Detterer, Gabrielle & Nannucci, Maurizio - Artist-Run Spaces: Non Profit Collective Organizations in the 1960s & 1970s

Gabrielle Detterer & Maurizio Nannucci. Artist-Run Spaces:  Non Profit Collective Oraganizations in the 1960s & 1970s JRP Ringier, 2013.  Softcover. 230 pages.New, sealed.  This volume was developed in collaboration with founders of important and exemplary artist-run spaces of the 1960s-1970s. It represents the first extensive research on this subject and introduces spaces such as Art Metropole in Toronto, Artpool in Budapest, Ecart in Geneva, Franklin Furnace in New York, MOCA in San Francisco, La Mamelle in San Francisco, Printed Matter in New York, Western Front in Vancouver, and Zona in Florence, whose founders include Carl Andre, John Armleder, AA Bronson, Sol LeWitt, Lucy Lippard, Tom Marioni, and Maurizio Nannucci. At a time of transition to new aesthetic approaches, these artists promoted community spirit and organizational skills, pioneering a revaluation of traditional art concepts. The book documents not only the activities of these spaces, but also maps the