500 Capp Street

David Ireland's House

Constance M. Lewallen, Carlie Wilmans, Jock Reynolds , John Ashbery

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University of California Press
24 April 2015

Installation art

500 Capp Street tells the story of David Ireland's house, a rundown Victorian in the Mission District of San Francisco that the artist transformed into an environmental artwork, taking the detritus of his restoration labors as well as objects left behind by previous owners and refashioning them into sculptures. Constance M. Lewallen begins by recounting the history of the house from 1886, when it was built, until Ireland acquired it in 1975. She then details Ireland's renovation and continuing engagement with the site that served simultaneously as his residence, studio, and evolving artwork; the house's influence on his own work and that of artists who followed him; and its relationship to other house museums. An introduction by Jock Reynolds, who was close to the artist for many years, chronicles the social scene that developed around 500 Capp Street in the 1980s. The book also includes a 1983 article on the house by renowned poet John Ashbery. Illustrated with a generous selection of photographs taken over the years by the artist and his many visitors, this is an invaluable and intimate record of Ireland's best-known work. 500 Capp Street is essential reading for anyone interested in the artistic and cultural history of the San Francisco Bay Area and the California conceptual art movement.

By: Constance M. Lewallen
Foreword by: Carlie Wilmans
Introduction by: Jock Reynolds
Contributions by: John Ashbery
Imprint: University of California Press
Country of Publication: United States
Edition: 1
Dimensions: Height: 203mm, Width: 152mm, Spine: 13mm
Weight: 408g
ISBN: 9780520280281
ISBN 10: 0520280288
Pages: 120
Publication Date: 24 April 2015
Audience: College/higher education , A / AS level , Further / Higher Education
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

Constance M. Lewallen is Adjunct Curator at University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive. As Senior Curator at BAM/PFA from 1999 through 2007, she organized many major exhibitions that toured nationally and internationally, including The Dream of the Audience: Theresa Hak Kyung Cha (1951--1982); Everything Matters: Paul Kos, a Retrospective; Ant Farm, 1968--1978 (with cocurator Steve Seid); A Rose Has No Teeth: Bruce Nauman in the 1960s; and State of Mind: New California Art circa 1970 (with cocurator Karen Moss).

Reviews for 500 Capp Street: David Ireland's House

Constance Lewallen has created a detailed, generously illustrated guide to this 'cabinet of wonders' ... a valuable accompaniment to visiting Ireland's house at 500 Capp Street. -- Sally B. Woodbridge SFAQ