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Christine Kozlov

Christine Kozlov was a leading figure in the Conceptual art movement in New York in the 1960s and 1970s. While attending the School of Visual Arts from 1963 to 1967, she opened the Lannis Gallery (which became the Museum of Normal Art) in New York with artist Joseph Kosuth. Kozlov was included in significant exhibitions during this period, including March 1969 organized by Seth Siegelaub, Information organized by Kynaston McShine in 1970, and Lucy Lippard’s Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists in 1971 and Numbers Shows, a series of four group exhibitions from 1969 to 1974.

For Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists, Kozlov presented Neurological Compilation, The Physical Mind Since 1945 (Project 1: The Bibliography), ca. 1967, a work comprising typed sheets in acetate sleeves inside paper folders. The audience was invited to page through the compiled material she had researched on the physical mind. A more expanded version of this work was included in Lippard’s 1973 exhibition c. 7,500. On view is the framed work titled Telegram addressed to Kynaston McShine. Kozlov sent curator McShine the Western Union telegram for inclusion in the catalogue that accompanied his exhibition Information at the Museum of Modern Art in NewYork.The content of the telegram reads: “Particulars related to the information not contained herein constitute the form of this action.” Kozlov joined the group Art & Language (a conceptual art group founded in England in 1968) in the early 1970s.

Images

Framed telegram
Catalogue page with text about an artwork

Related Exhibitions

Pindell
April 18, 1971, to June 13, 1971 | Old Hundred

Twenty Six Contemporary Women Artists
Install view of a gallery with a figurative sculpture to the left with a projection in the background, a soft sculpture hung on the wall at center and painting.
June 6, 2022 to January 8, 2023 | Lobby, Leir Gallery, Screening Room, Ramp, Project Space, Balcony, South Gallery, Sound Gallery, Opatrny Gallery

52 Artists: A Feminist Milestone

Top image: Christine Kozlov, Telegram addressed to Kynaston McShine: “Particulars relating to the information not contained herein constitute the form of this action,” 1970. Christine Kozlov Estate, London. Photo: Jason Mandella