For a US emergency cultural government erly fn Juve les than three weeks prioe (0 the pening the United States Paviion a ibe Venice lems njor American arson in power- fal ac of reproach toward thee eountry's war tctlation in Indochina andthe Eling of ealege ‘Stodents by police and National Guard They sup- Ported Ge manife ofthe Bneryeney Curarl Bovernment commiice ofthe New York Artis’ ike calling for immedinte boyoott of US Goveinssentsponored art shows abroad. ati ‘Police ot uthien aggrasionsbread and intoler- blerepesion at hone are opped bythe pret In refining tallow ther work fatto be shown broad under th apes the US. Government, Snd ageing autor othe BOG omapplat the Government in alt activites asthe sponsce of ‘American art sbroad, the artie-incading Roy Lichtenstein, Ji Dine, Ron Kit, Ea Resch, Frank Stella and. Claer Oldenburgefoctively iminished the. pint show and wotlshop pro- gramme in dhe US Pein at Vetie and again aed sera oral and cia! questions about tchson plies inthe US. Foe thee ft dae in Jun, the threatening, murky New You sky ‘ined shetre ontario the orally pol fal word of American art. Shiboleths of sl Slarty'scouations of racks, stam, repenion, faggresion- were husk by we lene: against heUS Goverment, wich repel with seated Int pained charges of presring, ‘puting Jn the pola arena, "ing art as hovage In he meandnts thi gating lenmed tat none ofthemajor artista so far nated had ben informed by Washington, by Hoy Hopin sed by the Salinnian 10 Pick the thew), er by. pris galerie or msn that they ad been fied to Patidpat in the Benaale, Claes Oldealury had heard informally through Geri in Los Angele that this years Biennale would involve pants ‘Oldcoburg stated in London that he’ was ‘ot happy withthe ‘oft hand, facie way? the Government bundles invitations, Neer Rj os Ding, alo in London, had ever Beard of Honey Hopkins nor had they Beard om hin ual nee ofthe boyeot and thee telegrams of dana, tion trom the Biennale reached Washington June Lichtenstein suid in New York that ston, het ‘ot been adv ofan invitation to the lee Fortyrfour ar fs rmoused, were to hate teen rprented by 100 pins inthe Beanale ii, "Sone, they ncladig Wi egie and ob Dar, ac reportedly ot confirmed) Robert Rawchenburg and Save Francs wert be in residence’ ax aan cachon {nan ‘innovative’ print workabop to last most of the summer, charaterixed by the Smithuonian at ‘providing & nonpolticalseting for direct ex: Ghange among people who share the common {mere of drawing the International community into barony. Rischa, in London June 10, announced that he ‘was withdrawing fom the Biennale exhibition and Tom the worlshop, o which he had been invited ‘Arts whe learn ofa proposed boyeot ofa contro: {ersal exhibition belare they have been ieformed that they are in the exhibition can hardly be expected to support the organizers ofthat show. Ia {London pecparing for the opening of his one-man show at the Tate Gallery June 24, Oldenburg on June © had jut recived a special delivery Iter irom Lois Bingham, "Chie? of the Tntersational ‘Art Program ofthe Smithsonian, dated June 5, ‘it wan not a very pleasant leer’ he sald *t would be very hard to reply sympathetically.” His telegram of reply as fllows:"My postion regard Ing the Venice showing is unchanged. T am with dlswving the Airflow print and am sesrving for the EOG protest exhibiion to be fel this ume in New York City at an expresion of solidarity wth the artists against the polices ofthe present {Miministration’ (According to Philip Leder and thers in New York the show willbe hed in de uly athe Jewish Mocs wether will Be Salon Accuse or the fall American Pavoni New York remain to be seen) Justa this ae of Stadio tration was going to Dros, it wat learned here "9 per coat of the American show war in a New York warehouse, packed, ready toleave for Venice, with each piece Accompanied by legal loan forms authorising the US Government exhibit the works of art a the ‘Biennale. If this was jnded soy the arity stike could legally bean empty gesture since the penis were owned chewhere: However, Los Bangham Interstate that "unless you inform ws otherwise writing, e shall ara that you wid Your work {> remain in the exibiton Min Bughas etter oes not sages that the works packed and ready {0 go, or does she indicate a deadline for with drawal, Earlier inthe letter she states each artist must speak for himself aad only such a dieet equest fora an artist to the International AR Program will be considered sufficient reason for canceling the noticed lon apements petal to ‘work by him.” ae ‘The Smithtonian, and Hopkins, this ame went to pres, anticipate a 99 percent ahow', ‘The Emergency Cultural Government clam solidarity mong the arts’ community ad predict no show. ‘whatever for Venice. Jim Dine said in London, would normally chink that 95 percent of arta are Jetewing. If Nixon wanted sympathy from the ‘academic comanunity, he would get it from about 12 per cen’. Though Me Hopkiss may be acting in good faith, there sa very large question regards {ag his failure to individually infor major att bout theirielssion ina major international shove ‘he repercussions from this to future mlitaney fa the art world could be deafening I nothing tare ‘happens asa rll ofthe present conteetem, the arta are organized as never belo. Oldenburg Contributors to this isue [EDITED DY seTH SIEOHLAUD, 18 PUBLINIED IN THREE i ‘em corraur formerly worked forthe Los Angele (County Museum. She hat been Vang Europe ss 2 Aieeance for the Son Prncae Gone ‘oun sete iad See ones oped i pli Reet mena gr mart oie i Hans Jey cae iene itt Goer Ar Yate ely en A aad : ‘ed Technolgy Be Sle‘A Soviet view of Charlotte Moorman and the avant garde .yfis Moorman vibrated. ‘The vibration Med with hee smashing the pane of glass fpabammer, Qplnters oft showered on to Tp sheet of tin, Inthe split-second pause that awed, this energetic young lady managed fb el ot: “Inmure your automobile with ‘Rsate!” and followed i up immediately by fring a shot from the revolver that had tragaly appeared in er hand...Then two Tre bottles of Coca-Cola were drunk and the {outexts of one slop pail were poured into Shothe. ‘The tape recorder transmitted the ng vais of baby and an ambulance rn. The “onstruction” ended on a ttally tmexpected note. I total silence Miss Moor- nan sated zipping and unzipping the front Af what appeated to be a pair of men’s grey frosted trowers. The amplifiers made it ‘ound lke the deafening roar ofa locomotive, ‘Then, tapping out several beats with her foot and sl not taking ber eyes fom the score, Mis Moorman suddenly unzipped her dress and exposed her naked breasts to the audi- “This deciption of Charlotte Moorman comes atthe eles af 500-word description, pub- lise inthe Soviet Literary Gaza, Moscow's in February, of « performance she gave of ‘Cosruction number 26 minutes 11499" by Join Cage on Fith Avenue, New York. The Cescipton is only part of lengthy two- instalment 6000-word article devoted to Mi Mooman and her performance of avant ‘ne musical works, ts not often that any Western artt is accorded this amount of fone in any jouraal, and its appearance in the mazeceeulation Literary Gasrte tive ofthe ambivalence that seems to attend Soviet fort to eat of Wester art Aer the long and detailed description of the Fevfrmance, which ends with the coup dé ‘ar ing poet and atc abenky of Clea, at La Jolly andes Sar Tea, Gallen 222: avn, x Ines and art re, omanized 8 ‘Tle euibste of curent art in Park ented Pes {V700 He erin Paria “ion emo is the chief art critic for Frankfurter ‘Pameie Zeta. He is a feoquent contributor to ‘en eli nd engin pet Rawal, Declan, aman rh ‘Senna Ficher. He lives in Dime and New York thdate quoted above, the author, Genrikh Borovik, describes hie attempts to interview ‘Miss Moorman about her work, At first he fgets a note telling him to go to a ‘Festival of Avant garde Ar? on Ward's Island in the East River. Upon arrival he finds a man exhibiting a stil life of empty beer and wine Dottles and milk cartons. Another hands him an envelope with a dead herring inside it and instructhimtothrowitintotheseas he will ths be performing the ‘Fish Liberation Sonata’ A third man is having his head shaved by a woman with a cut-throat razor—"Dangerous ‘Music No, 2. And at last he finds Charlotte ‘Moorman in the basket of a balloon with her Cello. The balloon fails to rise, however, and Charlotte disappears before he can corer her. ‘This part of the articles full ofjokes, told with, ‘gusto by Borovik. When he asks the beerbottle man if his work is an improvisation the man replies: ‘No, it’ a reproduction. The originals in a private collection.” When he objects to the fish sonata man that the herring is dead and can’t therefore be liberated, the artist replies: ‘It’s the thought that counts’. And when Borovik asks, why ‘sonata’, the answer *Coneision of form and richness of feeling.” ‘As he leaves the island, some Puerto Rican ‘boys are playing football with one of the cans from the stil life and he comments that th ‘may even be an improvement in the compos tion, since the artistas sai that he weleomes “the modifications introduced into his art by life, The artist, however, announces that he is going to call the police. Tn hi second article Borovik describes how he finally manages to meet Charlotte Moorman ina bar off Broadway: ‘Charlotte was wearing a shabby short over coat out of some coarse material and a plain ‘ress. Close up she looked older than on Fifth ‘Avenue and in the balloon on Ward’s Island ‘and her unmade-up face looked tied. "Let's drink to Beethoven,” she suggested, when we had sat down. “It's his 199th anni= versary today. He wasn't recognised either.” "Do you like him?” Tasked. ““Tadare him.” ‘eBecause he failed to get recognition 2” «No, because he's a wonderful museum. One ofthe best.” “And are ‘Construction 26° and all those other things what you call modem 2" SOF course itis, if only because it expresses the revolutionary essence ofourtime.”” {wanted to say that in my view Beethoven craunwo ona, art eit fo Cslela recently ited Ste wc ube coi by Sao ‘Vet He eee organized a major ention he Mean ef Medesn Are Turn ie ives in Goon ser mnaetavn, organiser and publer of tt xb. Dostana a0 iteration conference of BO, fn Neva Sena, October 197, ater which he Be cies to Calorea He, bs omzed he fete on of "Ths Serox Hoa’, March exibition’, a the sly, Aust September 196 exhibicn. Feo oa test Supplement comtbutr appear 8 P 3] ol expressed the revolutionary qualities of our time far better than the sound of an omelette being fried ( part of her performance-M.S.), Dutshe interrupted me unexpectedly: Do you know how to eraw on your belly?”” Charlotte Moorman then deseribes her next performance to him, in which she crawls on her belly down the aisle of a chorch with a rifle and helmet, and with her cello strapped toher back, “Tes my protest against the war.” “Te sounds like a good idea. But why the cello?” “Because Pm cellist,” she said, “and I must always bear thatin mind.” Later inthe interview she returns tothe theme ofprotest: ‘Surely the beauty of a woman's body isin itselfa protest against war.” “Judging by today’s sereen and stage per- ormances the whole of the American theatre land cinema industry is occupied from morn- ing tl night with protests against the horrors of war.” “Lye often been accused of exploiting sex,” she said without annoyance, “but its not tue... undress only when my art demands it, when it’s part of the composer's intention Tn New York there was a female quartet of traditionalists and just imagine, they played Debussy without any bras on! That's what I call exploitation of ex. Utterly tasteless!” Latershe adds: “Unfortunately its imposible to shock the public novr. The fist time I played the cello partly undressed two years ago in New York they came and arrested me. But now you can sect everywhere. And not only partly but the whole way.” Borovik then turns the conversation towards the avant garde in general and asks her how ‘many members ithasin New York “About two hundred,” answers Charlotty go more, And no more than fifty who are active like me. The rest don't make any advaneesatall.” “Hlave you made any advances, do you ink?” "Of course! Otherwise people wouldn't talk bout us so much. Who do you think began the naked theatre? Shakespeare? No, it was theavant garde Borovik quotes Charlotte Moorman as saying that compared with the avant garde, mere ‘musical ‘progressives’ were hopelessly back- ‘ward and reactionary, while modernists were Corrections No. 23 of On Exhibition in March ‘was Ls Deus Ancuent rom the recent exhibition ithe Albert White Gallery, Toronto, and not, 3s Stated, Compaston T fom the exhibition at the Musée @Art Contemporsin, Montreal. We regret that Jobim Donat’ article was incor rectly tiled in lest’ months iawe. Tt should have been called. ‘Buckminster Fuller and the Inman equation’yond the pal. any cs al ofthe were blatant hypocrites since they passed them- sclves offs revolutionaries, whereas only the {SES gard could be eonidred true revel ee ct cies Je i he avant garde, What do her fends thnk her and Row do they reat fie pescaiocat ee a tne seriou Some others envy me though Eis fn or owe tod, ny ay, ses werd amon "Not waning offend her sted her gent: thee Puna yout usd" Bas ale ie ot‘, stig Kin instead a sheaf of photographs of her per- ae eet gees ‘at have you comply abandoned trade le” be as MAba? Of eoune not! I practice at home Eevee rat be?" “an do you mean, wha or? How wil 1 fein Iviog hen Tet Gio} YH 9) Rowropovkch when he yas here Teven wet Package dake hi band: Twas add he would lt me when thy explained who Hise Bot be ci wil Sn ose Het a ent oo, your Reneopova The ancl ends wa Dror "ond Having dered over 5000 wards tok ot patie descapton of Charlots Moor tiem bar wort anc ber loa, be dnt ‘wentyline moral for ho eaters. Sho re Inde im, he sayy of ta Hass Cha Andeen alo the lng who fad o lathe She and her Tends fed rich and seal American busiteumen wid a sonetiat tr and the ater wallow whol fs fen belo called taclward ec eacionny Ne, body daresay that ar its ey to peters of Oh, Calc’ ant ee ‘ay ‘aling about "webalvenivanee tal he Me. And his pupae Sealy Appear tbe all on the tide of Chasis Moora, wereit ot oronecheuate ‘The plot is that tolayscoommescal monarch ae fa clverer and wens cape, fnced than tint tighilrvard medal toverign of Andenen's Todays mesa taveateptd thers ofthe gene ea es hemos introduced the thon ot ns clothes As forthe erly alo. hep herve. The ue pines ve put thn work pomaeaty he them: go on, fiends, prota against Coun, soi coubrmism in art and cece var in Viewam, And the eel sie ot ‘pidy av been sty rp ee firmed, unbekaown to hese ang Sidi servant and. profeionl pag ‘What is were, sme of them, ening ha words of enoiragemen, have acta to belive that they tre weneng Soe Srevmuionary coh force? "°C PRC Correspondence Naw Archives of Art I The Tate Archive ‘ke bo car se oe a eee tr i artand ais orig a st nek bie es ocgeion by ee heen be be ool perc ee tring fogs and pte all ods ot Set Pee any cicete re atee mi my ip to te tee portation fadiewrpice ens, ceed teres al ea ioe pple Avera ead ate setting [Stores i contemporary art ne withthe inereae ing noel a oes el asco places or rents which may then hace Sharer cathy aoe ee Corie « piper ives tw ha tte can be no beter place oe such an archive an the Tate Galley which procninenty a peoeat” and "leu tsa o Bh Se where efeence beck and between documest and jet wai be tot oul Tndecd the Tat in the proce of sui gia eodping rote tary cy pees sany documents of the gretes interet ees at caluton of exibion etalogus which bs tou weve, by any ments mpletccpeoly eos years up t0 195, The plane whieh are in hand for extending the Gallery's bing ncate both an atest erage room fo achive tata and aeay ‘ou where that material a well tthe sae works the revere clleeon wil be se te be ‘dled conveniently: Ar the ange tine the seats in the ro of the re alectios wl be onde tvalabie on demand to any vitor ho wba so setae The purpose ofthis noi © announce that the “Tate hae begun sty Yo ek fr ad ts eg archive material rating tort and ati ie Itai inthe twentieth ceatury and tote ane ene wo has sich material anh nigh he Walig to ive or boquath it te te Te oe 0 Mow it to be coped or micating), get fo cepa ‘hiss been sade pout ay by the Friends of the Tate Gallery who have laced soos fom a pei and to cer the cat aoramane, tba and election ‘hein efateril hat we have in mind ince 1, det od phot work art count of projector een note ec collections of source material where selvant a omy, dacay conepooden Hprintof idage tapes scopes tad ale Stenel intra insertion odes ai writes on art and in evan ante hon {endsf arta or om people nits nee aaa eEtiitions o elaborscd wit ats Go man Slated media print heat fis, a1 eaguirie to the correct organizations oe senng wih at led ALR. 1 being 1 pounds of artists are trained each year. Trepecson leaving calege are bleak. A few ng pons ofthis group, some become 50 duped with teaching that their artistic a es ahausted. A fe may act assistants (0 8 ante att, oF act 3 acum or gallery is Mor find jobs as designer, ustrators, wy cade the at, and ate lx 10 the arts “fhe chance of being attached to a gallery is 2. are few gales bande the work of creative "ease tha o ted to operate x ‘loxed oe oe eae ee 0 ee rept ange rs ogre eladepiciag (cca erm eel) we ir caderoor bas maved beyond the 4 ee Se ee igs ea pee ea eed ‘2 the presen plaforns forthe creative arts oe re eee yes ee eee at ae ae anaes sa cre cteaal detest ce em Fre Sn Cs apres eae by hry, wae Olt ae tana fie ee a be er eb lnc at 1 eee ee eg ror Dyula ete rn pec ee Cog eeee oe Sore eee ot Bie ibs aaa eine elt ate ce 2 The ped peril er incr pani apes an ieape Se eee oo Sanaa pee Peregrine sas cc cea ae Fetes er AL eet oe pe Dealers Co Dias Contre eae aa REG se eel eae cient nae oars nbs ate wh ter Lr oe Race Dens tl ean lb etalned AL hovers aemion So on- “Galaiutiwol Rodden bese eck mae tae wen be opel ‘ep and house it with A.LR., it would then be palsy a ad ee ae chev eg the Tate Galley Arie) are ee ane cng ‘tron Rei Sistas Doae Sate wa a Bl Vasarely's claims YiRe May sue earricy a vicious attack on Vietor ‘Yessey and i pains me to find your magazine "ig French Art Politic. The author has viously cut crs he personality ofthe man and has chosen to mine quotes fom his book of ‘Entrtient to abuse an arts, who best work needs. no defense fom anyone Tet of al) ae miter oforericen years lite nye But for the sake ofthe record, I would ask you to print Vasrelys own ward fm he opening of his book: ‘Fst ofall allow me to tcl You that an ass formulations are never ial We modly them esac for the seple reason that we are nthe pulosophers nor scents who ave obliged to limit theracves to certain exact Iya leat fora tine. Inthe cae of genuine explore inthe plac ars, the discursive statements don't come fin after the act a's 0 ay afer completing the work of art On the other baad, the concern of All new wore constitutes a slic wet sur eptbleoproinned changing of the one eae iments. It isn'ta question of laws, nor even powtulations, but of ideas that we believe to be ght athe moment of bth ofa work or tere of ‘work forming a ptiod. ‘Those ideas re nothing Tht rough notes wattersd on paper Mach ater certsin ones afin themselves; only he, that sre think of communicating thea” eres tfe reel Veuutt font ls cttw bis duoveres, and I have alvays found him a champion of ‘other artis tn ha own ‘eld taper ofour own younger artist Didget Riley, ourssincerely Vera Lsey London NWS ‘A case for decomposition Enclosed it a photograph of the major work in Diter Rots exhibition here at my ‘The work has been here since a fine state of decomposition. There are maggots fn the floor, flies all over the place (toned on these), and the stench is really her. “The Health Department tried to case the exhibi- tion, but we bea Tei a fine, € prticulany a this time, wih ll the theatre in the recs in this country. hope you cam ran i Eugenia Butler Los Angles, USA iter Rot Stole Cee «Rae 1970 ‘SH sltessy al sued with cheese ‘Mawes signed and ded News and notes Eva Heate: an obituary note Barry Flanagaa writs Eva Hae died in New York on Friday, May 2. Teas my fortune meet her and see some early ices last year alo new pices more reo, Her ‘maturity and courage ae refected completly in thesteeagth ofher work; the los of such an atts foute, The statement of Eras tls far more tha, ‘one could say Statement, October 13, 1969, ou of hota stort ny this ine, ‘tra time. Sere day, stents nd Dowgls Johns began wrk MORATORIUM DAY Pi is iaaoy pare Each in eis complete statement, {ogeter an not etal Bow t wl Be Afbet Veaanot beeen yo (Gan be fom line can be fom honey regular, cigs si tose et ong textes cau, rough, changing. fe through, non ee thong, coon, in teclned tightly by gla lke encasement just faoog thee thet more then wil hey hang therein the ane way? tr continues Bowing one tr) eome sano Gly pad try come distant ar paced thoy ae tight and formal but very ethereal, see gle ‘Stroh tay, tt palntng, not suliure i there though Tremember I wanted o gett son at 00 connote not snthrpemorpi, aon geomet, ton ooting, veyting, bi of anoier Ed, From a tal other refrene pin. et posible? Thuve learned anything s pole. 1 know that that vio or concept wl Come through total i, frecdon, dip Taleo i {olay anther stp, on two sheets we pu on the oe the to aiienty ne was cst poused over hard ieregular hic nes Eos wt sceclog, crumpled, sey wil all be ‘ificent {oth the ruber sheets andthe Seria Hengita and wie fabs bow ood wy in ting I together? ‘eb kent cach ine? why not? Sow to schieve by oot chering? how to make by Samaling? iyalin ha {eat he ne, it is what yet now now, {Rone san, oud but aly wat oot Sed hat. Sra mae 1909 Gra Hewe wos born in Hamburg in 1986. She eck in New York and ight atthe Shoal ot Vinal Arter aateneat reproduced eure Fhbach Galery, New York)