Les Levine

Levine with one of his vacuum formed sculptures, 1966.

Levine takes a picture of his television sculpture Iris as Iris takes a picture of him, c1968.

Les Levine (Dublin, 1935) is a pioneer of video and media art, living in New York City.

"The Disposable Transient Environment", Artscanada 25:1 (Apr 1968), pp 27-30. [1]
"Red Tape", Design Quarterly 78-79 (1970), pp 37-41. [2]
"The Information Fallout", in Conceptual Decorative: Prints by Les Levine, 1965-1970, Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1971. Adapted from a paper written for a catalogue to the Recorded Activities (1970).
"What Can the Government of Canada Do For You?", Impulse 4:3 (Fall 1975), pp 1-20. [3]
"Les Levine: We Are Still Alive", Parachute 2 (Jan-Mar 1976), pp 23-26. [4]
"We Are Still Alive", MayDay 1:2 (1976), pp 8-19. [5]
"One-Gun Video Art", in Video by Artists, ed. Peggy Gale, Toronto: Art Metropole, 1976, pp 177-185; repr. in New Artists Video: A Critical Anthology, ed. Gregory Battcock, New York: E.P. Dutton, 1978, pp 76-94.
Media: The Bio-Tech Rehearsal for Leaving the Body, Calgary, Alta: Alberta College of Art Gallery, 1979, 112 pp. A collection of essays, poems, and documentation. Extract. [6]

Thelma R. Newman, "The Artist Speaks: Les Levine", Art in America 57:6 (Nov-Dec 1969), pp 86-93. [7]
Davidson Gigliotti, "Les Levine Interview", The Early Video Project, 2000. Recorded 9 Dec 1999.

Conceptual Decorative: Prints by Les Levine, 1965-1970 / Conceptuel decoratif: estampes de Les Levine, 1965-1970, Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 1971, 24 pp. [8] [9]
Les Levine Copies Everyone, Toronto: Isaacs Gallery, 1973, 156 pp. [10] [11]
Les Levine, Vancouver: Vancouver Art Gallery, c1974, 32 pp. Texts by Gregory Battcock, David Bourdon, Jack Burnham, John Perreault, Catherine Levine. [12]
Art Can See - Medienskulptur / Media Sculpture, ed. Johann-Karl Schmidt, Hatje Cantz, 1997, 180 pp. With texts by Isabel Greschat, Thomas McEvilley, and Johann-Karl Schmidt. (English)/(German) [13]

Jill Johnston, "Liking Things for What They Are", Canadian Art 23:3 (Jul 1966), pp 15-17. [14]
Joanna Marsden Woods, "Le Canada a la Biennale de Paris: Les Levine", Vie des Arts 56 (Autumn 1969), pp 40-43. (French)
Jack Burnham, "Les Levine: Business as Usual", Artforum International 8:8 (Apr 1970), pp 40-43; repr. in Burnham, The Great Western Salt Works, New York: G. Braziller, 1974, pp 39-46. [15]
Jack Burnham, "Les Levine and the Troubles", Arts Magazine 47:6 (Apr 1973), pp 56-59. [16]
Axel Hecht, "Les Levine", Kunstforum 1: "Kommunikations-Objekte", Cologne, Mar-Apr 1973. [17] (German)
Barbara Cavaliere, et al., Limited Editions of Hand Printed Etchings by Les Levine, New York: Artist Profusions, 1979, 64 pp.
Jacqueline Fry, "'We Are Still Alive' de Les Levine ou 'La provocation ratee'", Parachute 3 (Apr-Jun 1976), pp 19-22. (French) [18]
Gene Youngblood, "Les Levine: Iris", section in Youngblood, Expanded Cinema, New York: Dutton, 1970, pp 338-341, HTML.

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