"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]
"The Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia, America's oldest museum and school of fine arts, was founded in 1805. Today, the Academy boasts one of the nation's finest collections of American art and a roster of alumni representing the greatest artists this country has produced. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held September 9 - December 31, 2005, Contemporary Museum, Honolulu, Hawaii. Traveled February 4 - april 9, 2006, Chicago Cultural Center, Illinois; June 10 - September 10, 2006, Winnipeg Art Gallery, Manitoba, Canada; June 1 - September 2007, Museum of Art, Fort Lauderdale, Florida. ... [details]
Edited by Tod Lippy. Essays "Artist's Project: Mark Keffer: Form and function merge in a series of altered maps (Throughout the issue)," by Mark Keffer; "Mumushka: A child's memories of her beloved grandmother, refracted through the prism of a rich imagination," written and illustrated by Andrea Dezso; "Known By Sight: Marvin Lazarus, Photographer: Compelling portraits-in words and images-of prominent artists by a nearly forgotten figure," photographs and journal excerpts by Marvin Lazarus; "Homemade: An Interview with the Wrens: The band's album The Meadowlands is a masterpiece; here, they discuss its making (and their near undoing)," by Tod Lippy; "Alex Shear's Object Lesson #3: (Poster)," by unattributed artists; "Tricks of the Trade: Recovered from a Santa Monica yard sale, this issue's found object is an entertainer's gag book from 1957," by Michael Rohatyn; "Artist's Project: Jenny Holzer: These recently declassified "Memoranda," selected by the artist, must see the light of day," by unattributed artists; "The Sissy Letters (#2): Second in a continuing series of monologues written for Esopus," by Stephen Adly Guirgis; "100 Frames: Bruce Conner's Breakaway: An ethereal sequence from the San Francisco artist's classic experimental film from 1966," by Doug Aitken; "Means Without End: We asked your publicists to devise PR strategies for Esopus; we've published the results," by Sloane Crosley, John Melick, Baldev Kaur, and Graham Leggat; "Angus Trumble's 1849 in Retrospect: One year. ... [details]
Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Passages: Germano Celant on Mario Merz," by Germano Celant; "Books: J. Hoberman on 'Shooting Kennedy,'" by J. Hoberman; "Film: Gary Indiana on Errol Morris," by Gary Indiana; "Slant: Nico Israel on Artists on the Iraqi Front," by Nico Israel; "On Site: Daniel Herman on the Center for Land Use Interpretation," by Daniel Herman; "Tech: Steven Shaviro on Bioaesthetics," by Steven Shaviro; "Media: David Joselit on the Televised War in Iraq," by David Joselit; "Top Ten," by Banks Violette; "Winter 2004 Exhibitions: 50 Shows Worldwide"; "US News: Tim Griffin Talks with the Curators of the 2004 Whitney Biennial," Tim Griffin with Chrissie Iles, Shamim Momin, and Debra Singer; "On the Road: Traveling Exhibitions"; "From the Vault: Svetlana Alpers on 'Rubens,'" by Svetlana Alpers; "From the Vault: Anne Pontégnie on Fernand Khnopff," by Anne Pontégnie; "The Dilation of Attention: The Photography of Craigie Horsfield," by Carol Armstrong; "1000 Words: Paul McCarthy," by Rachel Kushner; "Teen Angle: The Art of Sue de Beer," by Bruce Hainley; "First Take: 12 New Artists:" "Matthew Higgs on Simon Evans," by Matthew Higgs;; "Martin Herbert on Guy Bar-Amotz," by Martin Herbert; "Jeffrey Kastner on Judith Eisler," by Jeffrey Kastner; "Dennis Cooper on Matthew Greene," by Dennis Cooper; "Debra Singer on Gareth James," by Debra Singer; "David Rimanelli on Nate Lowman," by David Rimanelli; "Katy Siegel on Tomma Abts," by Katy Siegel; "Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev on Micol Assaël," by Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev; "Carroll Dunham on Scott Grodesky," by Carroll Dunham; "Daniel Birnbaum on Tomas Saraceno," by Daniel Birnbaum; "Wolfgang Tillmans on Donald Urquhart," by Wolfgang Tillmans; "Hamza Walker on Adrian Paci," by Hamza Walker; "Sum of His Parts: John Coplans (1920-2003)," by Irving Blum, Max Kozloff, Angela Westwater, Mel Bochner, Peter Plagens, and Susan Kismaric. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held at The Jewish Museum San Francisco, San Francisco, March 7 - June 27, 2004. Traveled to Laguna Art Museum, Laguna Beach, July 24 - October 3, 2004; and Contemporary Art Center of Virginia, Virginia Beach, June 9 - September 4, 2005. ... [details]
"With Do It in hand, you will be able to make a work of (someone else's) art yourself. Since 1993 Do It has provided its public with how-to pages of instructions written by 168 of the most important artists and writers working today. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Passages: Yve-Alain Bois on Fred Sandback," by Yve-Alain Bois; "Anthony Korner on Fred Sandback," by Anthony Korner; "Books: Jonathan Gilmore on Hans Belting," by Jonathan Gilmore; "Film: Geoffrey O'Brien on Gus Van Sant's 'Elephant,'" by Geoffrey O'Brien; "Amy Taubin on Peter Fonda's 'The Hired Hand,'" by Amy Taubin; "Architecture: Anthony Vidler on Dia:Beacon," by Anthony Vidler; "News: Jeffrey Kastner on Adam D. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Other Voices: Four Critical Vignettes; The Diarist: Robert Pincus-Witten; The Architects: Aldo Rossi, Peter Eisenman, Bernard Tschumi, et al.; The Painter: Thomas Lawson; The Poets: Edit deAk and Rene Ricard," by Scott Rothkopf; "Outside the Box: Unpacking Craig Owen's Slide Library," by James Meyer; "'Zines for a Day: The Other Art Press," by Matthew Higgs; "'80s Then," Cindy Sherman talks to David Frankel; "Francesco Clemente talks to Brooks Adams; Richard Prince talks to Steve Lafreniere; David Salle talks to Robert Rosenblum; Jeff Wall talks to Bob Nickas; McDermott & McGough talks to Bob Nickas; Peter Halley talks to Dan Cameron; John Armleder talks to Bob Nickas; Jörg Immendorff talks to Pamela Kort; Rosemarie Trockel talks to Isabelle Graw; Ross Bleckner talks to Dan Cameron; Nan Goldin talks to Tom Holert; Robert Longo talks to Mary Haus; Ashley Bickerton talks to Steve Lafreniere; Sturtevant talks to Bruce Hainley; Jeff Koons talks to Katy Siegel; "'80s Again," by Vik Muniz, Peter Doig, Gregory Crewdson, Gabriel Orozco, Inez van Lamsweerde, Fischerspooner, Mark Dion, Rirkrit Tiravanija, Thomas Eggerer, Olav Westphalen, Lisa Yuskavage, Collier Schorr, Tom Sachs, Rachel Harrison, and John Currin; "1980-1985," by David Rimanelli; "1980: Fassbinder's 'Berlin Alexanderplatz," by Geoffrey O'Brien; "1980: Talking Heads' 'Remain in Light,'" by Gerald Marzorati; "1981: 'New York/New Wave," by Glenn O'Brien; "1981: Keith Haring's Wild Style," by Dan Cameron; "1981: Scritti Politti's 'Jacques Derrida,'" by Diedrich Diederichsen; "1982: Bruce Weber for Calvin Klein," by Vince Aletti; "1982: The Other de Chirico," by Robert Rosenblum; "1982: Anselm Kiefer's 'Innenraum,'" by Peter Schjeldahl; "1982: 'Blade Runner,'" by Jonathan Crary; "1984: World of Video," by Richard Prince; "1985: The Replacements' 'Tim,'" by David Robbins; "1985: Wigstock," by Carlo McCormick; "The Mourning After: A Roundtable," keynote by Arthur C. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with "The Paper Sculpture Show" at Sculpture Center, Long Island City, New York, September 7 - December 7, 2003. Texts by Francis Richard, foreword by exhibition curators Mary Ceruti, Matt Freedman, and Sina Najafi. ... [details]
