In 2011, Independent Curators International (ICI) launched Sourcebook, a new publication series with a focus on artists and their practice, offering a fresh perspective on political and cultural issues impacting and inspiring the artistic process. Each volume is edited by an artist, from a selection of his or her own archive, and is comprised of images, documents, articles, letters and newspaper clippings. For the second Sourcebook in the series, ICI has invited conceptual artist Allen Ruppersberg to cull his archives, stored between his family home in Cleveland and his studio in Los Angeles. Articulated around nine important works spanning the breadth of the artist's practice from 1978-2012, the publication delves into the primary material that Ruppersberg uses as his medium: popular culture ephemera, newspapers, magazine covers, snapshots, home movies, educational slides, advertising and posters. This material becomes the visual registry that is reconfigured in numerous Ruppersberg projects.

Independent Curators International (ICI)¿s Sourcebook series is dedicated to contemporary artists¿ personal perspectives on social, political, and cultural issues. Edited by an artist, each book in the series is a collection of primary research materials consisting of rare archival documents, artwork studies, and excerpts of landmark publications selected from their own archive annotated with personal commentary. The Sourcebook series follows the development of an artist's oeuvre through the very material that inspires and influences it. Each book is a catalyst to further understand contemporary artistic practice, particularly by artists whose practice challenges conventional art histories while contributing to its development.

For the second Sourcebook in the series, ICI has invited Allen Ruppersberg to cull through his archives stored between Cleveland and Los Angeles. This publication will be the first to look at a range of Ruppersberg¿s work from 1978 -2012. Turning the microscope on to nine important works from Ruppersberg¿s career, the publication delves into the influences and research that led to each of the works, which illustrate the idea of reanimating 20th century popular culture through ephemeral and pre-digital materials. The arworks being explored include Ruppersberg¿s project for the 50th anniversary of the United Nations; his 1997 guide book for the Münster Sculpture Project; and his 2012 installation at the Art Institute of Chicago: No Time Left to Start Again/The B and D of R ¿n¿ R.