Adler & Gibb - A Timeline

Adler & Gibb tells the story of a raid – on a house, a life, a reality and a legacy.

Janet Adler and Margaret Gibb were conceptual artists working in New York at the end of the last century. They were described by art critic Dave Hickey as the ‘most ferociously uncompromising voice of their generation’. With Adler’s death in 2004, however, the compromise began.

9th Sep 1944 - 9th Sep 1945

Adler is born

Janet Adler is born in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

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26th November 1944

Adler is born

Janet Adler is born in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

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4th April 1945

Liberation of Buchenwald

Buchenwald is liberated and Adler and her mother move to Vienna.

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15th June 1953

Erased de Kooning Drawing

Robert Rauschenberg exhibits Erased De Kooning Drawing, a drawing by Willem de Kooning erased by Rauschenberg and exhibited in simple gilded frame. Some consider the work an act of vandalism.

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4th April 1958

Emigration

Adler emigrates to New Jersey.

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1st October 1960

A Leap into the Void

Yves Klein's creates A Leap Into The Void, in which he attempts to fly by leaping out of a window. He states: "The painter has only to create one masterpiece, himself, constantly."

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1st January 1961

The Base of the World

Piero Manzoni created The Base of the World, thereby exhibiting the entire planet as his artwork.

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28th Sep 1964 - 28th Sep 1979

American Supermarket

Billy Apple displays his iconic American Supermarket piece in New York, featuring contributions from Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Robert Watts.

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25th March 1965

One and Three Chairs

Joseph Kosuth exhibits One and Three Chairs, a work that consists of a chair, a photograph of a chair, and the dictionary definition of the word chair.

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4th August 1966

Still and Chew

Artists and teacher John Latham stages a conceptual piece called Still and Chew in which he invites art students at Cnetral Saint Martins to chew pages from Clement Greenberg's Art & Culture before dissolving them in acid. Latham loses his part time teaching post at Saint Martins as a consequence.

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1st January 1967

Suicide Attempt

Adler attempts to take her life by taking an overdose of barbiturates.

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1st June 1967

Paragraphs on Conceptual Art

Sol de Witts "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art" are published in Art Forum, marking transition from Minimal to Conceptual movements.

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3rd June 1968

Warhol shot

Andy Warhol is shot by radical feminist Valerie Solanas at the Factory in New York.

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20th December 1968

Statements of Intent

Lawrence Weiner formulates his "Declaration of Intent." The declaration, which underscores his subsequent practice reads: "1. The artist may construct the piece. 2. The piece may be fabricated. 3. The piece need not be built. Each being equal and consistent with the intent of the artist the decision as to condition rests with the receiver upon the occasion of receivership."

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4th August 1969

"The World is Full of Objects"

The artists Douglas Huebler participates in a show with Joseph Kosuth, Robert Barry and Lawrence Weiner, a landmark exhibition of conceptual art. As part of the show, Huebler issues a famous statement: "The world is full of objects, more or less interesting; I do not wish to add any more."

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15th July 1970

I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

Disillusioned with the state of painting in the 1960s, John Baldessari burns many of his early landscapes and abstractions. A year later her creates the piece I will Not Make Any More Boring Art.

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12th January 1972

Natural Art

Polish artist Jacek Tylicki lays out blank canvases or paper sheets in the natural environment for long periods of time to allow nature to create the art,

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2nd January 1973

Space-Media

Fred Forest buys a blank space in the newspaper La Monde and invites readers to fill it with their own piece of art and mail it back to the artist.

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11th April 1974

Cadillac Ranch

San Francisco collective Ant Farm construct Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo Texas.

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15th May 1976

Adler meets Gibb

Adler meets the young political scientist Gibb at a private showing of outsider art at the X Gallery in Greenwich Village.

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31st May 1981

Adler has found her life's audience

Adler writes to her publisher that in Gibb she has found her life’s audience. “The store window is shuttered. The work is now just a life lived.

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20th October 1981

Venice Biennale

Adler & Gibb are asked to contribute to the US Pavillion at the Venice Biennale. They present a film of a pack of sibling dogs ravenously devouring the flesh of their parents. At the end of the exhibition they destroyed all know prints of the film. The negative however, is currently owned by Swiss banking giant UBS.

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20th October 1981

The Art is in Us

Adler & Gibb purchase a celebrated portrait of art critic Clement Greenberg by the painter Leon Golub. They then proceed to publicly eat the work over the course of two days in their studio on Park Slope. The installation is named The Art Is In Us.

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20th October 1986

girls, girls, girls

Adler & Gibb are immortalised by Andy Warhol in a triptych of photographic silk screens entitled girls, girls, girls

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1st July 1988

Freeze

Damien Hirst and fellow art students hold the iconic Freeze exhibition in the London Docklands, kick starting the careers of a new wave of British Artists, many of whom drew inspiration from first wave American conceptual artists.

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20th October 1988

the realm of possibility

Greenpeace commission the realm of possibility

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19th October 1990

Mind Over Matter

The Whitney Museum of American Art hold an exhibition of third-generation conceptual artists entitled "Mind Over Matter", including work by Ashley Bickerton and Ronald Jones.

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7th July 1992

New story 1

Charles Saatchi commissions Damian Hirst to create The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living

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20th July 1992

Non-Events

Adler & Gibb stage a series of “non events”. These took the form of happenings - a request made to a particular community to, and quote, "open all the doors, sanction the relaxed gaze', to move at half pace, to speak at half voice...

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1st May 1997

Lawsuits

Adler& Gibb part company with celebrated gallerist Adam Harper after an acrimonious lawsuit over attempts to trademark their their name.

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11th September 1998

Whitney's

Adler & Gibb are invited to contribute a work to Whitney’s permanent collection. Their submission, a live puppy, is rejected for technical and administrative reasons.

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15th March 1999

there are now enough objects

Adler & Gibb issue a manifesto entitled there are now enough objects

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1st December 1999

"Shoot the wounded, save yourselves"

Adler & Gibb walk away from the art world - reportedly issuing the slogan: “Shoot the wounded. Save yourselves”

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23rd May 2003

Adler dies

Janet Adler dies in mysterious circumstances. It is estimated that by the time of her death she had made over 9000 pieces, a tiny fraction of which are recorded.

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14th June 2004

Adler&Gibb

A student makes a presentation.

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Adler & Gibb - A Timeline

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Adler&Gibb

14th June 2004

A student makes a presentation.

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Adler dies

23rd May 2003

Janet Adler dies in mysterious circumstances. It is estimated that by the time of her death she had made over 9000 pieces, a tiny fraction of which...

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Event

"Shoot the wounded, save yourselves"

1st December 1999

Adler & Gibb walk away from the art world - reportedly issuing the slogan: “Shoot the wounded. Save yourselves”

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Event

there are now enough objects

15th March 1999

Adler & Gibb issue a manifesto entitled there are now enough objects

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Event

Whitney's

11th September 1998

Adler & Gibb are invited to contribute a work to Whitney’s permanent collection. Their submission, a live puppy, is rejected for technical and...

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Event

Lawsuits

1st May 1997

Adler& Gibb part company with celebrated gallerist Adam Harper after an acrimonious lawsuit over attempts to trademark their their name.

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Event

Non-Events

20th July 1992

Adler & Gibb stage a series of “non events”. These took the form of happenings - a request made to a particular community to, and quote, "open all the...

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Event

New story 1

7th July 1992

Charles Saatchi commissions Damian Hirst to create The Physical Impossibility of Death in the Mind of Someone Living

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Event

Mind Over Matter

19th October 1990

The Whitney Museum of American Art hold an exhibition of third-generation conceptual artists entitled "Mind Over Matter", including work by Ashley...

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Event

the realm of possibility

20th October 1988

Greenpeace commission the realm of possibility

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Event

Freeze

1st July 1988

Damien Hirst and fellow art students hold the iconic Freeze exhibition in the London Docklands, kick starting the careers of a new wave of British...

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Event

girls, girls, girls

20th October 1986

Adler & Gibb are immortalised by Andy Warhol in a triptych of photographic silk screens entitled girls, girls, girls

More
Event

The Art is in Us

20th October 1981

Adler & Gibb purchase a celebrated portrait of art critic Clement Greenberg by the painter Leon Golub. They then proceed to publicly eat the work over...

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Event

Venice Biennale

20th October 1981

Adler & Gibb are asked to contribute to the US Pavillion at the Venice Biennale. They present a film of a pack of sibling dogs ravenously devouring...

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Event

Adler has found her life's audience

31st May 1981

Adler writes to her publisher that in Gibb she has found her life’s audience. “The store window is shuttered. The work is now just a life lived.

More
Event

Adler meets Gibb

15th May 1976

Adler meets the young political scientist Gibb at a private showing of outsider art at the X Gallery in Greenwich Village.

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Event

Cadillac Ranch

11th April 1974

San Francisco collective Ant Farm construct Cadillac Ranch in Amarillo Texas.

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Event

Space-Media

2nd January 1973

Fred Forest buys a blank space in the newspaper La Monde and invites readers to fill it with their own piece of art and mail it back to the artist.

More
Event

Natural Art

12th January 1972

Polish artist Jacek Tylicki lays out blank canvases or paper sheets in the natural environment for long periods of time to allow nature to create the...

More
Event

I Will Not Make Any More Boring Art

15th July 1970

Disillusioned with the state of painting in the 1960s, John Baldessari burns many of his early landscapes and abstractions. A year later her creates...

More
Event

"The World is Full of Objects"

4th August 1969

The artists Douglas Huebler participates in a show with Joseph Kosuth, Robert Barry and Lawrence Weiner, a landmark exhibition of conceptual art. As...

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Event

Statements of Intent

20th December 1968

Lawrence Weiner formulates his "Declaration of Intent." The declaration, which underscores his subsequent practice reads: "1. The artist may construct...

More
Event

Warhol shot

3rd June 1968

Andy Warhol is shot by radical feminist Valerie Solanas at the Factory in New York.

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Event

Paragraphs on Conceptual Art

1st June 1967

Sol de Witts "Paragraphs on Conceptual Art" are published in Art Forum, marking transition from Minimal to Conceptual movements.

More
Event

Suicide Attempt

1st January 1967

Adler attempts to take her life by taking an overdose of barbiturates.

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Event

Still and Chew

4th August 1966

Artists and teacher John Latham stages a conceptual piece called Still and Chew in which he invites art students at Cnetral Saint Martins to chew...

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Event

One and Three Chairs

25th March 1965

Joseph Kosuth exhibits One and Three Chairs, a work that consists of a chair, a photograph of a chair, and the dictionary definition of the word...

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Event

American Supermarket

28th Sep 1964 - 28th Sep 1979

Billy Apple displays his iconic American Supermarket piece in New York, featuring contributions from Andy Warhol, Jasper Johns and Robert Watts.

More
Event

The Base of the World

1st January 1961

Piero Manzoni created The Base of the World, thereby exhibiting the entire planet as his artwork.

More
Event

A Leap into the Void

1st October 1960

Yves Klein's creates A Leap Into The Void, in which he attempts to fly by leaping out of a window. He states: "The painter has only to create one...

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Event

Emigration

4th April 1958

Adler emigrates to New Jersey.

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Event

Erased de Kooning Drawing

15th June 1953

Robert Rauschenberg exhibits Erased De Kooning Drawing, a drawing by Willem de Kooning erased by Rauschenberg and exhibited in simple gilded frame....

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Event

Liberation of Buchenwald

4th April 1945

Buchenwald is liberated and Adler and her mother move to Vienna.

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Adler is born

26th November 1944

Janet Adler is born in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

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Adler is born

9th Sep 1944 - 9th Sep 1945

Janet Adler is born in Buchenwald concentration camp in Germany.

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    Adler & Gibb - A Timeline

    Adler & Gibb tells the story of a raid – on a house, a life, a reality and a legacy.

    Janet Adler and Margaret Gibb were conceptual artists working in New York at the end of the last century. They were described by art critic Dave Hickey as the ‘most ferociously uncompromising voice of their generation’. With Adler’s death in 2004, however, the compromise began.

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