UPFRONT. A Journal of Activist Art

New York, Political Art Documentation/Distribution (PADD), 1981-1986. Nos.1-14/15, all published, first 2 issues titled '1st Issue'. Staplebound, 27.5 x 21 cm, 18-84 pp. each. Edited by Lucy Lippard, Miriam Borofsky and Elizabeth Kulas. Intermittently published dynamic journal of the artists and artworkers group PADD during the Reagan and Bush years. Its mission was to collect political art and ephemera and document political activism by the art community.

Text and image contributions by Charles Frederick, Lucy Lippard, Anne Pitrone, Nancy Angelo, Susan McCarn, Margia Kramer, Irving Wexler, Doug Ashford, Rachael Romero, Roberto Clemente, Jerry Kearns, Anton van Dalen et al. Some featured themes include: Art, Ideology and Education (with Carol Duncan, Dan Newman, Tim Rollins, Ira Shor, Hans Haacke et al); Aids: Healing the Person; Not for Sale: A project against gentrification; Hispanic Art from Outrage; The Social Role of Photography; Art against Apartheid; The East Village Art Scene and the Lower East Side; Feminism, Art and Pornography; Native American, Black and White Artists in search of democracy. No.11 Winter 1985-1986 is a special issue on Displacement. With a special exhibition supplement 'Concrete Crisis: Urban Images of the '80s', Winter 1986. Significant collection. Rare complete set in excellent condition. (total 13)