As I was clicking around the ubuweb, I came upon this great page of links to many of the seminal minimalist texts. These are not manifesto’s per se, but they do give a great understanding of approach and process. So as far as minimal/conceptual texts go, these are easy to digest as well as easy to read. By the way, who write manifesto’s anymore other than the unabomber?
I also found a great Ed Ruscha text well worth the time to read.
Mel Bochner – Excerpts From Speculation (1967-1970)
Joseph Kosuth – Art After Philosophy (1969)
Sol Lewitt – Sentences on Conceptual Art (1968)
Robert Morris – Statements (1970)
Ed Ruscha – Edward Ruscha Discusses His Perplexing Publications (1965)
E’ molto interessante qui. Tornerò.
ML: Great links.
I will commence similar discourse on THEORY NOW
– http://theorynow.blogspot.com/ –
next week, posting notes & resources.
Hope you can visit. . .
More Sol: http://www.sinc.sunysb.edu/Stu/kswenson/lewitt.htm
MCB