden among others. Participants discuss Marxism, Capitalism, including class and gender structure in society and other political issues; Art & Language publication, "The Fox"; and the Structuralist and Formalist movements in art. Also mentioned are the National Endowment for the Arts, the National Endowment for the Humanities, and the National Council.

Citation:

Art & Language sound recordings, 1975. Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution.

Funding:

The processing of this collection received Federal support from the Smithsonian Collections Care and Preservation Fund, administered by the National Collections Program and the Smithsonian Collections Advisory Committee.

Use Note:

The Archives of American Art makes its archival collections available for non-commercial, educational and personal use unless restricted by copyright and/or donor restrictions, including but not limited to access and publication restrictions. AAA makes no representations concerning such rights and restrictions and it is the user's responsibility to determine whether rights or restrictions exist and to obtain any necessary permission to access, use, reproduce and publish the collections. Please refer to the Smithsonian's Terms of Use for additional information.

Biography Note:

Art & Language (1967- 1975) was a group of artists based in England and New York, N.Y. that focused on Conceptual art.

Language Note:

English .

Provenance:

The collection was donated by Nigel Lendon, one of the participants, in 2011.

Location Note:

Archives of American Art, Smithsonian Institution, 750 9th St. NW, Washington, D.C. 20001

Topic:

Conceptual art  Search this

Theme:

Art organizations  Search this

Record number:

(DSI-AAA_CollID)15970

(DSI-AAA_SIRISBib)304975

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Theme:

Art organizations

Data Source:

Archives of American Art

EDAN-URL:

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