Index: Idea Art

Copyright © 1973 by Gregory Battcock

  • Dore Ashton: “Monuments for Nowhere or Anywhere.” Reprinted from L’Art Vivant, July, 1970
  • Jonathan Benthall: “The Relevance of Ecology.” Reprinted from Studio International, December, 1969
  • Cheryl Bernstein: “The Fake as More.”
  • Jack Burnham: “Problems of Criticism.” Reprinted from Artforum, Vol. 9, No. 5, January, 1971
  • Joseph Kosuth: “Art After Philosophy, I and II.” Reprinted from Studio International, October and November, 1969
  • Lucy Lippard: “The Art Workers’ Coalition.” Reprinted from Studio International, November, 1970
  • Ursula Meyer: “The Eruption of Anti-Art.”
  • John Perreault: “It’s Only Words.” Reprinted from The Village Voice, May 20, 1971, by permission of the author.
  • Arthur Rose: “Four Interviews.” Reprinted from Arts Magazine, Vol. 43, No. 4, February, H:l6\:l,
  • Harold Rosenberg: “Art and Words.” Reprinted from The New Yorker, March 29, 1969. Copyright e 1969 by The New Yorker Magazine, Inc.
  • Seth Siegelaub: “On Exhibitions and the World at Large: A Conversation with Seth Siegelaub.” Studio International, December, 1969
  • Lawrence Weiner, Daniel Buren, Mel Bochner, Sol Le Witt: “Documentation in Conceptual Art.” Arts Magazine, April, 1970
  • Robert Hughes: “The Decline and Fall of the Avant-Garde.” TIME, The Weekly Newsmagazine; copyright e 1972 Time, Inc.
  • Les Levine: “Les Levine Replies.”
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Gregory Battcock, Dore Ashton, Jonathan Benthall, Cheryl Bernstein, Jack Burnham, Joseph Kosuth, Lucy Lippard, Ursula Meyer, John Perreault, Arthur Rose, Harold Rosenberg, Seth Siegelaub, Lawrence Weiner, Daniel Buren, Mel Bochner, Sol LeWitt, Robert Hughes, Les Levine

Critical anthology of pivotal texts edited by Gregory Battcock. Essays “Monuments for Nowhere or Anywhere,” by Dore Ashton; ” “Art in the Service of the Left?,” by Battcock; “The Relevance of Ecology,” by Jonathan Benthall; “The Fake as More,” by Cheryl Bernstein; “Problems of Criticism,” by Jack Burnham; “Art After Philosopy, I and II,” by Joseph Kosuth; “The Art Workers’ Coalition,” by Lucy Lippard; “The Eruption of Anti-Art,” by Ursula Meyer; “It’s Only Words,” by John Perreault; “Four Interviews,” Arthur Rose [Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Lawrence Weiner]; “Art and Words,” by Harold Rosenberg; “On Exhibitions and the World at Large: A Conversation with Seth Siegelaub”; “Documentation in Conceptual Art,” by Lawrence Weiner, Daniel Buren, Mel Bochner, and Sol LeWitt; “The Decline and Fall of the Avant-Garde,” by Robert Hughes; and “Les Levine Replies,” by Les Levine. “By 1970 it was clear that a new type of art was emerging in the New York and European art worlds. Quickly labeled Conceptual Art or Idea Art, the form encompassed an extraordinary variety of works. What they all seemed to have in common was a rejection of the ‘bourgeois’ aspects of traditional art. Works of Idea Art frequently did not actually exist as objects. Rather, the remained ideas; often, what did exist was only some kind of documentation referring to the concept. The chief purpose of this anthology is to present in a direct way some of the action, diversity, and rationale behind Idea Art. And it attempts to do so by presenting the students and educator with some of the original and important theoretical documents that helped set the direction of the new artistic emphasis.” –– from book’s back cover.

LPD: worknotes

UPDATE: JUNE 2021: KEEP IT SIMPLE. USE DEKTOL

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If you print little (less than 500 prints/yr), or infrequently, LPD may not be worth the cost or effort. Dektol is a good product that has served the clients of most of the worlds greatest printers.

What do I use: Ilford Bromophen, Foma PW, Moersch Catechol


Official contents information has changed in the past 40 years. Now, it is a secret.

ALTERNATIVE:


Ethol LPD dilutions

dilution paper tone

LPD — lasting paper developer. LPD is sold in two forms: powder or liquid. I have always used the powder, mixing it to stock and using, mostly, with replenishment. The stock seems to last for years, while the working dilution can be used for days or weeks with replenishment. This is the developer to use if you want something that you can put hundreds of prints through without change in density or image tone.

It also is a developer that readily adjusts paper tones. Not as much as changing emulsion, but you can certainly tune for tone. Once you get what you want, you can keep printing through the entire box of paper.

The above chart is based upon the POWDER form of LPD. Recently, I bought the liquid form – mainly as confirmation that it would satisfy a friend who is afraid of powder chemistry in her house. It works, and works well. With my first set of tests completed, I’d say it could be used instead of the powder form. I don’t have any way of estimating how long the liquid in a bottle will last as compared to the powder in a can. Instinct says the powder will store longer. But then, instinct isn’t knowledge.

Between Forms: The liquid is more concentrated, meaning that a 1+4 mixture for the powder form should become a 1+8 mixture if starting with the liquid LPD.

Reminder: LPD (like dektol) contains hyroquinone, meaning that developer activity slows quickly, and noticibly below 68degrees. Try to keep your print developer at 70 degrees or better.

If you don’t print much, then you don’t need LPD. Use good ole Dektol. Or maybe a liquid developer made by your paper maker: Ilford, Adox, Foma.IMG_1019 IMG_1018

Replenishing

Any replenishing is an effort to maintain a process in a balance, usually to save some effort or expense. Since LPD is stable and long lasting replenishing seems almost a wasted effort, yet I do replenish. I have a bottle of ‘muddy river’ that is over 5 years old. My replenishment practice is based upon maintaining a level in the tray, draining prints to the drip point, and adding refresher solution made from fresh LPD. I also keep tight fitting lids on my trays, covering them even during a session when not using that chemical (developer/stop/fix) This comes from my early years as a dye transfer printer.

Ethol Direction Sheet

replenishing LPD

Originally (1975) Ethol attached a paper to the cans, it was Bulletin 8K. Not anymore. If you need numbers, approximately 30 prints (8×10) (15 11x14s) need 300ml of replenisher. The replenisher is made from the original stock mixture. When making the stock solution divide into 2 separate gallon jugs – one is ‘work’ the other is ‘replenisher’ — since I use LPD at 1:1 working strength I mix the ‘R’ jug 1:1. Just since buying the liquid LPD, I am using it as my replenisher, so mix my ‘R’ at 1:2 for replenishing my working tray.

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In a typical session I make between 30 -50 11×14’s … I print a lot.

This is my ordinary printing volume. A reason for using LPD

My Procedure

The developer tray is oversize- 10×12 and 5 inch deep. I put 2 liters of LPD into this tray. It has a tight seal lid which is in place when I’m not souping the paper. Generally, I soup one print at a time.

At the end of the developer time, I drain the print till it drips. Then stop bath, and fix. I have timers for developer, for fix, and wash. 3 separate timers. I wash in 3 separate trays made from plastic tubs. Intake water is through jets of water; water flows by pressure siphon from the bottom of the tanks.

I know how many prints have been processed, because I put 25 sheets of paper into a safety bag (labeled) and in a paper safe (also labeled). Also, as the prints are finished washing, they are dried. Pretty easy to count the stack on the drying racks or table. After 15 (11×14)s have been through I replenish by 200ml (sometimes more)

At the end of a print day, I pour the developer into a 4 liter clear plastic measuring tank; bringing the level of developer up to the original 2 liter mark by adding replenisher. The amount used is marked on my wet-room blackboard.