Group Material Archive
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Abstract
Active from 1979-1996, Group Material was an artists' collaboration that produced over forty-five projects addressing a wide range of social, political, and artistic issues. Members included Doug Ashford, Julie Ault, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Mundy McLaughlin, Karen Ramspacher and Tim Rollins, among others. The collective also worked with artists such as Vito Acconci, Mike Glier, Barbara Kruger, Mierle Laderman Ukeles, Faith Ringgold, Martha Rosler, Andres Serrano, Nancy Spero, Anton van Dalen, Carrie Mae Weems, and many others. Materials in the collection document the origins, processes and context of Group Material's activities.
Historical Note
"Group Material was founded by a number of artists who sought a collaborative practice in which they could fuse their interests in art and politics. The original thirteen members included Tim Rollins, Patrick Brennan, Julie Ault, Mundy McLaughlin, Marybeth Nelson, and Beth Jaker. In 1980 and 1981 Group Material operated a storefront exhibition space on East Thirteenth Street, where it staged a series of shows focused on social themes.
After 1981 the group shrunk to three members and chose not to maintain its own space but instead to create installations in existing venues (alternative art spaces, university galleries, and museums) and multiform projects in public (primarily through interventions using public advertising spaces). Doug Ashford joined the group in 1982, Felix Gonzalez-Torres in 1987, Karen Ramspacher in 1989, and Thomas Eggerer and Jochen Klein in 1995. Group Material's dense installations were typically thematic and combined fine art in various media and styles, mass-produced items, and artifacts to form designed environments. These exhibitions were concerned with topical issues or debates in culture and politics and were institution- or site-dependent, such as "Subculture" on the IRT subway trains in 1982; "Democracy" at the Dia Art Foundation in 1988; and "AIDS Timeline" at the University Art Museum, University of California at Berkeley, in 1989. Group Material ceased its activities in 1996."
- Excerpt from Alternative Art New York: 1965–1985, University of Minnesota Press and The Drawing Center, 2002., edited by founding member Julie Ault
Chronology:
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Bibliography:
- Bibliography
- Ashford, D. (2006). A conversation on social collaboration. Art Journal, 65(2), 58-82. doi: 10.2307/20068466
- Ault, J., Wallis, B., Weems, M., & Yenawine, P. (1999). Art matters: How the culture wars changed America. New York: New York University Press.
- Ault, J. (2002). Alternative art, New York: 1965-1985. Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press & New York: The Drawing Center.
- Avgikos, J. (1995). Group Material Timeline: Activism as a work of art. In Nina Felshin, (Ed.), But is it art? (pp. 85-116). Seattle: Bay Press.
- Fairbrother, T. J., Potts, K., & Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. (1993). In and out of place: contemporary Art and the American social landscape. Boston: Museum of Fine Arts.
- Group Material (Firm : New York, N.Y.), & Temple Gallery (Philadelphia, Pa.). (1987). Constitution. Philadelphia, PA: Temple Gallery.
- Group Material (Firm : New York, N.Y.), & Ault, J. (ed.) (2010). Show and tell: A chronicle of Group Material. London: Four Corners Books.
- Lippard, L. R. (1984). Get the message?: A decade of art for social change. New York: E.P. Dutton.
- Olander, W. (1989, January). Material world. Art in America, 167, 123–128.
- Wallis, B., Group Material (Firm : New York, N.Y.), & Dia Art Foundation. (1990). Democracy: A project. Seattle: Bay Press & New York: Dia Art Foundation.
Arrangement
All efforts were made to preserve the original arrangement of the collection. Within each series, most items are arranged chronologically, when material is dated.
Materials that are not arranged chronologically are noted in the detailed series descriptions, found in the Container List.
Certain materials are also grouped by format (including Photographic Material, Video, Audio, Computer Discs, and Objects). Objects, Artworks, and artifacts were grouped together in Series X. The researcher should expect to find some overlapping of materials throughout all series.
Oversized archival materials from the various series are located in a number of oversize boxes...
The Group Material Archive is arranged in the following series:
***Scroll down to Container List for detailed series and subseries descriptions***
Series I: Project Files and Exhibition Materials Series II: Correspondence Series III: Press and Promotional Material Series IV: Clippings [Source Material] Series V: Financial files Series VI: Photographic Material Series VII: Video Series VIII: Audio Series IX: Computer files Series X: Objects Oversize Series I: Project Files Oversize Series II: Correspondence Oversize Series III: Press and Promotional Material Oversize Series VI: Photographic Material Oversize Series X: Objects
All efforts were made to preserve the original arrangement of the collection. Within each series, most items are arranged chronologically, when material is dated.
Materials that are not arranged chronologically are noted in the detailed series descriptions, found in the Container List.
Certain materials are also grouped by format (including Photographic Material, Video, Audio, Computer Discs, and Objects). The researcher should expect to find some overlapping of materials throughout all series.
Oversized archival materials from the various series are listed at the end of the finding aid.
The Group Material Archive is arranged in the following series:
[detailed series and subseries descriptions can be found in the container list]
Series I: Project Files
Series II: Correspondence
Series III: Press and Promotional Material
Series IV: Clippings
Series V: Financial files
Series VI: Photographic Material
Series VII: Video recordings
Series VIII: Sound recordings
Series IX: Computer files
Series X: Objects
Series XI: "Vital Archive" (Accretion 2011)
Oversize Series I: Project Files
Oversize Series II: Correspondence
Oversize Series III: Press and Promotional Material
Oversize Series VI: Photographic Material
Oversize Series X: Objects
Scope and Content
The Group Material archive is comprised of working notes, meeting minutes, proposals, posters, flyers, announcements, installation photographs, source material, press releases, magazine articles, reviews, financial documents, color slides, catalogs, audio tapes, video tapes, computer discs, artifacts, artworks, ephemera, and exhibition materials. Julie Ault assembled the archive in the summer and fall of 2008, with contributions from Doug Ashford, Sonia Finley, Sabrina Locks, and Rasmus Röhling.
The archive also includes artwork by Vito Acconci, Dennis Adams, Ida Applebroog, Doug Ashford, Julie Ault, Jimmy De Sana, Gran Fury, Mike Glier, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Michael Jenkins, Barbara Kruger, Mundy McLaughlin, Aric Obrosey, Saul Ostrow, Richard Prince, Tim Rollins, Martha Rosler, Andres Serrano, Kiki Smith, Nancy Spero, Haim Steinbach, Carrie Mae Weems, among many others.
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Conditions Governing Access
Materials are open to researchers. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright (or related rights to publicity and privacy) for materials in this collection was not transferred to New York University. Permission to use materials must be secured from the copyright holder. Please contact the Fales Library and Special Collections, fales.library@nyu.edu, 212-998-2596.
Preferred Citation
Published citations should take the following form:
Identification of item, date (if known); Group Material Archive; MSS 215; box number; folder number; Fales Library and Special Collections, New York University Libraries.
Provenance
Julie Ault assembled the Group Material Archive by compiling her own material, which included some that was previously integrated from Mundy McLaughlin and Tim Rollins, and combining it with material from Doug Ashford and from other group members. NYU Libararies acquired the Group Material Archive in 2008.
Ault outlines her archiving process in greater detail in the book Show and Tell: A Chronicle of Group Material:
"The group's material traces had been dispersed since 1983 when the collaborative decided it would no longer maintain an exhibition space or headquarters and instead function nomadically, working from members' homes and aided by the temporary infrastructural support of art institutions that invited GM to make projects. Decentralized, members kept their own paper trails or not. While no single person had the official responsibility of keeping up documentation of GM's process and projects, former member Mundy McLaughlin did so for the most part until 1986, at which point I took over the informal role, as well as the files. Founding member Tim Rollins gave me his files soon after. Others who left did not turn their collected material over to those who continued. What remains tangible for the archive, thirty years after GM's founding, is a mixture of several individuals' saving habits stimulated by idiosyncratic, conceptual, and practical factors. Some of what was saved is of ambiguous value and much that should have been kept was not. Things got lost and thrown out early on because as barely solvent young New Yorkers we had space constraints and moved frequently."
Separated Materials
Many books that were part of the archive have been removed, and will be cataloged as part of the Fales Downtown Book Collection.
About this Guide
Processing Information
In April of 2019, accession 2008.215 boxes 7,8,9, and 11 were prepared for offsite stoarage and rehoused into acid free folders following their orginal order in their boxes. Boxes 62, 63, 64, and 65 replaced original box numbers of accession 2008.215.
In December 2024, materials in Box 39 were rehoused into a new box.
Revisions to this Guide
Repository
Series I: Project Files
Scope and Content
Arranged chronologically, and by format, this series documents Group Material project history and activities. Materials include administrative documents, project notes, announcements, meetings of minutes, plans, drawings, publications and photographs. Series I is broken down into four subseries.
Subseries A: Projects at Group Material, 244 East 13th Street, 1976-1981, inclusive
Scope and Content
This series documents Group Materials early formations and the activities surrounding Group Material's exhibition space at 244 East 13th Street.
Tim Rollins (Student work sent to Julie Ault), 1976, inclusive
Pre-Group Material, 1979, inclusive
Internal Statements and Communiqués, 1979-1981, inclusive
Minutes of Meetings, 1979-1981, inclusive
"No More Witch Hunts", [1980], inclusive
Early Group Material, 1980, inclusive
Proposal for a First Show, 1980, inclusive
Group Material "Inaugural Exhibition", 1980, inclusive
Statement of Purpose drafts and early notes, [1980]
Group Material E. 13th St. Stationary, [1980]
"The Salon of Election" 1980, November 1980, inclusive
"Alienation", November-December 1980, inclusive
13th Street Art Workshops for Kids, December 1980, inclusive
Budgets and Finances, 1980-1983, inclusive
"It's a Gender Show", 1981, inclusive
Gender Show, 1981, inclusive
Who/What/Where/When/Why Calendar, 1981, inclusive
"The People's Choice (Arroz Con Mango)", January 1981, inclusive
"Revolting Music", March 7, 1981, inclusive
"Consumption: Metaphor, Pastime, Necessity", March-April 1981, inclusive
"Facere/Fascis", May 1981, inclusive
E. 13th St. Mailing List/Sign in Book, May 2nd-July 11, 1981, inclusive
"An Emergency Exhibition: Atlanta", June 1981, inclusive
"Eat This Show", July 11, 1981, inclusive
GM Original Statements and Showgraphies, undated
Subseries B: Projects exhibited in public spaces and other venues, 1981-1990, inclusive
Scope and Content
In September of 1981, Group Material declared its intention to "develop a new practice based around distribution and employing public spaces." This series documents activities that occurred after Group Material abandoned the East 13th Street gallery and began to bring projects to other venues and public sites.
"Caution! Alternative Space", 1981, inclusive
"Enthusiasm", October-November, 1981, inclusive
"M5", December 1981-January 1982, inclusive
Various Group Material Descriptions, 1982-1987, inclusive
"Works on Newspaper", March-April 1982, inclusive
"Vice and Virtue", Kenkeleba House, March-May 1982, inclusive
"DA ZI BAOS", April 1982, inclusive
"Primer (For Raymond Williams)", May-July 1982, inclusive
"Luchar!: An Exhibition for the People of Central America", June-July 1982, inclusive
"Revolutionary Fine Arts", April 14, 1983, inclusive
John Malpede and Vanalyn Green Performance Event, May 1983, inclusive
"Subculture", September 1983, inclusive
"Subculture" - Subway panels 1-49, 1983, inclusive
"Subculture" - Subway panels 50-100, 1983, inclusive
Pity Puppy Fundraiser, November 1983, inclusive
"Timeline: The Chronicle of U.S. Intervention in Central and Latin America", 1984, inclusive
"A.D. Christian Influence in Contemporary Culture", January-February 1984, inclusive
"Americana", 1985, inclusive
"Democracy Wall" for Cardiff, 1985, inclusive
"Messages to Washington", September-October 1985, inclusive
"Alarm Clock" in the "Other America", September-October 1985, inclusive
"MASS" Announcements, 1986, inclusive
"MASS" 1 of 2, 1986, inclusive
"MASS" 2 of 2, 1986, inclusive
"Liberty and Justice", February-March 1986, inclusive
"Arts and Leisure", May-June 1986, inclusive
General
Contains two copies of "Arts and Leisure" catalog.
"Resistance (Anti-Baudrillard)", February 1987, inclusive
"The Castle" (Loans, Shipping, Finance), June-September 1987, inclusive
"The Castle" (Announcements, PR, Promo), June-September 1987, inclusive
"DA ZI BAOS" for Damon Brandt Show, September-October 1987, inclusive
"Constitution", October-November 1987, inclusive
"Inserts" - (Proposals, Correspondence, Administration), May 1988, inclusive
"Inserts" - (Layouts, Ingredients, Results), May 1988, inclusive
"Democracy" (Dia narratives and grant application), 1988, inclusive
"Democracy" (Press Releases, Announcement Forms), 1988, inclusive
"Democracy" (Town Meetings), 1988, inclusive
"Democracy" Checklists, 1988, inclusive
"Democracy" (AIDS and Democracy Flyers and Research), 1988-1989, inclusive
"Democracy" Guest Books and Comments, 1988, inclusive
"Democracy" (Correspondence), 1988, inclusive
"Democracy" (Miscellaneous Re: Exhibitions), 1988, inclusive
Roundtable and Town Meeting Transcriptions, 1988, inclusive
"AIDS and Democracy: A Case Study" - Meeting Transcription, [1988]
"Democracy" (Reprint research for book), 1988-1990, inclusive
"Democracy" (Image research for book, not used in book), 1988-1990, inclusive
"Democracy" (Images for book, used) - 1 of 2, 1988-1990, inclusive
"Democracy" (Images for book, used) - 2 of 2, 1988-1990, inclusive
"Democracy" (Brochures and Ads for Book), 1988-1990, inclusive
"Democracy" (Notes, Drafts, Statements for Book), 1988-1990, inclusive
Other Drafts for Book 1, 1988-1990, inclusive
Other Drafts for Book 2, 1988-1990, inclusive
Other Drafts for Book 3, 1988-1990, inclusive
Other Drafts for Book 4, 1988-1990, inclusive
Other Drafts for Book 5, 1988-1990, inclusive
"Vollbild AIDS", December 1988-February 1990, inclusive
Correspondence with Artists, [1989]
Letters to the Editor - "AIDS and Democracy: A Case Study", 1989, inclusive
"Democracy" (Essays - Rainer, Wallace, and Gates), 1989, inclusive
"Unisex" for "The Center Show", March 1989, inclusive
"Shopping Bag", October-November 1989, inclusive
"Shopping Bag" - Shopping Bags, 1989, inclusive
Corcoran Non-Project, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Berkeley - A+Text-Versions/Notes, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Berkeley (Correspondence, checklists, show, process), 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Berkeley - (Announcements, Printed Matter), 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Berkeley - Democracy Wall, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Berkeley (Photos of Individual Objects), 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Berkeley (Statistics in the show) - 1 of 2, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Berkeley (Statistics in the show) - 2 of 2, 1989, inclusive
Democracy Book - Intros - CP with table and reprint/132 (1 of 2), 1990, inclusive
Democracy Book - P + E - AIDS with Bibliographic resources and Artist List (2 of 2), 1990, inclusive
Democracy (Notes: Organization of Book and Process), 1990, inclusive
Democracy and Cultural Participation Book Draft - 1 of 2, February 2, 1990, inclusive
Democracy and Cultural Participation Book Draft - 2 of 2, February 2, 1990, inclusive
Considered Essays (Not in Final Book), 1990, inclusive
"Your Message Here" - Proposals for Doug Ashford - Binder, 1990, inclusive
"Your Message Here", 1990, inclusive
"Democracy Poll", June-July 1990, inclusive
"Democracy Poll" (Texts and Research), 1990, inclusive
"Democracy Poll" (Actual Piece; PR), June-July 1990, inclusive
"AIDS and Insurance" - Bus Poster/Brochure, 1990, inclusive
Balcon Pages Prop. (unrealized), 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" Binder, [1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" Magazine project, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" (Sao Paolo Proposal) - unrealized, 1990, inclusive
"Collaboration" for Oberlin, October 1990 - January 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" (Whitney Museum), April-June 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" (Whitney) - Text Versions, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - 1 of 10, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - 2 of 10, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - 3 of 10, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - 4 of 10, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - 5 of 10, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - 6 of 10, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - 7 of 10, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - 8 of 10, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - 9 of 10, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - 10 of 10, 1991, inclusive
Art Journal Contribution, Fall 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Materials] - Mounted Copy of Shift Magazine, [1991], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Materials] - 1 of 2, [1991], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Materials] - 2 of 2, [1991], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Materials] - Magazines - 1 of 2, [1991], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Materials] - Magazines - 2 of 2, [1991], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Materials] - Photographs, [1991], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Materials] - Pray for RU486 bumper sticker, [1991], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Materials] - McCarty bumper stickers, [1991], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - Clippings, [1991], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - Public Service Announcements, [1991], inclusive
"Cash Prize" [Source Material] - 1 of 2, 1991, inclusive
"Cash Prize" [Source Material] - 2 of 2, 1991, inclusive
"Cash Prize" (Correspondence, Process, Admin), December 1991, inclusive
"Cash Prize" (Research Material and Potential Sources), December 1991, inclusive
"Cash Prize" (Layouts, Pieces, PR), December 1991, inclusive
"Family Photo" - Mounted Dynasty photograph for Randolph Street Gallery, 1992, inclusive
"Tomorrow", 1993, inclusive
"Democracy Wall" for Boston, October 1993, inclusive
"Public Interventions" at ICA, 1994, inclusive
"Campaign" (For Domini Public), 1994, inclusive
"Market", May-June 1995, inclusive
"Market" - [Mass Produced Source Material] - 1 of 3, May-June 1995, inclusive
"Market" - [Mass Produced Source Material] - 2 of 3, May-June 1995, inclusive
"Market" - [Mass Produced Source Material] - 3 of 3, May-June 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Advertisements [Source Material], [1995], inclusive
"Transaction" for "Architectures of Display", 1995, inclusive
"Brochure" (Correspondence, Notes, Prop., Aftermath) - Three Rivers Arts Festival - 1 of 2, June 1996, inclusive
"Brochure" (Correspondence, Notes, Prop., Aftermath) - Three Rivers Arts Festival - 2 of 2, June 1996, inclusive
"Brochure" (Text Version, Layouts) - Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 1996, inclusive
"Brochure" (Announcements, Brochure, Festival PR) - Three Rivers Arts Festival, June 1996, inclusive
Unrealized Proposals, undated
Subseries C: Catalogs and printed material
Scope and Content
This series includes material published as part of Group Material projects, press, and source material.
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - Afterimage, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - Art and Auction, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - Art in America, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - Arts Magazine, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - Contemporanea Number 23, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - Copies of Shift Magazine, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - High Performance 52, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - October 54, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - Parkett 26 - 1 of 2, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - Parkett 26 - 2 of 2, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - Real Life Magazine 20, 1990, inclusive
Archbishop Romero [Source Material], 1980, inclusive
"The Castle" [Source Material] - book by Franz Kafka, 1981-1982, inclusive
Issues of Upfront - Political Art Documentation/Distribution, 1982-1983, inclusive
Photo Communique - [Source Material], 1984, inclusive
The Public Art Show, 1985, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Surviving and Thriving with AIDS Volume 1, 1987, inclusive
"Constitution" catalog, 1987, inclusive
The Science of AIDS [Source Material], 1988, inclusive
Vollbild - Tableaux du Sida, 1988, inclusive
Vollbild - AIDS, 1988, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Materials] - Surviving and Thriving with AIDS - volume 2, 1988, inclusive
Art Against AIDS - [Source Material], 1989, inclusive
My Turn - Memoirs of Nancy Reagan [Source Material], 1989, inclusive
Reconnaissance - Catalog with Group Material's " Shopping Cart", 1990, inclusive
Art Journal - Censorship project, 1991, inclusive
"Pure Cop" - [Source Material], 1991, inclusive
Christian Action Network - Home Lobbyist Companion - [Source Material], 1994, inclusive
Walt Odet's book - In the Shadow of an Epidemic - [Source Material], 1995, inclusive
"Matrix" -A Changing Exhibition of Contemporary Art, undated
Subseries D: Advertisements from "Market", 1995, inclusive
Scope and Content
This series includes mounted advertisements, which were originally exhibited in "Market."
"Market" - Aurora - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - AT&T - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Lockheed Martin - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Kraft - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Desert Storm - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Microsoft - Mounted Advertisement (German) - 1 of 3, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Microsoft - Mounted Advertisement (German) - 2 of 3, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Microsoft - Mounted Advertisement (German) - 3 of 3, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Microsoft Mounted Advertisement (English) - 1 of 2, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Microsoft Mounted Advertisement (English) - 2 of 2, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - McDonnell Douglas Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Skirmish - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - AT&T - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Donna Karan - Mounted Advertisement - 1 of 4, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Donna Karan - Mounted Advertisement - 2 of 4, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Donna Karan - Mounted Advertisement - 3 of 4, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Donna Karan - Mounted Advertisement - 4 of 4, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Surveillance Strike - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Coca Cola, Tall, Dark - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - hand with gun - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Coca Cola - Always - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Nike - Michael Jordan - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Saab - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - United States Armed Forces - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Ronald Reagan - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - American Express - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Cindy Crawford - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Northrop Grumman - Mounted Advertisement, 1995, inclusive
Series II: Correspondence
Scope and Content
Arranged chronologically, this series includes correspondence by members of Group Material with artists, contractors, and other individuals. The material was compiled by Julie Ault and placed in chronological order by the archivist.
General Correspondence with Group Material Letterhead, 1980-1988, inclusive
Correspondence from Doug Ashford, 1988-2005, inclusive
General Correspondence, 1989, inclusive
General Correspondence, 1990, inclusive
General Correspondence, 1992, inclusive
General Correspondence, 1992-1994, inclusive
General Correspondence, 1995-2007, inclusive
Correspondence with Taschen, 1998, inclusive
General Correspondence - undated, undated
Series III: Press and Promotional Material
Scope and Content
Organized chronologically, this series contains articles, reviews, research for press materials, posters, and other promotional material related to Group Material exhibitions.
Subseries A: Interviews, research, reviews
"AIDS Timeline" Magazines - Text, undated
Articles, 1980-1986, inclusive
First Year Press (13th St.) ("The People's Choice," "Atlanta," "Consumption"), 1981, inclusive
Press ("Primer", "Luchar!", "Subculture", etc.), 1981-1983, inclusive
Press ("Timeline", "Democracy Wall", "Americana", "Messages to Washington"), 1984-1986, inclusive
"Press" ("MASS," One Foot out the Door, "Constitution," "Castle," "Resistance," etc.), 1986-1987, inclusive
Articles, Interviews, Statements, 1987-1990, inclusive
Press ("Inserts", "Democracy", "AIDS Timeline"), 1988-1989, inclusive
Articles, 1988-1990, inclusive
Group Material Lecture Announcements and Related, 1988-1991, inclusive
Interview Transcripts 1, [1989], inclusive
Interview Transcripts 2, [1989-1991], inclusive
Signs and Postcards and Civil Disobedience Flowchart, 1989, inclusive
Press ("Democracy Poll", VMH, "Collaboration", "AIDS and Insurance"), 1990, inclusive
Magazine - Visual Aids, [1990], inclusive
Press - "AIDS Timeline" Hartford, [AT NY], "Cash Prize," Democracy Book - 1 of 2, 1990-1991, inclusive
Press - "AIDS Timeline" Hartford, [AT NY], "Cash Prize," Democracy Book - 2 of 2, 1990-1991, inclusive
General, 1990-1997, inclusive
"Rhetorical Image" Resource Form, 1991, inclusive
Correspondence, Notes, Press, Whitney "AIDS Timeline", [1991], inclusive
Miscellaneous group shows Group Material was in, [1991-1993], inclusive
Press (In and Out of Place, "Tomorrow", "Public Intervention", "Campaign", "Market"), 1993-1995, inclusive
Press (But is it Art?, Brochure...), 1996, inclusive
Articles, undated
Doug Ashford Interviews and Lectures, undated
Binder Five - Press materials, undated
Subseries B: Magazines
Real Life Magazine, 1983, inclusive
Contemporary Perspectives, 1984, inclusive
"Anti-Baudrillard" - File Megazine 28, 1987, inclusive
Wolkenkratzer, 1987, inclusive
Art Papers 12/5, 1988, inclusive
Artscribe, 1989, inclusive
Parachute 56, 1989, inclusive
Art Papers 14/1, 1990, inclusive
Prinz, 1990, inclusive
Wadsworth Atheneum, 1990, inclusive
Shift 9, 1990, inclusive
Social Studies, 1990-1991, inclusive
BT Magazine 43, 1991, inclusive
"In Public Seattle 1991", 1991, inclusive
Tema Celeste, 1991, inclusive
Utne Reader, 1991, inclusive
La Vanguardia, 1994, inclusive
Series IV: Clippings, undated
Scope and Content
Kept in its original order, this series is comprised of clippings, articles, advertisements, and mass-produced items such as bumper stickers collected for research and potential inclusion in exhibitions, saved by Julie Ault, with Group Material in mind.
Clippings 1, undated
Clippings 2, undated
Clippings 3, undated
Clippings 4, undated
Clippings 5, undated
Clippings 6, undated
Clippings 7, undated
Clippings 8, undated
Clippings 9, undated
Clippings 10, undated
Clippings 11, undated
Clippings 12, undated
Clippings 13, undated
Clippings 14, undated
Clippings 15, undated
Clippings 16, undated
Series V: Financial Material, 1977-1944, inclusive
Scope and Content
Arranged chronologically, this series includes checks, receipts, bills and other financial files collected by Group Material members.
Bank Statements and Deposit Slips, 1977-1986, inclusive
Group Material - Legal Papers, 1980-1987, inclusive
Group Material - Receipts and Bills, 1980-1981, inclusive
Con Edison Bills, 1981, inclusive
National Endowment for the Arts - 1981-1987 Applications and Correspondence, 1981-1987, inclusive
Bills - Kreisel Company, 1981, inclusive
Receipts 1983, c. 1983, inclusive
Group Material Receipts, c. 1984, inclusive
General Journal, 1984-1985, inclusive
"Group Material Inc." - Binder - 1 of 2, 1985, inclusive
"Group Material Inc." - Binder - 2 of 2, 1985, inclusive
Receipts 1985, c. 1985, inclusive
Group Material Check Stubs, 1986-1988, inclusive
Receipts 1986, c. 1986, inclusive
Receipts: Documenta, Anti-Baudrillard, Travel, 1986-1988, inclusive
Group Material Check Stubs, 1986-1989, inclusive
Group Material Receipts, 1987-1988, inclusive
Art Matters, 1987-1990, inclusive
Receipts - Doug Ashford, Julie Ault, 1989-1991, inclusive
National Endowment for the Arts 1989-1991 Application 1 of 2, 1989-1991, inclusive
National Endowment for the Arts 1989-1991 Application 2 of 2, 1989-1991, inclusive
Group Material Receipts 1990, 1990, inclusive
Tax Exempt Forms, 1990, inclusive
Receipts, 1993-1997, inclusive
Check Stubs, 1994, inclusive
Amalgamated Bank Statements, undated
New York State Council on the Arts (NYSCA), undated
National Endowment for the Arts Forms and Guidelines, undated
Checks, undated
National Endowment for the Arts (Interim and Final Reports), undated
Series VI: Photographic Material
Scope and Content
Images in this series document various aspects of each exhibition, including photographs of installations, opening receptions, and artworks. The series is comprised of photographic prints, black and white and color negatives, slides, and 35mm film. Additional photographic material from Group Material projects is found in series I. This series also includes images selected from the larger pool of photography for the book Show and Tell: A Chronicle of Group Material.
Inaugural Show Photos, 1980, inclusive
"Salon of Election" Photos, 1980, inclusive
"No More Witch Hunts" Photos, 1980, inclusive
General Photos and Snapshots [From Mundy McLaughlin], [1980-1990]
"The People's Choice" Photos, 1981, inclusive
General Slides, 1981-1989, inclusive
General Exhibition Slides, 1981-1989, inclusive
Slides and Negatives - "4 x 5's", 1981-1986, inclusive
"Primer (For Raymond Williams)" photos, 1982, inclusive
General Slides, 1982-1990, inclusive
Slides, 1982-1996, inclusive
Slides - Doug Ashford [copies of duplicate slides], 1982-1996, inclusive
"Subculture" Photos, 1983, inclusive
"Timeline: The Chronicle of U.S Intervention in Latin and Central America" at PS1 Photos, 1984, inclusive
"Timeline: The Chronicle of U.S Intervention in Latin and Central America" in "1984 Show" at PS1, 1984, inclusive
"Democracy Wall" For Cardiff Photos, 1985, inclusive
"Americana" Photos, 1985, inclusive
"MASS" photos, 1985, inclusive
"Constitution", 1987, inclusive
"The Castle", 1987, inclusive
"Resistance (Anti-Baudrillard)", 1987, inclusive
"Democracy: Education", 1988, inclusive
"Democracy", 1988-1989, inclusive
Photographs - "AIDS Timeline", 1988-1989, inclusive
"Democracy: Cultural Participation", 1988-1989, inclusive
"Democracy: AIDS and Democracy: A Case Study", 1988-1989, inclusive
Group Material - Photo Album - Julie Ault, 1988-1994, inclusive
Individual Artists + Research - prints and slides, 1988-1996, inclusive
Inserts, 1988, inclusive
"Shopping Bag", 1989, inclusive
Vollbild AIDS Photos, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" Photos, 1989-1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" Magazine Photos, 1990, inclusive
"Democracy Poll" photos, 1990, inclusive
"Your Message Here" Photos, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" Photos and Negatives, 1990, inclusive
"Cash Prize" Photos of Ads, 1991, inclusive
"Democracy Wall" for Boston Photos, 1993-1994, inclusive
Photo Album - Julie Ault GM 1994-1995, 1994-1995, inclusive
"Market", 1995, inclusive
Campaign Slides, undated
"DA ZI BAOS" @ Damon Brandt, undated
Miscellaneous Slides, Photos and Negatives, undated
Negatives - "Black and white and other prints", undated
From Binder 1 (1 of 1) - "Subculture", originals, 1981-1986, inclusive
From Binder 1 (2 of 2) - Originals: "Constitution", "AIDS Timeline", "Your Message Here", "Tomorrow", 1987-1993, inclusive
From Binder 2 (1 of 2) - Dupes: "Inserts", "Democracy", "Your Message Here", "Bus Projects", "Shopping Bag", "AIDS Timeline", "Cash Prize", "MFA", "Market", 1987-1990, inclusive
From Binder 2 (1 of 2) - Dupes: "Inserts", "Democracy", "Your Message Here", "Bus Projects", "Shopping Bag", "AIDS Timeline", "Cash Prize", "MFA", "Market", 1987-1990, inclusive
From Binder 3 (1 of 2) - Dupes: "First Year", "DA ZI BAOS", "Subculture", "Timeline", "Wales", "MASS", "Messages To Washington", "Americana", Arts + Leisure", "Constitution", "Anti-Baudrillard", "The Castle", 1980-1986, inclusive
From Binder 3 (2 of 2) - Dupes: "First Year", "DA ZI BAOS", "Subculture", "Timeline", "Wales", "MASS", "Messages To Washington", "Americana", Arts + Leisure", "Constitution", "Anti-Baudrillard", "The Castle", 1985-1987, inclusive
From Binder 4 (1 of 2) - Original slides 1st year-1980 Through 1985 ("Americana"), 1980 - 1989, inclusive
From Binder 4 (2 of 2) - Original slides 1st year-1980 Through 1985 ("Americana"), 1981 - 1986, inclusive
Show and Tell photographs - 1 of 2, undated
Show and Tell photographs - 2 of 2, undated
Series VII: Video recordings
Scope and Content
This series contains video recordings collected by Group Material. Items are arranged chronologically by date of creation, and then alphabetically by title. Material includes video documentation of Group Material projects, news coverage, and video included in exhibitions. Descriptions are derived from the original videocassette or container annotations and include title, date, the original format of video, and the duration).
Subseries A: Video recordings
Video Hypnosis-Successful Independent Lifestyle, 1988, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 30 minutes
Original format: VHS
Group Material @ Austin, 1989, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 2 hours 1 minute
Original format: VHS
They are lost to vision altogether - Tom Kalin, 1989, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 18 minutes
Original format: VHS
Whitney Houston - The Star Spangled Banner, 1991, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 5 minutes
Original format: VHS
Voices from the Front, 1991, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: VHS
[Group Material Video Kahsley-"Market"], 1993, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: VHS
Images of the 80s, 1989, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 00:52:00
Original Format: VHS
Christian Action Network, 1994, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: VHS
Kunstverein: Cops, March 5, 1995, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 1 hour
Original format: VHS (PAL Standard)
Kunstverein: Video Hypnosis, March 5, 1995, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 29 minute
Original format: VHS (PAL Standard)
Kunstverein: Value Visions, March 5, 1995, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 1 hour 35 minutes
Original format: VHS (PAL Standard)
Cops Caught in the Act, 1996, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 50 minutes
Original format: VHS
Bridge - PAL Standard, 1997, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 26 minutes
Original format: VHS
Bridge - NTSC Standard (Copy), 1997, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 26 minutes
Original format: VHS
Julie Ault - Oral History, February 3, 2011, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 49 minutes
Original format: MiniDV
Blank, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: VHS
Blank, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: VHS
Group Material, undated
Scope and Content
Same content as ID: 215.0018
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: VHS
How To Organize your Home for "Market", undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 38 minutes
Original format: VHS
Island Rehearsal - 1. Assort TV, 2.GM "Subculture" News, 3. "Artists Call" News., undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 28 minutes
Original format: VHS
Oberlin Piece - Group Material, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 24 minutes
Original format: VHS
What Follows...Julie Ault, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 31 minutes
Original format: VHS
Lifestyles of the Rich & Famous, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: U-matic
Images of the 80s/PSAs-Direct Effect & Gran Fury - "Kissing Doesn't Kill..."/Whitney Houston, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: U-matic
DiAna's Hair Ego: AIDS Info Up Front/Abortion for Survival, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
DVD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Duration: 60 minutes
Original format: U-matic
Series VIII: Sound recordings
Scope and Content
This series contains audio recordings collected by Group Material. Items are arranged chronologically. Material includes original audiocassettes created for "Liberty and Justice" and "Unisex," as well as audio documentation of Group Material's events and exhibitions.
Descriptions are derived from the original audiocassette or container annotations and include title, date, and format.
Subseries A: Sound recordings
"Liberty & Justice" Soundtrack - Group Material, 1986, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
Unisex - Group Material - The Center Show - Dupe #1, 1989, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
Group Material - (Unisex) - Disco, 1989, inclusive
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
The Castle, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently available.
Existence and Location of Copies
CD access copy available.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
Cultural Participation - Roundtable - 1, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
Cultural Participation - Roundtable - 2, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
Cultural Participation - Roundtable - 3, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
Americana / Group Material Master, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until format occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
Group Material - Da Zi Baos, undated
Language of Materials
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette, Duration: 90 min.
Politics and Election Round and Table #1, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplicatio occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
Politics and Election Round and Table #2, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
Blank, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
Secrets of Washington, undated
Conditions Governing Access
Currently unavailable until duplication occurs.
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Original format: 1/4" audiocassette
Series IX: Computer Disks
Scope and Content
This series contains four CD-Rs and one DVD from the Group Material collection. The items are arranged by format, and then chronologically. Descriptions are derived from the original item annotations and include title, date, and the original format of media.
Subseries IX.A: Access Copies
Subseries IX.B: Originals
Documenta 1-9, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: CD-R
Documenta 1-9, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: CD-R
Ashford [Mohaiemen], undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: CD-R
3 Miscellaneous images from DA's [Doug Ashford's] House, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: CD-R
Unisex, undated
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Format: DVD-R
Series X: Objects
Scope and Content
This series is comprised of artworks, artifacts, and ephemera from the Group Material Archive. The Positive Art "Life Masks" were originally exhibited in "AIDS Timeline."
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Reagan/Bush campaign button - "The time is now.", [1980], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Reagan in '80 campaign button., 1980, inclusive
Primer Aniversario de la Revolucion Popular Sandinista-scroll (rolled) - 1 of 2, 1980, inclusive
Primer Aniversario de la Revolucion Popular Sandinista-scroll (rolled) - 2 of 2, 1980, inclusive
"Eat This Show" - Three paper plate exhibition announcements, 1981, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - "That's What Friends are for" - Dionne & Friends - 45 rpm record., 1985, inclusive
Keith Haring Shopping Bag [Exhibited Material], [1985], inclusive
T-shirt - Tim Rollins and K.O.S. For Artists Space - [Source Material], 1987, inclusive
"Untitled" - Nancy Linn - Framed black and white photograph of little girl, 1987, inclusive
Artwork by Teresa Bramlette - "For Julie Ault and Andres Serrano", 1988, inclusive
"Democracy: Cultural Participation" - [Exhibited Material] - American Flag with image of Biker, 1988, inclusive
One copy of "Inserts" in original newspaper, 1988, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Eddie Booker, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Jim Greblowski, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Randy Lou, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Anonymous (red, white and blue), 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Steve Curd, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Barry Frederick, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Ken Huff, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Max Proudfoot, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Ken Huff, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Ken Huff, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-JJ, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Steve Brown, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Paul Freitas, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Gary Ostrander, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Richard McMullen, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-David Taylor, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Positive Art "Life Masks" project by Sharon Siskin - Artist-Jim Greblowski, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - "We're All Living With AIDS" button., 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - Lifestyles condom, [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - magazine display case - red, [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - magazine display case - blue, [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - men's tie with American flag pattern, [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Silencio=Muerte t-shirt, [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Tylenol bottle, [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - yellow rubber gloves, [1989-1990], inclusive
T-shirt - Spero, Nancy - for Artists' Space, 1989, inclusive
Carrie Mae Weems- Maroon ceramic plate with flowers and image of back of woman's head., 1990, inclusive
"Cash Prize" - Dynasty image - "Family Photo" - mounted [Exhibited Material], 1991, inclusive
T-shirt - B. Wurtz - [Source Material] - "T" outline on puce t-shirt, 1991, inclusive
"Market" - [Source Material] - Product Presentation - Communication Control Systems International, 1993, inclusive
"Market" catalog - 1 of 2, 1995, inclusive
General
This catalog includes one plastic bag, containing one printed booklet, one "Keep-It" clip, one bumper sticker, and one letter opener.
"Market" catalog - 2 of 2, 1995, inclusive
General
This catalog includes one plastic bag, containing one printed booklet, one bumper sticker, and one letter opener. This catalog is missing one "Keep-It" clip.
Group Material Seal, undated
Set of Who, What, Where, When, and Why stamps + Group Material stamp, undated
Slogan Notepads [Source Material], undated
T-shirt - "Vietnam War Ads..." ARKIPELAG, neon pink text on white shirt, 1998, inclusive
T-shirt - ACT UP - large black logo on white shirt, undated
T-shirt - ACT UP - "Health Care Not Warfare" - black text on white shirt, undated
T-shirt - ACT UP - "Planet Earth" - black text on white shirt - continental map on back, undated
T-shirt - Holzer, Jenny - "Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise" - black text on white shirt, undated
T-shirt - Holzer, Jenny - "Abuse of Power Comes as No Surprise" - red text on white shirt, undated
T-shirt - Jenkins, Michael - skull and cross bones on marigold, undated
T-shirt - Kruger, Barbara - "I shop therefore I am", undated
T-shirt - Kruger, Barbara - "Your Body is a Battleground", undated
T-shirt - 15 reasons why a beer is better than a woman, undated
Wallet - "Freedom", undated
Clip - "Freedom", undated
Oversize Series I: Project Files
Scope and Content
This series contains oversize materials from Series I: Project Files. This includes exhibited material, source material, exhibition announcements, fliers, posters, diagrams, plans, and original artworks related to Group Material projects.
Notable artworks include the original "Subculture" subway panels created by individual artists for exhibition in IRT subway trains, the square panels created by individual artists for the exhibition "MASS", and the original newspaper advertisement for "Cash Prize."
Mushroom Cloud Poster, 1967
"The United States of Atticus" Poster, April 15, 1972
"Times Square Show" Poster, 1980
"Group Material Opens October 4" Inaugural Exhibition posters, 1980, inclusive
Training for Leisure - The Kitchen, 1980, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - Mike Glier - "White Male Power", 1981, inclusive
The Cooper Pioneer Newspaper, March 4, 1982, inclusive
"Subculture" - Poster Strips [2], September 1983
"Artists Call Against Intervention in Central America" Poster [2], January 1984
"AIDS Timeline" [Source Material] - Army National Guard Advertisement, 1985, inclusive
"Messages to Washington" [Exhibition Material] - posters, 1985, inclusive
"MASS" - panels 1-20, 1985-1986, inclusive
"MASS" - panels 21-40, 1985-1986, inclusive
"MASS" - panels 41-60, 1985-1986, inclusive
"MASS" - panels 61-78, 1985-1986, inclusive
"MASS" - panels 79-100, 1985-1986, inclusive
"MASS" - panels 101-124, 1985-1986, inclusive
"MASS" - panels 125-188, 1985-1986, inclusive
A.D. Christian Influence in contemporary society - poster, 1985, inclusive
Democracy Wall for Cardiff Posters, 1985, inclusive
"Messages to Washington" - America is beautiful bag, 1985, inclusive
"Rambo: First Blood Part II" Poster, 1985
"Mass" Announcements - Newspaper: UTD Memory, 1986, inclusive
"Mass" Announcements - Newspaper: Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, 1986, inclusive
"Anti-Baudrillard" - NAMIBIA in struggle - 1 of 3, 1987, inclusive
"Anti-Baudrillard" - NAMIBIA in struggle - 2 of 3, 1987, inclusive
"Anti-Baudrillard" - NAMIBIA in struggle - 3 of 3, 1987, inclusive
"The Castle" - sketched diagrams for shooting, June - September, 1987, inclusive
"The Castle" - Documenta [Exhibited Material] - Variety - Christopher Williams Advertisement, 1987, inclusive
"The Castle" - Documenta 8 Floor Plan [2], March 12, 1987
"Democracy" - Images for book - All People with AIDS are Innocent - poster, 1988, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Department of Health material, [1987-1990], inclusive
"Democracy" research - New York Times article - Talking Heads, 1988, inclusive
"Inserts" - Enough packet, 1988, inclusive
"Inserts" - Prince, Richard, 1988, inclusive
"Inserts" - Prince, Richard - originals, 1988, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Exhibited Material] - Christian protesters photograph, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Exhibited Material] - Dick Cheney and Ronald Reagan, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Exhibited Material] - Gran Fury - "New York Crimes", [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Exhibited Material] - Health Care Quiz, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Exhibited Material] - "I have Survived" poem and Chaka Khan poster, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Exhibited Material] - Mike Glier posters, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Exhibited Material] - Mounted photograph, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Exhibited Material] - Sex Education photograph, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Source Material] - Fight AIDS poster, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Source Material] - photographs, [1988-1990], inclusive
"Shopping Bag" - 3 shopping bags (originals), 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" Review - Matrix gallery - University Art Museum Newsletter, November 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - Child's drawing, [1989], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - Newspaper articles, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material], [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - Act Up Chicago Ads, [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - general AIDS related Advertisements, [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - The Artist's Response, 1989, inclusive
George H. W. Bush "AIDS & Insurance" Bus advertisement, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - "Evan photos for Hartford", 1990, inclusive
"Don't Mess With the U.S." Styroboard Poster, 1990
"Cash Prize" - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1991, inclusive
"Cash Prize" - Advertisement in full Newspaper - Seattle Post-Intelligencer, December 17, 1991, inclusive
"Cash Prize" - Final pieces in newspapers, December 18-19, 1991, inclusive
"Cash Prize" - Advertisement in Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Full newspaper, December 19, 1991, inclusive
"Cash Prize" - Advertisement in Seattle Post-Intelligencer - Full newspaper, December 20, 1991, inclusive
"Tomorrow" - Museum of Contemporary Art - San Diego, 1993, inclusive
"Brochure" - Text version layout, June 1996, inclusive
"Brochure" - Photo sheet - Group Material catalog, June 1996, inclusive
"Brochure" - Highlighted text version layout, June 1996, inclusive
"Brochure" -Three Rivers Arts Festival brochures, June 7-23, 1996, inclusive
"Brochure" -Three Rivers Arts Festival poster, June 23, 1996, inclusive
"Shopping Bag" - 3 shopping bags (reprints), 1997, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Exhibited Material] - " All people are Innocent" Poster - Gran Fury, 1988, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Exhibited Material] - Empire Strikes Back poster, 1988-1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Source Material] - General AIDS Related Advertisements, 1988-1989, inclusive
Volbild AIDS - Installation Diagrams, December 1988 - February 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - AIDS It's Big Business poster, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - two New York Times articles blown up, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Subway panels, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - "AIDS - It's Big Business" posters, 1988-1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Defaced subway poster - HIV, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Mathilde Kim - poster, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Advertising Age poster, [1988-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Berkeley - "Doug's Exhibition List", 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - "AIDS deaths" - table, 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - Act Up advertisement, [1989], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - New York City Department of Health advertisements, [1989], inclusive
Rough AIDS Timeline for Artforum, [1989], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material], [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - "Talk About It" poster, [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Three black and white photographs, [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - Cardinal O'Connor - "Stop this Man", [1989-1990], inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - Artforum - "Seduced and Terrorized", 1989, inclusive
"Your Message Here" Arlene Crawford's Piece, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" [Source Material] - New York Times Act up advertisement, March 23, 1990, inclusive
Democracy Poll - Newspaper - "Der Tages Spiegel", June 29, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Rough timelines, April-June, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Whitney Museum Floor plans, April-June, 1991, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Gran Fury poster, 1990, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - New York Department of Health poster, undated
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - New York Department of Health subway panels, undated
"AIDS Timeline" - [Source Material] - Know Your Scumbags poster, undated
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - Know Your Scumbags poster, undated
"AIDS Timeline" - [Exhibited Material] - AIDS Subway panels, undated
["AIDS Timeline" Exhibited Material] - Blown up handwritten letter, undated
"AIDS Timeline" - Magazines published for "Day Without Art" - Artforum International (2 copies), 1990, inclusive
"Uptown Downtown" Show - newsprint posters and postcards, 1981, inclusive
Mundy McLaughlin, Artwork (4) -"Two Germany's", "Two Japans" + others, 1982, inclusive
[Hamilton, Joyce with Rollins, Tim] - "She think's she' bad!" - print on newspaper, [1983], inclusive
Haring, Keith - Fun Gallery, NYC Poster, February 1983
"Timeline through America: The Chronicle of US Intervention in Central and Latin America" PS1 Newspaper: "Around 1984: A Look at Art in the 80s", 1984, inclusive
Poster for reading room by Bruce Barber, 1984, inclusive
"Messages to Washington" - Newspapers in exhibition, 1985, inclusive
"Messages to Washington" - Abortion article in exhibition, 1985, inclusive
"Messages to Washington" - WPA Calendar, 1986, inclusive
"Messages to Washington" - Newspapers, 1986, inclusive
"Democracy Announcement poster, 1988, inclusive
Kruger, Barbara - "The Decade Show" Posters [4], 1989
Peace Poster, 1989
"Cash Prize" - photocopies of Final Pieces, 1991, inclusive
"Cash Prize" - Final Pieces in Newspapers - 1 of 2, 1991, inclusive
"Cash Prize" - Final Pieces in Newspapers - 2 of 2, 1991, inclusive
"Alternative Space" - Nils Norman, 1991, inclusive
"Democracy Wall" for Boston - site plans, 1993, inclusive
"To Die For" Posters [2], c1993
CalArts - Group Material Talk at Cafeteria Poster, 1994, inclusive
Sommer Akademie Poster, 1994, inclusive
Art & Intervention Poster, 1995, inclusive
"Market" - Point of Purchase Floor Plan, Kunstverein München, August 1995
"Interplace Access" Poster, Milan, IT, December 1996
Candle Sketch Poster, undated
Dunkin' Donuts Posters [3], undated
Gran Fury - "Good Luck, Miss You", undated
Holzer, Jenny - "Inflammatory Essays" print - "36", undated
Holzer, Jenny - [Untitled Mounted Print], undated
Rollins, Tim, undated
Rollins, Tim - "Alienation", undated
Spero, Nancy - Antonin Artaud - "Indian Culture" Broadside, undated
Oversize Series II: Correspondence
Scope and Content
This series contains oversize materials from Series I: Correspondence.
Correspondence - floor plan from Jerome Sans (letter), undated
Oversize Series III: Press and Promotional Material
Scope and Content
This series contains oversize materials from Series III: Press and Promotional Material.
"AIDS Timeline" - Press - University Art Museum - Pacific Film Archive newspaper, November 1989, inclusive
"AIDS Timeline" - Press - The Daily Californian, November 10, 1989, inclusive
Press - Cooper Pioneer, April 29, 1982, inclusive
Article- Getting Ready for the Golden Eighties: A Conversation with Chantal Akerman by Gary Indiana, 1983, inclusive
Press - Chicago Catolico, February 1990, inclusive
Press - Oberlin College Observer, October 25, 1990, inclusive
"Confronting the AIDS Epidemic" - Newspaper, 1990-1991, inclusive
Article from New York Times Magazine - Style by Mary Jo Salter, July 17, 1994, inclusive
Press - "Americana" - Almost Home by Lisa Liebmann, undated
Press Art Worker's Coalition articles - Art's magazine, 1970, inclusive
Oversize Series VI: Photographic Material
Scope and Content
This series contains oversize materials from Series VI: Photographic Material. This series includes photographs originally exhibited in Group Material projects.
"Luchar!" - photographs - 1 of 9, 1982, inclusive
"Luchar!" - photographs - 2 of 9, 1982, inclusive
"Luchar!" - photographs - 3 of 9, 1982, inclusive
"Luchar!" - photographs - 4 of 9, 1982, inclusive
"Luchar!" - photographs - 5 of 9, 1982, inclusive
"Luchar!" - photographs - 6 of 9, 1982, inclusive
"Luchar!" - photographs - 7 of 9, 1982, inclusive
"Luchar!" - photographs - 8 of 9, 1982, inclusive
"Luchar!" - photographs - 9 of 9, 1982, inclusive
"Pity Puppy", 1983, inclusive
"Democracy Poll" - Black and white prints, 1990, inclusive
Nancy Linn- Matted photograph - 1 of 2, 1993, inclusive
Nancy Linn- Matted photograph - 2 of 2 - inscription to Felix from Julie, 1993, inclusive
Oversize Series X: Objects
Scope and Content
This series contains oversize materials from Series X: Objects
"Market" - [Exhibited Material] - Bunting (flags), 1995, inclusive
Series XI: "Vital Archive", 2009
Scope and Content
The materials in this series were compiled by Sabrina Locks for her curated exhibition "Vital Archive: Revisiting Group Material's AIDS Timeline," which took place in the Spring of 2009 at the Bard Center for Curatorial Studies. They were added to the collection with the permission of the donor.