Publisher Note

Variable Piece 4: Secrets is a facsimile edition of Douglas Huebler’s classic artist book, which was originally published by Printed Matter in 1978. Simple and salacious, the publication collects over 1,800 secrets written anonymously by visitors to the 1970 Software exhibition at the Jewish Museum. In doing so, the book provides a fleeting glimpse into the cultural, political, and social preoccupations of the era while showcasing Huebler’s open-ended and variable approach to art making—an approach that sought to undermine the dominance of object-oriented practices in favor of a text-driven conceptualism that relied on variables outside of the artist’s control.

Artists’ Book

Variable Piece 4: Secrets

by Douglas Huebler

Publisher
Release Place New York, NY, United States of America
Release Date 2016
Credits
Editor: James Hoff
Artist: Douglas Huebler
Printrun 1000
Work  
Subform Facsimile
Topics Secret
Methods Conceptual Art
Dimensions 5.5 × 8.7 inch
Pages 94

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