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 Ingrid Sischy. Essays "The Uncanny Resurrections of 'America is Waiting,'" by Scott Cook; "Yves Klein, Messenger of the Age of Space," by Thomas McEvilley; "John Waters' 'Divine Comedy,'" by Scott MacDonald; "Neither Fool, nor Naive, nor Poseur-Saint: Fragments on R. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ingrid Sischy. Essays "Editorial: An Appreciation of H.C. Westermann; "Parody and Appropriation in Francis Picabia, Pop, and Sigmar Polke," by Benjamin H.D. Buchloh; "Approaching the Abyss: Monet's Era," by Roger Shattuck; "Strangers in a Strange Land: Timothy O'Sullivan and Henry Adams," by Colin Westerbeck; "Scattered Pictures: The Movies of Werner Schroeter," by Gary Indiana; "Looking Up at Jeff Wall's Modern 'Appassionamento,'" by Donald Kuspit; "Clay and Bronze," a project by Lucas Samaras; "Books: Robert Kushner on 'Man as Art,'" by Robert Kushner. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ingrid Sischy. Essays "A Note Concerning Francis Picabia," by Harald Szeemann; "Imagining Nowhere: Richard Tuttle's 'Monkey's Recovery,'" by Klaus Kertess; "Breaking the Contract: A Conversation with Peter Greenaway," by Stuart Morgan; "Triple Entendre," a project by General Idea; "Enchantment and Revolution - Joan Miró," by Roland Penrose; "Jack Goldstein: The Trace of Absence," by Jean Fisher; "Vija Celmins: Drawings without Withdrawing," by Kenneth Baker; "Susan Sontag's Unguided Tour," by Gary Indiana; "'Books': Frederic Tuten on 'Ranxerox,'" by Frederic Tuten; "Gulliver Speaks," by Greil Marcus; "Forum," by John Howell and Lisa Liebmann. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ingrid Sischy. Essays "Bill Woodrow: Material Truths," by Mark Francis; "In the Heart of the Tinman. An Essay on John Chamberlain," by Duncan Smith; "A Project by Pontus Hulten and Jean Tinguely;" "Freeing Dance from the Web: On Collaboration, Trisha Brown's 'Set and Reset,' and 'Lucinda Childs' Available Light," by Thomas McEvilley; "Two Sides of the Brain: Molissa Fenley's Hemisphere's," by RoseLee Goldberg; "Up Rocking, Locking, Old Style, 1990 Moves," by Michael Holman; "Selected Funk Lessions: a project," by Adrian Piper; "A Use for Beauty," by Kenneth Baker; "Executioner's Song," by Greil Marcus; "Books: Gilles Deleuze on Francis Bacon," by Gilles Deleuze; "Forum," by Kate Linker. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ingrid Sischy. Essays "On Location: Milton Resnick, New York City," by Milton Resnick; "Turned Out: Christo in Paris, The Bridge Wore Beige," by John Howell; "Speaker to Speaker: Heart from the Heartland," by Greil Marcus; "Modern Life: AIDS, A Buried Allegory," by Carter Ratcliff; "Ground Up: Parabuilding - The Postmodern Tick on the Modern Elephant," by Herbert Muschamp; "Like Art: The Model Critic, A New Face in the Empire of Signs," by Glenn O'Brien; "Remote Control: Waiting for Gloria," by Barbara Kruger; "Books: Sarah Bodine on 'Moholy-Nagy;' Mark Francis on 'Ian Hamilton Finlay: A Visual Primer;' Charles Hagen on 'The Indelible Image: Photographs of War - 1846 to the Present;' Mark Holborn on 'Tokyo 1970 - 1985;' Donald Kuspit on 'The Sense of Sight;' Greil Marcus on 'Dada/Dimensions;' 'Herbert Muschamp on 'Ballet' and 'Balanchine's Tchaikovsky: Interviews with George Balanchine;' Carter Ratcliff on 'Painters and Public Life in Eighteenth-Century Paris;' Barry Schwabsky on 'Jim Dine Drawings;' Frederic Tuten on 'History of the Universe;'" "Hysterical Painting: Civilization and Francis Bacon's Exhibition of its Discontents," by Donald Kuspit; "A Project for Artforum: Written Leaf," by Mario Merz; "Cultivated Canvases: Richard Diebenkorn's Uneasy Grace," by Susan C. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Museum Piece: Dan Cameron on Biennials Gone By," by Dan Cameron; "Q & A: Jeffrey Slonim's Whitney Watch," by Jeffrey Slonim; "Fashion: Hilton Als on Claire McCardell," by Hilton Als; "Fashion: Rhonda Lieberman on the Other American Princess," by Rhonda Lieberman; "Fashion: Richard Martin on Judiciary Drag," by Richard Martin; "Advertising: Michael Musto on Duracell," by Michael Musto; "Film," Lawrence Chua talks with Atom Egoyan; "Books: Simon Reynolds reviews Alex Foege's 'Confusion Is Next: The Sonic Youth Story,'" by Simon Reynolds; "Music: Andrew Ross on Rappers' Redux," by Andrew Ross; "Music: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Letter: Wystan Curnow from Auckland," by Wystan Curnow; "Letter: Stuart McKenzie on Teststrip," by Stuart McKenzie; "Pulp the Hype: On the Q. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Q & A: David Colman on the Toronto Film Festival," by David Colman; "Books: Lisa Liebmann on Guy Trebay's 'In the Place to Be,'" by Lisa Liebmann; "Film: David Rimanelli on Gus Van Sant's 'To Die For,'" by David Rimanelli; "Gadget Love: Brian D'Amato on ädaweb," by Brian D'Amato; "Preview: Carnegie International 1995," Allan Schwartzman talks with Richard Armstrong; "Weather Report: Andrew Ross on Shiny Clothes," by Andrew Ross; "Music: Olivier Zahm on Dominque A. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Show Piece: New York, Chicago, San Francisco, Venice, Turin, Paris, Cologne, Berlin, Stockholm, Liverpool, London, Brisbane"; "Film: David Rimanelli on 'Basquiat,'" by David Rimanelli; "Books: Gary Indiana on 'Obscene Bodies,'" by Gary Indiana; "Gadget Love: R. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Exhibition Preview: New York, Washington DC, Chicago, Minneapolis, Los Angeles, San Francisco, Caracas, Santiago, Paris, Bonn, Geneva, Stockholm, London, and Tokyo"; "Gadget Love: Andrew Hultkrans on Three Days in the Desert," by Andre Hultkrans; "Hot List: Mark Van de Walle on Cybertext," by Mark Van de Walle; "American Myths: J. ... [details]
