Description: RAID THE ICEBOX 1: WITH ANDY WARHOL An Exhibition Selected from the Storage Vaults of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design 1969 Exhibition Catalog Dominique De Menil [foreword]: RAID THE ICEBOX 1: WITH ANDY WARHOL [An Exhibition Selected from the Storage Vaults of the Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design]. Providence, RI: Museum of Art Rhode Island School of Design, 1969. First edition. 8vo. Photographically printed perfect-bound wrappers. 103 pp. Color and black and white photographs and illustrations throughout. Wrappers lightly worn with mild etching front and back. A very good copy. 7 x 9 softcover exhibition catalog with 103 pages with 76 black and white photos (six being full-page, two being double-page) and seven full-color photos (six being full-page, one being double-page). In an attempt to purge and display years of neglected storage-room art and sculpture, the RISD Museum of Art sought out Andy Warhol [at the instigation of John and Dominique De Menil] to curate an exhibition that would not only astonish, but would speak to a new generation of museum-goers. This playful catalogue represents his accomplishments. Foreword by Dominique De Menil, texts by Daniel Robbins, David Bourdon, cataloging by Stephen E. Ostrow. The catalog that accompanied the exhibition, Institute for the Arts, Rice University (Houston), October 29 1969 to January 4, 1970, The Isaac Delgado Museum, New Orleans, January 17 to February 15, 1970, and The Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design (Providence). A kid in a candy shop: Andy Warhol is invited to select the items for an exhibition: drawings, footwear, hatboxes, watercolors, wallpaper, parasols, printings, textiles and sculpture. "Is that a real Cezanne or a fake one? If that's real, we won't take it." Four hundred and four items/groupings were included in the exhibition, photos of 67 are reproduced in the catalog. From RISD: " In 1969, the RISD Museum invited Andy Warhol to curate an exhibition featuring works he selected from the museum’s permanent collection. The exhibition was eventually named Raid the Icebox. According to Judith Tannenbaum, curator of contemporary art at the RISD Museum, “Warhol was drawn to an eclectic mix of objects. He liked the cabinets of shoes in storage and displayed all of them exactly as they were stored. He also chose baskets, Navajo blankets, paintings, ceramics and costume accessories. He created an alternative museum. Raid the Icebox I has become a landmark exhibition, the precursor of “artist ’s interventions ” of the 1990s that rethink the nature of traditional collecting museums." From Warhol Resources: "While Andy Warhol created the Time Capsules as both a personal and professional collection, he was also interested in institutional collecting. In 1970 Warhol revolutionized art exhibition practices with Raid the Icebox. The title of the show was a pun referring to many museums’ cold storage areas, filled with objects the public does not see. Drawing from the collection of the Rhode Island School of Art and Design, Warhol, as artist/curator, created a thoroughly unconventional set of displays. He placed paintings on the floor leaning against walls stacked two and three deep, while shoes were exhibited in mass in a large cabinet meant to be viewed and touched as if in a person’s own closet. This radical form of exhibition broke institutional rules about the display and value of certain objects over others. "In many natural history museums, exhibitions about native or foreign cultures give attention to all kinds of objects, from mundane and utilitarian items to sacred and art objects. Conversely, most western art museums, much like the “Cabinets of Curiosities” from the 16th Century, only show the highest-quality art or the most beautiful examples of "man's creations." Andy Warhol wanted to elevate the lowly objects within the storage of RISD’s art museum to a higher status. A good example of this reversal is Warhol’s installation of lesser-quality Windsor chairs, which were used by the museum as spare parts to mend the better chairs in their collection. Under Warhol’s curation they hung on the walls like master paintings. In the same way, he pulled out the museum’s extensive costume collection and displayed the fashions of culture along with the art." Please visit my Ebay store for an excellent and ever-changing selection of rare and out-of-print design books and periodicals covering all aspects of 20th-century visual culture. I offer shipping discounts for multiple purchases. Please contact me for details. Payment due within 3 days of purchase.
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