Tag Archives: 70s


Stephen Shore

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Stephen Shore, ‘Norway, Michigan, “Big John”, Iron Mountain Iron Mine, July 9, 1973’ (1973-2006)


Robert Irwin

Robert_Irwin_Untitled_1967_68_1588_88 Robert Irwin, ‘Untitled (disc installation)’ (1967-68) A short essay about the artist : Seeing is forgetting the name of the thing one sees, by Lawrence Weschler


William Wegman

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William Wegman, ‘Dramatic Hat Dance’ (1974)


Jasper Johns

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Jasper Johns, ‘Memory Piece’ (Frank O’Hara) (1970)


The Modern Lovers

‘Pablo Picasso’ by The Modern Lovers (1976)


Marianne Wex

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From the book ‘Let’s Take Back Our Space: “Female” and “Male” Body Language as a Result of Patriarchal Structures’ by Marianne Wex  (1979)


David Hockney

‘Portrait of an Artist (Pool with Two Figures)’ by David Hockney (1971)


Robert Filiou

Robert Filiou,  ‘7 Childlike Uses of Warlike Material’ (1970)


Gordon Matta-Clark

Gordon Matta-Clark, ‘Window Blow-Out’ (1976), Document of action, 8 black-and-white photographs

Window Blow-Out shows a derelict housing project in the Bronx with its windows bursted out. In the performance, the artist shot at the windows of the empty building with a BB gun.


Dara Birnbaum

‘Wonder Woman’ (1978) by Dara Birnbaum.

In ‘Technology/Transformation: Wonder Woman’ Dara Birnbaum uses images of Wonder Woman to subvert the ideology and meaning embedded in this popular 70’s television series.