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The Archives: Art Information Centre Peter Van Beveren

The Archives: Art Information Centre Peter Van Beveren

Woody van Amen
Dutch, born 1936
Carl Andre
American, 1935–2024
Joseph Beuys
German, 1921–1986
Marinus Boezem
Dutch, born 1934
Christian Boltanski
French, 1944–2021
Daniel Buren
French, born 1938
Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas
Dutch, born Colombia. 1934–2015
Robin Crozier
British, 1936–2001
Geurt van Dijk
Dutch, born 1941
Hans Eijkelboom
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Pieter Engels
Dutch, born 1938
Ken Friedman
American, born 1949
Ad Gerritsen
Dutch, 1940–2015
Wim Gijzen
Dutch, born 1941
Klaas Gubbels
Dutch, born 1934
Richard Hamilton
British, 1922–2011
Dick Higgins
American, born England. 1938–1998
Robert Jacks
Australian, born 1943
Tommy Mew
American, born 1942
Mauricio Nannucci
Italian, born 1939
Richard Nonas
American, born 1936
Arnulf Rainer
Austrian, 1929–2025
Dieter Roth
Swiss, born Germany. 1930–1998
Yves De Smet
Belgian, born 1946
Al Souza
American, born 1944
Endre Tót
Hungarian, born 1937
Timm Ulrichs
German, born 1940
Ben Vautier
French, born Italy, 1935–2024
Wolf Vostell
German, 1932–1998
1971–81, published 1981
An artist's book in which Richard Hamilton assembles reproduced documents, collages, stamped marks, gouache and handwriting to interrogate and reframe an art archive.
The black, leather-like cover with restrained gold lettering—THE ARCHIVES—reads like a formal institutional volume, promising a cool, documentary interior where found paperwork is made intimate and unexpectedly altered.
By treating museum files and administrative ephemera as material for collage and commentary, the book helped make the archive itself a central subject of postwar art and advanced the artist's book, appropriation, and institutional critique.
Medium
Artist's book, offset printed with collage, stamp, gouache, pencil, and ink additions
Dimensions
composition (each): dimensions vary; page (each): 11 11/16 x 8 1/4" (29 x 21 cm)
Classification
Department
Credit
John R. Jakobson Foundation Fund
Accession
414.1981.1-30
Palette
Art Terms
Exhibitions
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