Public Art Fund Inc. 1988-1989 [Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Roy Lichtenstein, General Idea, Constance DeJong, Adrian Piper, Richard Prince, Dan Graham]

[New York]: Public Art Fund, 1989. Offset. Saddle stapled. 8 x 8 in. 32pp. Very good. Item #10594

A remarkably scarce catalog chronicling two years of public projects sponsored and commissioned by the Public Art Fund of New York, featuring images of public art works by numerous notable figures, including Barbara Kruger, Adrian Piper, Jenny Holzer, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Fred Wilson, and others.

The catalog documents landmark public works, such as General Idea’s AIDS poster exhibited in NYC subway cars, alongside works by famous artists exhibited in under-represented neighborhoods in New York, exemplified notably by Barbara Kruger’s billboards in East Bushwick, Flushing, and the Bronx. The catalog further documents the Messages to the Public series of artist-designed, computer-generated messages broadcast from an 800 foot lightboard in Times Square. The messages are striking, and as diverse as from Judite Dos Santos’ “They kill - in name of peace - we watch” to Richard Prince’s “I went to see a psychiatrist.” Further, the catalog also documents the growing public support for street art and graffiti, documenting commercial murals by Tim Rollins and K.O.S. (Kids of Survival, a collaborative group of South Bronx teenagers).

Artists in the catalog include: Barbara Kruger, Jenny Holzer, Roy Lichtenstein, Adrian Piper, Constance DeJong, Richard Prince, Dan Graham, Richard Artschwager, David Schafer , Jane Greengold, Margia Kramer, Edgar Heap of Birds, Thomas Lawson, Yong Soon Min, Richard Nonas, Willie Birch, Christopher Hewat, Dennis Adams, Fred Wilson, Andrea Blum, James Casebere, Neil Winokur, General Idea, Tim Rollin + K.O.S., Lorna Simpson, Ericka Beckman, Ron Jones, Martha Rosler, and Felix Gonzalez-Torres.

OCLC lists two holdings of this catalog as of November 2026.

Price: $450.00