Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held January 12-March 30, 1986. Contributions by Sam Hunter, James D. Robinson, Elliot B. Barnett, George Bolge, Harry F. Gaugh, Robert C. Morgan, Richard Sarnoff, Malcolm Daniel, Karen Koehler and Kim Levin. ... [details]
Critical history of the art scene in San Francisco between 1945 and 1995 by Thomas Albright. Artists include Thomas Albright, George Abend, Arlo Acton, Ann Adair, Lee Adair, Mark Adams, Tom Akawie, James Alberson, Maxine Labro, Robert Alexander, William Allan, Boyd Allen, Gary Allen, Jesse Allen, John Almond, Alex Anderson, David Anderson, Jeremy Anderson, Steven Andresen, Ruth Armer, Victor Arnautoff, Robert Arneson, Ruth Asawa, Olive Ayhens, Heléne Aylon, Mowry Baden, Jennifer Badger, Martin Baer, Clayton Bailey, Jerrodl Ballaie, Joel Barletta, Carroll Barnes, Matthew Barnes, Raymond Barnhart, John Battenberg, John Baxter, Bruce Beasley, Paul Beattie, Mona Beaumont, Robert Bechtle, Scott Bell, Cleveland Bellow, Jordan Belson, Fletcher Benton, Elio Benvenuto, Richard Berger, Henrietta Berk, Wallace Berman, Roger Berry, David Best, Bernice Lee Bing, Elmer Bischoff, Sue Bitney, Ed Blackburn, Ronald Bladen, Dianne Blell, J. ... [details]
Issue edited by Philip Leider. Essays "Looking at the Guggenheim International," by James Monte; "Ron Davis at Castelli," by John Elderfield; "Unconventional Realists, Part II: Sculpture," by Gabriel Laderman; "A Meditation on Painting," by Peter Plagens; "Sound Architecture," by Bernard Leitner; "A Conversation with Gene Davis," by Barbara Rose; "Unveiling the Consort, Part I," by Jack Burnham. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ingrid Sischy. "On Gregory Battcock," by Douglas Davis; "Dorothea Rockburne's 'Egyptian Paintings,'" by Kenneth Baker; "Last Call at Max's," by Bruce Kurtz; "Not All Chairs Are Equal," by John Perreault; "From Walker Evans to Robert Frank: A Legacy Received, Embraced and Transformed," by Tod Papageorge; "Signs," by Dan Graham; "Facing Paint: Michael Tetherow's Recent Work," by Klaus Kertess; "Cold Turkey: 'A New Spirit in Painting' at the Royal Academy of Arts, London," by Stuart Morgan; "Curatorial Conceptions; The Hirshhorn: Danger, Curves Ahead; The Whitney's Latest Sampler; The Guggenheim: Singular Pluralism," by Carrie Rickey. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ingrid Sischy. Essays "Post-Performance," by Douglas Davis; "Last Exit: Painting," by Thomas Lawson; "Paul Thek: Real Misunderstanding," by Richard Flood; "Painting Metaphorically: The Recent Work of Gary Stephan, Stephen Mueller, and Bill Jensen," by Klaus Kertess; "A Project," by Sol LeWitt; "Cashing in a Wolf Ticket (Activist Art and Fort Apache: The Bronx)," by Jerry Kearns and Lucy R. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ingrid Sischy. Essays "Chasing Dreams: Victor Hitchcock and Alfred Burgin," by Jean Fisher; "Obsessive Pictures or Opposition to the Norm: Noteworthy Aspects of the Engaged Imagination in the New German Art," by Annelie Pohlen; "A Progression by Chuck Close: Who's Afraid of Photography?" by Chuck Close; "The Death of Semiotics (In Late Modern Architecture); The Corruption of Metaphor (In Post-Modernism); The Birth of the 'Punctum' (In Neomania)," by Douglas Davis; "Romare Bearden Sees in a Memory," by Myron Schwartzman; "Books: For Georges Remi/Hergé," by Frederic Tuten; "Free Speech," by Greil Marcus; "Forum," by Max Kozloff, Kay Larson, and Donald Kuspit. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "All-Around Esthetes: Jeffrey Slonim on the Book Picture," by Jeffrey Slonim; "Books: Richard Flood on 'Leni Riefenstahl: A Memoir," by Richard Flood; "Books: Mike Davis on 'Virtual Light,'" by Mike Davis; "Ecoculture: Andrew Ross' Weather Report," by Andrew Ross; "Performance: Liz Kotz on the Five Lesbian Brothers," by Liz Kotz; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," Greil Marcus; "It's Been Nice Gnawing You," Rhonda Lieberman and Cary S. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Glamour Wounds: Rhonda Lieberman on Fashion Week in New York," by Rhonda Lieberman; "Fashion: Richard Martin on the Menswear Closet," by Richard Martin; "Music: Simon Reynolds on Charles Long and Sterolab," by Simon Reynolds; "Weather Report: Andrew Ross on the Rap Channel," by Andrew Ross; "Television: Mark Van de Walle on 'The X-Files,'" by Mark Van de Walle; "Curator Interview," Robert Fleck talks with Hans Ulrich-Obrist; "Letter from Helsinki," by Timo Valjakka; "Books: Whitney Davis Reviews Klaus Theweleit's 'Object-choice: All You Need is Love," by Whitney Davis; "Travels in Hypertrophia: A Project for Artforum," Thyrza Nichols Goodeve talks with Matthew Barney; "Critical Reflections," Herbert Muschamp with an introduction by Frank Gehry; "Babes in the Hood," Paul Schrader talks with Larry Clark; "O Jackie," Bruce Hainley talks with Wayne Koestenbaum; "Paul Outerbridge, Jr. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Zeitgeist: Douglas Coupland On and Off Line," by Douglas Coupland; "Essay: Wayne Koestenbaum on the Art of the Fugue," by Wayne Koestenbaum; "Music: Jon Savage on the Graying of Rock 'n' Roll," by Jon Savage; "Fashion: Richard Martin on Couture Culture," by Richard Martin; "Film: Jonathan Rosenbaum on the Good, the Bad, and the Overlooked," by Jonathan Rosenbaum; "Weather Report: Andrew Ross on the State of the Union," by Andrew Ross; "Exhibitions," by David Rimanelli, Dave Hickey, Arthur C. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "American Myths," J. Hoberman on Lost Las Vegas; "Books: Larissa MacFarguhar on Robert Woolley's 'Going Once,'" by Larissa MacFarquhar; "Books: Martha Frankel on Norman Mailer's 'Portrait of Picasso as a Young Man,'" by Martha Frankel; "Books: Peter Plagens on Christopher Knight's 'Last Chance for Eden,'" by Peter Plagens; "Books: J. ... [details]