Stuff: Instead of a Memoir

Stuff: Instead of a Memoir is a colorful, illustrated autobiography of American art writer, activist, and curator Lucy Lippard, covering her 86-year creative life, from family roots to her thirty-five years in New York City. It touches on her roles in Conceptual Art and the Feminist Art movement and her focus on the American Southwest.

Format: Hardback
Length: 200 pages
Publication date: 12 September 2023
Publisher: New Village Press

Stuff: Instead of a Memoir is a captivating and vividly illustrated autobiography of the American art writer, activist, and occasional curator Lucy R. Lippard. In this concise yet richly illustrated book, the author takes us on a journey through her 86-year-long, exceptionally creative life, beginning with her family roots and childhood in New York, Louisiana, Virginia, and Maine. Through anecdotal and often humorous memories, we follow the author through her youth, adulthood, relationships, and her thirty-five years in New York City, where she organized dozens of exhibitions, authored hundreds of articles, and co-founded Heresies: A Feminist Journal of Art and Politics, the artist's book center Printed Matter, and the activist artists group PAD/D. Lippard delves into her roles in Conceptual Art and the Feminist Art movement during the 1960s and 1980s. Her accounts of more recent years, particularly her time in the American Southwest since moving there in the early 1990s, showcase her deep appreciation for art, landscape, culture, and communities. While this "anti-memoir" briefly mentions Lippard's twenty-five books, it fails to capture the numerous honors and accolades she has received throughout her illustrious career.

Dimension: 203 x 203 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781613322246