Tue, Mar 25
|Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse
Lucy Lippard, Headwaters
Headwaters is a groundbreaking collection of narrative and experimental writing that reveals the depth of Lucy R. Lippard’s visionary influence on art, activism, and culture—featuring her fiction for the first time in publication.
Date, Time & Location
Mar 25, 2025, 6:00 PM MDT
Collected Works Bookstore & Coffeehouse, 202 Galisteo St, Santa Fe, NM 87501, USA
About the Event
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Compiling works from nearly five decades, Headwaters (and Other Short Fictions) provides the first comprehensive overview of Lucy R. Lippard's narrative and experimental writing. While she is best known for her pioneering work as an art writer and activist, Lippard’s fiction helps frame her broader impact on contemporary culture.
Headwaters anthologizes over fifty short works, many previously unpublished. These often experimental vignettes showcase the range of her literary voice while also challenging our understanding of her oeuvre. Sometimes speculative or fragmented, yet always compelling, these pieces range from short-form narrative stories and conceptual fiction to visual essays and political prose. Included are excerpts from two never-released novels, as well as collaborations with artists Robert Barry, Sol LeWitt, and Jerry Kearns.
Lucy will also discuss the release of Moving Targets: Feminist Essays on Women's Art 1970-1993, feminist essays on women's art. Moving Target…