Scott Burton: Collected Writings on Art and Performance

Scott Burton (1939-1989) was an American artist best known for his large-scale furniture sculptures in granite and bronze. Recognized internationally as a preeminent figure in postwar American art, Burton synthesized minimalism, performance art, and large-scale civic projects. Before gaining widespread recognition for his sculpture and public art, however, Burton produced a substantial body of art writing in the late 1960s and early 1970s. An eclectic and wide-ranging critic, he wrote important texts, including the introduction to the groundbreaking exhibition of Post-minimal art Live in Your Head: When Attitudes Become Form and also served as an editor for both ARTnews and Art in America. At the same time, Burton simultaneously became known as a performance artist, developing themes he pursued in his writing. His dual role as an artist-critic, however, has rarely been explored. Scott Burton: Collected Writings on Art and Performance, 1965-1975 brings together—for the first time—Burto