Printed Matter Inc.

“The 990 is reviewed by the executive director, president and treasurer prior to filing.”

“If a conflict of interest arose, it would first be brought to the executive director's attention. He would then notify the president of the board and include it in the agenda for the next board meeting, at which the issue would be discussed. If the conflict was at the board level, the board member in question would be asked to leave the meeting for the discussion.”

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“Exhibitions learn to read art: a surviving history of printed matter december 2, 2014 - february 14, 2015 learn to read art: a surviving history of printed matter, curated by max schumann, charted the organizational history of the new york non-profit in relation to the history of artists' books and important movements in contemporary art from the 70's to the present. Assembled from printed matter's institutional archives, the exhibit was comprised of a broad selection of print material detailing the organization's programming activities, early administration and management, and services carried out in collaboration with artists. The show was comprised of hundreds of pieces of ephemera, documents, flyers, publications and artists' editions, which reach from the organization's founding in 1976 to the present day. Taken together, the exhibition offered fascinating insight into the formation and growth of one of new york's oldest non-profits, investigating the ideological mission of founders lucy lippard and sol lewitt (and others) as it relates to the alternative space movement, the downtown nyc counter-cultural scenes, and artist activism. It also laid out the minutiae of everyday operations as the fledgling bookstore and arts non-profit took shape. The exhibition was presented as a combination of wall-mounted and vitrine-based material, accompanied by a selection of in-print artists' publications available for visitors to read and handle. A fully equipped onsite bookmaking studio complimented the exhibition. Artists' books of dorothy iannone october 10 - november 15, 2014 printed matter presented an exhibition of book works by dorothy iannone, the self-taught artist who has been making vibrantly subversive work for over 5 decades. The american-born, berlin-based artist is known for her colorful, whimsical depictions of emotionally and sexually explicit narratives of her life. Iannone's work often incorporates lovers and friends, dramas and charming mundanities into visually arresting image and text works, videos, sculptures, and notably a wealth of printed ephemera. These narratives interchange between third and first-person, as she incorporates autobiographical elements while simultaneously contemplating their significance. Forever searching for enlightenment, iannone's stories trace her journey through spiritual, emotional and carnal investigations, towards as she calls, an 'ecstatic unity'. Iannone spent her early career battling censorship, due to the erotic nature of her images in a time, during the early 60's, when female sexuality was publicly berated. The story of bern (or) showing colors displayed in the exhibition shares a seminal tale of iannone's advocacy for sexual liberation. Works on view include editioned artists' books, postcards and printed ephemera by the artist, with the earliest titles dating from 1969. In addition to material on display, several vintage titles are being made available for purchase at printed matter, including the story of bern (or) showing colors, 1970, a livre d'artiste published by iannone and dieter roth, and the berlin beauties, berlin, 1978. Publications non stop poetry: the zines of mark gonzales published by printed matter, inc in september, 2014, printed matter published non stop poetry: the zines of mark gonzales. The book is a comprehensive presentation of the zines made by gonzales from the early-'90s to the present day. Gonzales, thought by many to be the greatest skateboarder of all time, is revealed by this significant book to deserve equal recognition as an artist and poet. His extraordinary production of more than 145 zines (the exact number is unknown since gonzales kept no records of his output), is a remarkable artistic achievement worthy of the careful analysis and documentation provided by this book. Gonzales zines are made spontaneously using an argot all his own and demonstrate a remarkable gift for verse and drawing. Misshapen, hastily scribbled and collaged into br”