"What the Sound Looks Like is a visual celebration of the music of the Talking Heads by over fifty international contemporary artists." -- publisher's statement. Texts by Talking Heads and Frank Olinsky. ... [details]
Artists' book edited by James Hoff -- a recompilation of Artforum magazine's monthly Top Ten column written by a rotating cast of artists, scholars, actors and other superstars from 1998 to 2008. Comprised of direct copies of the author's pages from the magazine coupled with black boxes representing the supporting images. ... [details]
Printed Matter [founded by Sol LeWitt, Edit deAk, Lucy Lippard, Carl Andre, Pat Stein, Walter Robinson, Robin White - with a board that also had Ingrid Sischy, Carol Adroccio, Amy Baker, Clive Phillpot, and Howardena Pindell] is the world's venerable distributor of artists' books - from 1976 through 1986 it issued an annual catalogue of all it's inventory - 1000s of artists' books, artists' periodicals, artists' audioworks, and other artists' publications. ... [details]
"How can an art exhibition function as a stand-in for the artists and their studios? How can a gallery project provide greater insight into an artist's practice, the way the formality of a slide lecture or the intimacy of a studio visit can? How can the back-story of the work on display be understood, without being solely reliant on a curatorial statement, catalogue essay or press release? This exhibition allows art to be understood as an ongoing and slippery practice, and less the finite, linear and object-oriented one assumed by the standard exhibition format. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ingrid Sischy. Essays "On Location: Cindy Sherman's Camera Kabuki," by Ingrid Sischy; "Marginalia: Who Will Occupy the Deep Space in Recent Painting?" by Thomas McEvilley; "The Cave: Claude Lanzmann's Film 'Shoah' (Annihilation) and the Ethics of Reconstructing the Third Reich," by Wolfram Schutte; "Ground Up: Time-Sharing," by Herbert Muschamp; "Object: Duchampian Chance and Poetry in Japanese-Language Word Processors. ... [details]
Special issue of artforum on "wonder" edited by Ida Panicelli. "As you will see, no article focuses particularly on the field of art. Instead, we asked over 200 artists to respond to the word 'wonder' by supplying us with an image, a statement, or both. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Media Kids: Roselee Goldberg on 'Seasame Street,'" by Roselee Goldberg; "Special Effects: Carol Squiers on the Future of a Delusion," by Carol Squiers; "Expertease: Rosalyn Deutsche on Men in Space," by Rosalyn Deutsche; "Museum Piece: Francesco Dalco on Giulio Romano," by Francesco Dalco; "Undertone: Scott Gutterman on the Jazz Hero," by Scott Gutterman; "Exits and Entrances: Maria Nadotti on Robert Wilson's 'Orlando,'" by Maria Nadotti; "Language and Landscape: An Ontology for the Western," by Jane Tompkins; "To Marat: A Project for Artforum," by Rui Sanches; "Kiki Smith: Body and Soul," by Christopher Lyon; "Gerry Bergstein: A Self-Confessed Couch Potato," by Francine A. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Ground Up: Herbert Muschamp on Architecture," by Herbert Muschamp; "Exits and Entrances: Leonetta Bentivoglio on Pina Bausch's 'Palermo, Palermo,'" by Leonetta Bentivoglio; "Special Effects: Carol Squiers on Images from the Panamanian Invasion," by Carol Squiers; "The Cave: Jeanne Silverthorne on 'The Cook, The Thief, His Wife & Her Lover," by Jeanne Silverthorne; "Slant: Lynne Tillman on The Autobiography of Eve," by Lynne Tillman; "Critical Fictions: Rosetta Brooks on 'IPSODEFACTO,'" by Rosetta Brooks; "Untitled: A Project for Artforum," by David Salle; "Rites and Sites: Hans Hollein," by Germano Celant; "All Our Yesterdays," by Donald Kuspit; "After H. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Museum Piece: Deborah Drier on Masquerade," by Deborah Drier; "Believe it or Not: J. Hoberman on the Potlatch Principle," by J. Hoberman; "Slant: Tom Kalin on Queer Nation," by Tom Kalin; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "The Public Eye: Stuart Ewen on Barney's Ads," by Stuart Ewen; "Commedia Dell'Arte: A Project for Artforum," by Jacques Loustal; "The Cave: Maurice Berger on Yvonne Rainer's 'Privelege,'" by Maurice Berger; "A Drawing Page: A Project for Artforum," by Martin Kippenberger; "You're History, Pal: Reading Nayland Blake," by Maria Porges; "Doppel Jeopardy," by Giorgio Verzotti; "Hyperdeath and the Scopic Corpse," By Joseph Nechvatal; "In Their Own Image," by Kellie Jones; "Conjunct: City of Light, A Project for Artforum" by Maria Nordman with "Three Passerby at the Intersection Fifth Avenue and 60th Street, New York, June 1990. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "On Location: Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett on Producing Ellis Island," by Barbara Kirshenblatt-Gimblett; "Special Effects: Carol Squiers on Photo Allure," by Carol Squiers; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "The Cave: Michael Tarantino on Krzysztof Kieslowski," by Michael Tarantino; "Head to Toe: Valerie Steele on Retro Fashion," by Valerie Steele; "Curies' Children: Vilém Flusser on Art and Politics," by Vilém Flusser; "Exits and Entrances: Joan Acocella on Martha Clarke's 'Endangered Species,'" by Joan Acocella; "A Drawing Page: A Project for Artforum," by Jonathan Borofsky; "Read Read Rosens," by Judith Russi Kirshner; "Skyscrapers, the Late Imperial Mob," by Max Kozloff; "AIDS Timeline: A Project for Day Without Art 1990," by Group Material; "Industrious Art," by Amy Baker Sandback; "Medium Hot: Alberto Burri," by Massimo Carboni; "High Art Lowdown: A Project for Artforum," by Art Spiegelman; "Ryder on the Storm," by Bill Jensen; "Art or the Caress: A Project for Artforum," By Aimee Morgana; "Off Kilter: The Citizens' Theatre," by Michael Coveney. ... [details]