Seth Siegelaub: The Xerox Book, 1969

Title: The Xerox Book
Editor: Seth Siegelaub
Artists: Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris, Lawrence Weiner
Format: 190 pages, 8.375 x 10.625 inches
ISBN: none

This book exhibition—also known as The Xerox Book—was organized and published by Seth Siegelaub in 1968. Both presenting a range of artists associated with Siegelaub’s curatorial practice and utilizing unconventional modes of exhibition, this book marks ongoing attempt by Siegelaub to show work outside of the gallery setting, and his first time showing an exhibition in book form. Furthermore, Siegelaub asked each artist in the exhibition to create 25 pages of work that responded to the photocopy format. Though the Xerox process proved financially unfeasible—the works ultimately being reproduced through the more conventional printing press—the book continued to be referred to as The Xerox Book, preserving its association with the then-new photocopy technology.

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