Selected Texts by Jo Baer
1999 "The Diptych", Catalogue, Jo Baer, Paintings, 1960-1998, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, p26-27.
"I am no longer an Abstract Artist", Catalogue, reprint from 1985, pp. 15-19.
1997 "The Diptych", The Pursuit of Painting, Irish Museum of Modern Art, Dublin, catalogue, p.52.
1996 "Radical Attitudes to the Gallery", Art Gallery Exhibiting, De Balie, Amsterdam, p.42-43.
1993 "Jo Baer: Four Drawings", (with Bruce Robbins), Catalogue, Amsterdam.
1990 "Jo Baer: Red, White and Blue Gelding Falling to its Right(Double-cross Britannicus/Tri-color Hibernicus);Tis Ill Pudling in the Cockatrice Den
La-Bas); The Rod Reversed (Mixing Memory and Desire)", Catalogue, Amsterdam.
1983 "Beyond the Pale", (with Bruce Robbins), Real Life Magazine, NY., Summer, p.16-17.
"Jo Baer: I am no longer an abstract artist", Art in America, NY., Oct, p.136-137.
1980 "Radical Attitudes to the Gallery: Statement #2", Studio International, London.
1977 "To and Fro and Back and Forth: A Dialogue With Seamus Coleman", Art Monthly, London. Mar, p.6-10.
"Radical Attitudes to the Gallery: Statement", Art-Net, London. Reprinted in Galerie Paul Andriesse, Amsterdam 1989, p.39.
"On Painting, Jo Baer Paintings 1962-1975", Museum of Modern ArtOxford (catalogue).
1972 "Art and Politics" and "On Painting", Flash Art, Nov. p.6-7.
1971 "Fluorescent Light Culture", American Orchid Society Bulletin, NY., Sept-Oct.
1970 "The Artist and Politics: A Symposium", Art Forum, Sept. p.35-36.
"Mach Bands: Art and Vision" and "Xerography & Mach Bands: Instrumental Model", Aspen Magazine, Fall-Winter.
1969 "Letters", Art Forum, New York, Apr, p.4-5.
1968 "Edward Kienholz: A Sentimental Journeyman", Art International, Lugano.Apr, p.45-49.
1967 "Letters", Art Forum, NY., Sept. p.5-6.
1966 "Statements", Systemic Painting; The Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, NY.



Selected Exhibition Catalogues and Books
Florence, PenNY., "Fractures of Life: Locating the Finland Station", Museum of Contemporary Art Kiasma, Helsinki, pp 58-73 (catalogue).
Knipe, Judy and Hughes, Patricia, "Logical Conclusions: 40 Years of Rule-Based Art", Pace-Wildenstein Gallery, NY.C, pp 80-81 (catalogue).
Marzona, Daniel, "Minimal Art", Taschen, Köln, London, LA, Madrid,Paris, Tokyo, pp 36-37.
2004 Zelevansky, Lynn, "Beyond Geometry: Experiments in Forms", LACMA, Cambridge, p.24, 211, 216 (catalogue).
Denison, Lisa and Spector, Nancy,"Singular Forms (Sometimes Repeated)", Guggenheim Museum Productions, NY.C, p 106, 163. (catalogue).
Goldstein, Ann, and Mark, Lisa, eds, "A Minimalist Future? Art as Object 1958-1968", MIT Press, Cambridge, Mass, p.26, pp156-161, p.445.(catalogue)
2001 Rorimer, Ann, "New Art: in the 60s and 70s", Thames and Hudson, London, pp. 37, 39, 42, 62.
Schneegass, Christian, "Minimal-Concept: Zeichenhafte Sprachen im Raum", Akademie der Kunst, Berlin, p.112.
2000 Meyer, James,"Minimalism", Phaidon Press, London, pp 18, 22, 25, 31, 35, 47, 74, 78-79, 196,229, 242-3, 260. Illus. and writings: pp.57, 78, 122,123, 156, 157.
Schwarz, Dieter, "Von Edgar Degas bis Gerhard Richter", Winterthur, 2000, pp.286-289.
1999 Bloem, Marja, "Jo Baer: Paintings 1960-1998", Stedelijk Museum,Amsterdam, 1999.
1998 A[tirnomis],"Beeldende kunst: Overzichtentoonstelling Jo Baer", Dolce Vita, Amsterdam, Winter.
1995 Tonkonow, Leslie, "Radical Aesthetics: The Art of Jo Baer", Paula Cooper Gallery (catalogue), NY.C, Dec, p.3-5.
Wismer, Beat, "Karo Dame/ Konstruktive und Radikale Kunst von Frauen von 1914 bis heute".
1992 Wood, Paul, "Modernism in Dispute".
1991 Rötzer Florian; Weibel, Peter; "The Picture After the last Picture", Verlag Walther König, Köln, Galerie Metropol, Wien, p.16, pp.26-29, pp.166-167, p.202, p.217, p.225 (catalogue).
1990 Berswordt-Wallrabe von, Kornelia, "Kunsterinnen des 20. Jahrhunderts", Museum Wiesbaden, (catalogue). p70-73.
1989 Naylor, Colin, "Contemporary Artists".
Auping, Michael, "Abstraction, Geometry, Painting".
1988 Baker, Kenneth, "Minimalism".
McEvilley, Thomas, "La Couleur Seule". Ville de Lyon, Lyon, (catalogue), p.30.
1987 Cummings, Paul, "Dictionary of Contemporary Art".
Jansen, Bert, "Aan Kopen, 1986", Rijksdienst Beeldende Kunst, Amsterdam, (catalogue), p.31.
1985 Du Pont, Diana, K, Holland, San Francisco Museum of Modern Art.
1984 Allthorpe-Guyton, Marjorie, "The British Art Show", Arts Council of Great Britain, London, (catalogue), pp.41-42.
DeCoppet, Laura/Alan Jones, "The Art Dealers".
Lacey, Catherine, "The Tate Gallery, 1980-82 Acquisitions", Tate Gallery, London, (catalogue), pp.42-44.
Schjeldahl, Peter, "Art of Our Time", The Saatchi Coll. (catalogue), p. 25ff.
1982 Rubinstein, Charlotte Streifer, "American Women Artists".
1980 Lucie-Smith, Edward, "Art in the Seventies".
1979 Cathcart, Linda L, "American Painting of the 1970s".
1977 Elliot, David, Fuchs, Rudi, "Jo Baer: Paintings 1962-1975 (Catalogue)", Museum of Modern Art, Oxford. 1977,pp. 4-11.
Fuchs, Rudi, "Jo Baer: Paintings 1962-1975", Museum of Modern Art, Oxford, (catalogue), p.13.
1975 Haskell, Barbara, "Jo Baer (Catalogue)", Whitney Museum of American Art. 1975, p. 8-14.
Legg, Alicia, "American Art Since 1945".
Ratcliff, Carter, "Hand Colored Prints", (catalogue), Brooke Alexander, NY.
Rose, Barbara, "American Art Since 1900", Rev. ed. NY., Praeger Publ.
1973 Celant, Germano, "Arte Come Arte"; Centro Comunitario di Brera, Milano(catalogue). Apr, p.31.
1971 Calas, Nicolas and Elena. "Icons and Images of the Sixties".
Pfeiffer, Günter, "Jo Baer: Galerie Ricke, Das Kunstwerk", Stuttgart Jan., p.79.
1968 Battcock, Gregory. Ed, "Minimal Art: A Critical Anthology", NY., E.P. Dutton and Co. 1968.
1967-66 North Carolina Museum of Art, North Carolina Collect.




Selected Articles and Online Reviews
2007 Cotter, Holland, "Jo Baer", The New York Times, May 5, 2007.
Diehl, Carol: "Jo Baer at Alexander Gray", Art in America (October 2007).
2005 Baron, Reuben M, "Black Bands versus Wraparounds, Jo Baer: The Minimalist Years, 1960-1975", http://www.artcritical.com/thinkRBBaer.htm
Carson, Juli, "Review: A Minimal Future?", CAA Reviews, p.2.
2004 Drohojowska-Philip, Hunter", A Minimal Future? Art as Object," Art News,NY.C, June, p.119.
Godfrey, Mark, "Dimensions variable", Frieze, London, Ju., Jul., Aug., p. 120.
Harvey, Doug, "Next to Nothing," LA Weekly, LA, Apr 16-22, p?.
Knight, Christopher, "Max Minimal", LA Times, March 16, E8.
2003 Diehl, Carol, "White, Hot & Cool", Art in America, NY.C, May 2003, pp. 100-103.
Feldman, Paula, "Jo Baer: The Minimalist Years", Contemporary, #47/48, London, pp.123-124.
Long, Jim, "Jo Baer: The Minimalist Yearts", The Brooklyn Rail, NY.C, Winter.
Stein, Judith E., "The Adventures of Jo Baer", Art in America, NY.C, May 2003, pp. 104-111, p. 157.
Smith, Roberta, "Jo Baer: The Minimalist Years, 1960-75", The New York Times, February 7, 2003.
Rich, Sarah K., "Jo Baer", Artforum, NY.C, February 2003, pp. 133-134.
2002 A[tirnomis], "Geometry Class", New York Magazine, NY.C, Sept. 9.
Bona, Damien, "Inside Oscar", Digital, February, p.216.
2001 Beek, Willem van, "Jo Baer", Kunstbeeld, Rotterdam, Sept., #9, p. 24.
Frank, Peter, "Jo Baer: Art Picks of the Week", LA Weekly, Los Angeles, Sept. 28-Oct 4.
Keijer, Kees, "Baers intellectuele rebussen", Het Parool, Amsterdam, Oct 20.
2000 Pontzen, Rutger, "De laatste abstracte schilder", Vrij Nederland, Amsterdam, Feb 19.
1999 Lambrecht, Luk, "Stedelijk toont de bekering van Jo Baer", De Morgen, Brussels, Feb 3, p.13.
Schumacher, Rogier, "Een kordate streep onder het verleden", Het Parool, Amsterdam, Jan 18,.
Smallenburg, Sandra, "Onheilspellende beelden", NRC Handelsblaad, Amsterdam, Jan 23.
Stiemer, Flora, "Vechten voor betekenis", Algemeen Dagblad, Rotterdam, Jan 12.
Van de Velde, Paola, "Goede kunst 'verbonden met echte wereld", DeTelegraaf, Amsterdam, Jan 8.
1998 Bloem, Marja, "Jo Baer, schilderijen/paintings", Bulletin Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam, Winter, p.10,11.
Pereé, Rob, "De Ommekeer van Jo Baer", Kunstbeeld, Amsterdam. Dec, p.16-18.
Tegenbosch, Pietje, "Het Magische Tapijt", Vitrine, Amsterdam. Dec,p.20-25.
1996 Wei, Lilly, "Jo Baer at Paula Cooper", Art in America, NY.C, May 1996, p.104.
Levin, Kim, "Jo Baer", Village Voice, NY.C, Jan 2, p.9.
Meyer, James, "Jo Baer", Art Forum, NY.C, April, p. 98.
Yablonsky, Linda, "Jo Baer Paintings from the 1960s and Early 70s", TimeOut, New York, Issue No.15, Jan.
Smith, Roberta, "Philip Johnson and the Modern: A Loving Marriage", NY. Times, June 7, p.C25.
1995 A[tirnomis], "Abstraction, pure and impure", The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY.C, Oct-May.
Boursma, Linda, "Jo Baer", Bomb, NY.C, Fall. No.53, p.58-63.
Halpert, Peter Hay, "New York, Jo Baer: Paintings from the Sixties", The Art Newspaper, No.54, NY.C, Dec, p.39.
Karmel, Pepe, "Women Inside and Outside the Grid", The New York Times, NY.C. Fri, Dec.15, p. C37.
1994 Seidel, Miriam, "Jo Baer at Moore College of Art", Art in America, January 1994, NY.C.
1993 Esman, Abigail R, "Jo Baer: Palimpsests", Forum International, Bruxelles, no 19 Oct-Nov, p.134.
Pieters, Din, "Gaat gij naar de vrouwen? Vergeet niet de zweep!", NRC Handelsblat, Jul 5, Amsterdam.
Sozanski, Edward, "Mythic works that span centuries and civilizations", Philadelphia Inquirer, Philadelphia, Mar 19.
Rice, Robin, "A Horse, of Course", City Paper, Mar 19, Philadelphia.
1990 Hixon, Catheryne, "Jo Baer", Arts Magazine, NY.C, Jan. 1990, p. 104-106.
Hettig, Frank Alexander, "Jo Baer", Kunst Forum, Aug-Oct, p.399.
Houts van, Catherine, "Niewe harmonie in oude vormen (New harmoNY. in old forms)", Het Parool, Amsterdam, June 15, p.6.
Kruijning, Aad, "Jo Baer construeert met panters en biggen (Jo Baer constructs with panthers and piglets)", De Telegraaf, Amsterdam, June 20,p.17.
Steenbergen, René, "Jo Baer", NRC Handelsblad, June 15, Amsterdam, p.5.
Brenson, Michael, "New Curator at Modern Challenges Convention", NY. Times, NY., Dec.28, p.C26.
1989 Mc Cracken, David, "Baer pits paint against painting as object", Chicago Tribune, November 10, 1989.
1988 Thompson, Walter, "Jo Baer at Art Galaxy", Art in America, 1988, p. 180.
1987 Krane, Susan, Albright-Knox Art Gallery.
McEvilley, Thomas, "Jo Baer", Art Forum, NY., May, p.141.
1983 Armstrong, Richard, "Forum", Art Forum, NY., p.67.
Smith, Roberta, "Reductivism Redux", Village Voice, NY., Feb 22, p.89.
1982 Januszczak, Waldemar, "Riding on Two Pairs of Hands", The Guardian, London, Apr. 14.
Wandja, Jan, "Tail to the Wall", ZG, #7-Desire, London.
1980 Byrne,P.F, "Two Artists Cooperative", Evening Herald, Dublin, Jul. 27.
Glueck, Grace,"Jo Baer and Bruce Robbins", New York Times, Mar. 21.
MacAvoe, Desmond, "Jo Baer and Bruce Robbins at Dowling", Irish Times, Dublin, Aug. 1.
Miller, Sandra, "Jo Baer: Galerie Lisson", Art Press, Paris, Oct.
Silverhorn, Jean, "Jo Baer and Bruce Robbins", Art Forum, NY., Jun.
Stoffels, Christian, "Frei schwebende Kleider", Kölner-Stadt-Anzeiger. Jun. 20.
Vaizey, Marina, "Jo Baer: Lisson Gallery", The Sunday Times, London, Jun 22.
1979 Baker, Kenneth, "Less is Less", The Boston Phoenix, Boston. Mar. 27.
Pacheco, Richard, "Boston Institute Gives Showcase to Minimalism", Standard Times, Boston, Apr. 15.
Kologe, Brian R, "Frame an Empty Space and Call It Art", Christian Science Monitor, Boston, Apr. 6.
Joselit, David, "For Minimalists the Art Is the Object", Boston Ledger, Boston, Mar. 23-30.
Raynor, Vivien, "At Ridgefield, a Definition of Minimalism", New York Times, NY.. May 13.
1978 Gage, Edward, "A Brush with Gestalt Theory", Scotsman, Edinburgh, Jan. 30.
Groot, Paul, "Jo Baer...magie in de schilderkunst", Museum Review, Apr 25.
1977 Domingo, Willis, "Jo Baer at MOMA, Oxford", Art Monthly, London, Nov., p.15-16.
1976 Tagg, John, "Jo Baer: Lisson Gallery", Studio International, London, Mar.- Apr., p.208.
1975 Kuspit, Donald, "Jo Baer: Intimations of Variety", Art in America, Nov.-Dec., p. 76-77.
Russell, John, "Paintings by Jo Baer at Whitney Museum", The New York Times, June 21, p. 23.
Smith, Roberta, "Jo Baer: Whitney Museum of American Art", Artforum, Sept., p. 73-77.
Rose, Barbara, "Vogue Upfront", Vogue, NY., Jun. p.50.
Loring, John, "Jo Baer", Arts Magazine, NY., Apr, p.70.
Hess, Thomas B., "They Don't Pusseyfoot", New York Magazine, NY., Jun. 2, p.65.
1974 Guilbaut, Serge and Sgan-Cohen, Michael, "Jo Baer: peintre traditional et radical", Art Press, Paris. May, p16-18.
1973 Canavier, Elena Karina, "Baer's Painterly Elegance", Art Week, Oakland, Apr. 28, p.5.
Kerber, Bernhard, "Szene Rhein-Ruhr", Art International, Lugano. May, p.55.
1972 Schjeldahl, Peter, "Jo Baer: Playing on the Senses", The New York Times, May 14, 1972, Section II, p. 23.
Ratcliff, Carter, "Once More, with Feeling", ARTnews, NYC., (Summer), p. 34-37, 67-69.
Ratcliff, Carter, "Jo Baer: Notes on 5 Recent Paintings", Artforum, NYC., May, p. 28-32.
Matthias, Rosemary, "Jo Baer: Lo Guidice", Arts Magazine (Summer), p. 57-58.
Karina, Elena, "Baer's Painterly Elegance", Art Week, April.
Lippard, Lucy, "Color at the Edge", ARTnews, May, p. 24-25, 64-66.
1971 Hunter, Sam, "American Art of the 20th Century", NY., Harry Abrams Inc. 1971.
Baker, Elizabeth C., "Sexual Art-Politics", ARTnews, Jan., vol. 69, p. 60-62.
Mellow, James R., "Today's Series Line-Up: Barber and Baer", The New York Times, Apr. 11, p. 27.
Linville, Kasha, Art Forum, May, p.77-78.
Lippard, Lucy R., "Diversity in Unity: Recent Geometricizing Styles in America", Abstract Art Since 1945, Art Since Mid-Century: The New Internationalism, vol. 1, Greenwich, Conn: New York Graphic Society.
1970 Kline, Katherine, "Jo Baer at Goldowsky", Arts Magazine, Feb., p.10.
Kline, Katherine, "Review: Jo Baer", ARTnews, Feb.
A[tirnomis], "Jo Baer at Goldowsky", Arts Magazine, NY., Feb., p 57.
Pfeiffer, Günter, "Es leuchet Gold", Kölner-Stadt-Anzeiger, Nov 20.
Ratcliff, Carter, "New York", Art International, Lugano, Mar., p.70
Wasserman, Emily, "Jo Baer: Goldowsky Gallery", Art Forum, Mar., p.77.
1969 Insley, Will, "Jo Baer", Art International, Feb., vol. 13, p. 26-28.
Pincus-Witten, Robert, Art Forum, Feb.
1968 Lascault, Gilbert, "Contemporary Art and the old mole". Art and Confrontation, NY., Graphic Society Library, Greenwich, p 64-68.
1966 Lippard, Lucy R., "After a Fashion - The Group Show", Hudson Review, winter, p. 622.
Lippard, Lucy R., Art International, Apr., p.73-74 (illus).
Bochner. Mel, "Systemic", Arts Magazine, Nov., p. 40.
Bochner. Mel, "New York Letter: Off Color", Art International, Apr.
Ashbery, John, Art News, Feb., p.13.
1965 Rose, Barbara, "ABC Art", Art in America (October-November 1965), p. 64



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