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Open for Action: Political Book Art
September 25, 2003 - December 5, 2003

organized by  Richard  Minsky
 Sharon  Gilbert

 Art Workers Coalition
Open Hearing
(1969)
Seana  Biondolillo
Jab #17, The
(2001)
Gaza  Bowen
Waste Not / What Not Catalog
(2002) offset; 100% recycled New Leaf papers: Symphony Gloss and Reincarnation; stapled
Kyle  Bravo
How2 Zine no. 1 and 2
(2002) woodcut and photocopy on photocopy paper; pamphlet stitch binding
Kyle Bravo's Punk Rock Guide to Saving Money, Fighting Capitalism and Having Fun While You're At It
(2001) photocopy paper, photocopies, pamphlet stitch binding
Managerial Guide to Beating Workers Into Submission, The
(2000) photocopy on card stock and paint chips; perfect binding
 California State Prison
National Library Week April 21-27, 1963
(1963)
Sue  Coe
How to Commit Suicide in South Africa
(1983)
Sue  Coe & Holly Metz
How to Commit Suicide in South Africa
(1983)
Michael  Corris
Typographic Samples Pictures Polemics
(1986)
 Critical Art Ensemble
Action is Addiction
(1992)
John  Fekner
Queensites
(1982)
 Friends of San Quentin
Letters to Mother from Prison
(1972) Courtesy of Larry E. Sullivan
Sharon  Gilbert
Police (State) USA
(2001) Photocopy, spiral bound
 Guerrilla Art Action Group
[Licenses] GAAG-Jon Hendricks & Jean Toche
(1980) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Diana Duncan  Holmes
Shitty Little Journal
(1996) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Dave  Hornor
Teach Your Child To Tell Time
(1999)
Gary Neil  Kennedy
Do you believe that art has or can have any effect on politics?
(1993) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Barbara  Kruger
You are an Experiment in Terror
(1984) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Tuli  Kupferberg
Kill for Peace, Again
(1987) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Edna  Lazaron
Terrorism
(1985) Two scrolls of collaged mixed media mounted on unbleached muslin in ceramic container with nails and cork top with miniature cap pistol.
Nora  Ligorano
Bible Belt
(1993) VHS Player; Video; LCD Monitor; New Testament Bible; Plated Belt Buckle; Plexi Book Cradle
Bible Belt, The
(1993) Commercially printed bible, leather belt, gold-plated buckle.
Josh  MacPhee
Eighteen Street Stencils Number Three
(2000) Photocopy
Seventeen Street Stencils Number Two
(2000) Photocopy, stapled.
Stencil Four
(2001) Photocopy, stapled.
Ten Stencils Number One
(2000) Photocopy, stapled.
Miranda  Maher
After Reasonable Research
(1999) From the collection of Sharon Gilbert
Dona Ann  McAdams
Gentrify
Black Plastic Spiral
Nuclear Survival Kit
(1979) Black Plastic Spiral
Scott L.  McCarney
In Case of Emergency
(1984) Offset and die-cut; Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Holly  Metz
How to Commit Suicide in South Africa
(1983)
Richard  Minsky
Forlorn Hope: The Prison Reform Movement by Larry E. Sullivan
(2000) Binding: Injet on canvas, chain. Wood box, latex paint, lacquer.
Linda  Montano
Art in Everyday Life
(1981) Courtesy of Barbara Moore, Bound & Unbound.
Louise Odes  Neaderland
Nuclear Fan, The
(1983) Card stock in tasseled slipcase.
Shock and Awe
(2003) Photocopy and accordion binding
Joseph  Nechvatal
Effects of Nuclear War and You
(1981) Photocopy, stapled. Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art.
Roxie  Paine
Holy Bible
(1994) From the collection of Martina Batan.
Gilles  Peress
Silence: Rwanda, The
(1995) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art.
Stephen  Petroff
101 Ways to Kill Each Other Without Nuclear Weapons
(1982) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art.
Adrian  Piper
Colored People
From the collection of Sharon Gilbert.
Marshall  Reese
Bible Belt
(1993) VHS Player; Video; LCD Monitor; New Testament Bible; Plated Belt Buckle; Plexi Book Cradle
Bible Belt, The
(1993) Commercially printed bible, leather belt, gold-plated buckle.
Susan  Rotolo
Think
(1995) Rubber stamps reproduced by copier and hand colored; parchment; accordion fold.
Ed  Ruscha
Colored People
From the collection of Sharon Gilbert.
Annie  Sprinkle
You Can Heal Your Sex Life: a 13 Step Program
(1980) Photocopy. Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
David  Thorne
He's got a gun!
(1999)
Men in the News #26 Election Memento
(1993) Photocopy
Jean  Toche
Waiter! There is a terrorist in my soup!
(2001) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Larry  Walczak
America at War: Publicity photographs from network television programming
(1991) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Morrie  Warshawski
Patterns of Oppression (microscope slides)
(1978) Wood, glass, photographic film. Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Carrie Mae  Weems
And 22 Million Very Tired & Very Angry People
(1992) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Dale  Wittig
Town & Country
(1995) Photocopy
John  Wood
Ozone Alert
(1996) Offset
Jody  Zellen
Rewording Images
(1987) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art
Philip  Zimmerman
Civil Defense
(1984) Courtesy of Museum of Modern Art

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