In 1968, Seth Siegelaub and John Wendler published the first edition of the so-called “Xerox Book.” The untitled publication, which was conceived as an exhibition in itself — and is currently the subject of a show at Paula Cooper Gallery — is now considered a seminal artist book. Siegelaub invited seven artists — Carl Andre, Robert Barry, Douglas Huebler, Joseph Kosuth, Sol LeWitt, Robert Morris, and Lawrence Weiner — to contribute 25 pages each. The book is fascinating, not only because it embodies the ethos and aims of the Conceptual art movement, but because it also reflects the movement’s paradoxes and limitations.
7 Artists, 25 Pages Each, 1 Half-Century Later: Revisiting the Xerox Book
