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Books by Julian Myers
To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968–89, 2022
This essay offers a genealogy of the arts laboratory in 20th century Euro-American culture, on th... more This essay offers a genealogy of the arts laboratory in 20th century Euro-American culture, on the occasion of the 2022 exhibition "To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968–89," at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
The Avant-Garde Museum, 2021
"Bachelor Modernism" reconstructs the 1926 International Exhibition of Modern Art Arranged by the... more "Bachelor Modernism" reconstructs the 1926 International Exhibition of Modern Art Arranged by the Société Anonyme, a modernist exhibiting society led by Katherine Dreier and Marcel Duchamp. Among other things, this exhibition was the only public display of Duchamp's Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass) in its original state before shattering. The essay argues that the exhibition embodied a critical tension between Dreier's milennarian vision of an internationalist and cosmic modernism, and Duchamp's premonition of a "bachelor modernism" mired in perpetual churn and failure.
Comradeship: Curating, Art, and Politics in Post-Socialist Europe, 2019
Introduction for the pioneering curator and museum director's 2019 essay collection.
Hopelessness Freezes Time, 2011
Earthworks, Techno music, and Urban Resistance in Detroit.
Papers by Julian Myers
October, 2022
This conversation between Jarosław Suchan, director of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland, from 2006 t... more This conversation between Jarosław Suchan, director of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland, from 2006 to 2022, and grupa o.k., the collaborative endeavor of Julian Myers and Joanna Szupinska, addresses the current political crisis in Poland under the rule of the ethnocentric right-wing populist party Law and Justice and its effects on art-institutions in that country. It addresses Suchan's innovative approach to the avant-gardes of the early twentieth century, which he sees as internationalist and emancipatory, and explores the circumstances of his dismissal by forces within the ultra-conservative government. It provides Suchan's parsing of disparate factions within the ruling party, his critical analysis of their aims to advance a whitewashed view of Polish history, his efforts to produce a counternarrative to this “new historical politics,” and his hopes and fears for a Polish cultural scene under right-wing populist direction.
Art Journal, 2019
Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us. Reconstruction of 1974 exhibition by Harald Szeemann, organized b... more Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us. Reconstruction of 1974 exhibition by Harald Szeemann, organized by Glenn Phillips and Philipp Kaiser. Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February 4–April 22, 2018; Gerechtigkeitgasse 74 (original site), Bern, June 9–September 2, 2018; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, October 13, 2018–January 20, 2019; Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, February 26–May 26, 2019; and Swiss Institute, New York, June 27–August 18, 2019
Journal of Visual …, 2009
... DOI: 10.1177/14704129090080020301 2009 8: 161 Journal of Visual Culture Julian Myers,Dominic ... more ... DOI: 10.1177/14704129090080020301 2009 8: 161 Journal of Visual Culture Julian Myers,Dominic Willsdon, Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough and Lauren ... Its televised ads were unremarkable (Hillary Clinton did better); its website was notable for its social media functionalities but ...
Critical Landscapes: Art, Space, Politics, 2015
A critical assessment of Henri Lefebvre's Production of Space from a 21st century perspective.
Art Journal, 2019
An essay-review of Harald Szeemann exhibitions and publications in 2018.
The Exhibitionist: Journal On Exhibition Making: The First Six Years, 2017
Eight theses on the collective nature and form of exhibitions.
The Exhibitionist, 2011
An essay on the value and problematics of the emergent history of exhibitions.
Art Journal, 2017
An annotated bibliography on the history of exhibitions before 1990.
Pressure Weight Power Movement Free Nomenclature, 2015
An essay on the artist Tony Lewis for his 2015 exhibition catalogue.
Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974, 2012
A history and theory of earthworks focusing on Michael Heizer and Detroit.
To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968–89, 2022
This essay offers a genealogy of the arts laboratory in 20th century Euro-American culture, on th... more This essay offers a genealogy of the arts laboratory in 20th century Euro-American culture, on the occasion of the 2022 exhibition "To Begin, Again: A Prehistory of the Wex, 1968–89," at the Wexner Center for the Arts.
The Avant-Garde Museum, 2021
"Bachelor Modernism" reconstructs the 1926 International Exhibition of Modern Art Arranged by the... more "Bachelor Modernism" reconstructs the 1926 International Exhibition of Modern Art Arranged by the Société Anonyme, a modernist exhibiting society led by Katherine Dreier and Marcel Duchamp. Among other things, this exhibition was the only public display of Duchamp's Bride Stripped Bare by Her Bachelors, Even (The Large Glass) in its original state before shattering. The essay argues that the exhibition embodied a critical tension between Dreier's milennarian vision of an internationalist and cosmic modernism, and Duchamp's premonition of a "bachelor modernism" mired in perpetual churn and failure.
Comradeship: Curating, Art, and Politics in Post-Socialist Europe, 2019
Introduction for the pioneering curator and museum director's 2019 essay collection.
Hopelessness Freezes Time, 2011
Earthworks, Techno music, and Urban Resistance in Detroit.
October, 2022
This conversation between Jarosław Suchan, director of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland, from 2006 t... more This conversation between Jarosław Suchan, director of Muzeum Sztuki in Łódź, Poland, from 2006 to 2022, and grupa o.k., the collaborative endeavor of Julian Myers and Joanna Szupinska, addresses the current political crisis in Poland under the rule of the ethnocentric right-wing populist party Law and Justice and its effects on art-institutions in that country. It addresses Suchan's innovative approach to the avant-gardes of the early twentieth century, which he sees as internationalist and emancipatory, and explores the circumstances of his dismissal by forces within the ultra-conservative government. It provides Suchan's parsing of disparate factions within the ruling party, his critical analysis of their aims to advance a whitewashed view of Polish history, his efforts to produce a counternarrative to this “new historical politics,” and his hopes and fears for a Polish cultural scene under right-wing populist direction.
Art Journal, 2019
Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us. Reconstruction of 1974 exhibition by Harald Szeemann, organized b... more Grandfather: A Pioneer Like Us. Reconstruction of 1974 exhibition by Harald Szeemann, organized by Glenn Phillips and Philipp Kaiser. Institute of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles, February 4–April 22, 2018; Gerechtigkeitgasse 74 (original site), Bern, June 9–September 2, 2018; Kunsthalle Düsseldorf, October 13, 2018–January 20, 2019; Castello di Rivoli Museo d’Arte Contemporanea, Rivoli, February 26–May 26, 2019; and Swiss Institute, New York, June 27–August 18, 2019
Journal of Visual …, 2009
... DOI: 10.1177/14704129090080020301 2009 8: 161 Journal of Visual Culture Julian Myers,Dominic ... more ... DOI: 10.1177/14704129090080020301 2009 8: 161 Journal of Visual Culture Julian Myers,Dominic Willsdon, Mary Elizabeth Yarbrough and Lauren ... Its televised ads were unremarkable (Hillary Clinton did better); its website was notable for its social media functionalities but ...
Critical Landscapes: Art, Space, Politics, 2015
A critical assessment of Henri Lefebvre's Production of Space from a 21st century perspective.
Art Journal, 2019
An essay-review of Harald Szeemann exhibitions and publications in 2018.
The Exhibitionist: Journal On Exhibition Making: The First Six Years, 2017
Eight theses on the collective nature and form of exhibitions.
The Exhibitionist, 2011
An essay on the value and problematics of the emergent history of exhibitions.
Art Journal, 2017
An annotated bibliography on the history of exhibitions before 1990.
Pressure Weight Power Movement Free Nomenclature, 2015
An essay on the artist Tony Lewis for his 2015 exhibition catalogue.
Ends of the Earth: Land Art to 1974, 2012
A history and theory of earthworks focusing on Michael Heizer and Detroit.
October, 2000
Essay on the art and exhibitions of the Independent Group.
Mousse, 2013
An essay on the complex relationship between art-making and the working class.
Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry, 2009
An exhibition history of Harald Szeemann's 1983 exhibition of gesamtkunstwerk.
Afterall: A Journal of Art, Context and Enquiry, 2005
An essay on the artist Trisha Donnelly.