Art-Rite. Set of 7 issues, 1973-1977

Exciting collection of this cutting edge periodical with on-the-streets coverage and critique of the art world. Published in New York City between 1973 and 1978, edited by Walter Robinson, Edit DeAk and Joshua Cohn, with contributions by various guest editors. Pictorial wrappers, 26 x 19 cm, 16-48 pp. Staple-bound, offset printed in b/w on newsprint paper. Each issue features artist-designed covers. Comprises numbers 2, 4, 5, 10, 13 (2 copies), and 15. Including both variants of the sought-after by Alan Suicide special.

(1) No. 2 (Summer 1973). Cover by William Wegman. Articles on Yvonne Rainer, Max Kozloff, Lucio Pozzi, Porn in art, et al. (2) No. 4 (X-mas 1973). Cover by Yuri. Filled with b/w images of works by various artists including Gordon Matta-Clark, Les Levine, Roger Welch, Nancy Holt et al. (3) No. 5 (Spring 1974). Cover by Christo. Special 'Rheumatism' issue featuring Douglas Huebler, Roberts Smithson, Lucy Lippard, and upcoming artists Laurie Anderson, Lynda Benglis, Judy Chicago, Joan Jonas and Hannah Wilke. (4) No. 10 (Fall 1975). Cover Beuys, guest editor John Howell. Articles on performance art, featuring documentation by Joan Jonas, Carolee Schneemann, Trisha Brown, Robert Wilson, Philip Glass, Charlemagne Palestine et al. (5-6) Two copies of No. 13 (Jan. 1977). Guest edited by Alan Suicide (punk artist and musician Alan Vega). Includes both simultaneous publications, one with black cover text and one in red, with several interior differences. Illustrated thoughout in b/w images with some colour additions, featuring photos of Big Zeek, Iggy Pop, Willie Mink DeVille et al. (7) No. 15 (April 1977). Surroundings. Guest edited by Rosemary Mayer. All copies with normal browning at edges, in very good condition. (total 7)