Anthology of critical essays by André Breton. Artists, philosophers, and other figures mentioned in the text include André Breton, Corneille Agrippa, Guillaume Apollinaire, Apulee, Louis Aragon, Alexander Archipenko, Hans Arp, Gaston Bachelard, Honoré de Balzac, Hans Bellmer, Bleuler, Umberto Boccioni, Jérôme Bosch, Constantin Brancusi, Georges Braque, Victor Brauner, Bettina Brentano, Jean-Paul Brisset, Charles de Brosses, Robert Browning, Giordano Bruno, Alexander Calder, Leonora Carrington, Blaise Cendrars, Paul Cezanne, Marc Chagall, Giorgio de Chirico, Cimabue, Joseph Cornell, Piero di Cosimo, Georges Courteline, Charles Cros, Salvador Dali, Paul Delvaux, André Derain, Denis Diderot, Oscar Dominquez, Enrico Donati, Isidore Ducasse, Marcel Duchamp, Raymond Duchamp-Villon, Eckhardt, Albert Einstein, Paul Eluard, Max Ernst, Serge Essenine, Joachim de Flore, Théodore Flournoy, Jean Fouquet, Charles Fourier, Esteban Frances, James George Frazer, Sigmund Freud, von der Gabelentz, Alberto Giacometti, Giotto, Goethe, Arshile Gorky, Mathias Grunewald, Gutenberg, David Hare, S. ... [details]
Issue edited by Ida Panicelli. Essays "Democracy, Inc.: Bell Hooks, Carol Squiers, and Maurice Berger on the Hill-Thomas Hearings," by Bell Hooks, Carol Squiers, Maurice Berger; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Media Kids: Michael Covino on John Gotti," by Michael Covino; "Troubleshooters: David Sternbach on Johnson and 'Johnson,'" by David Sternbach; "The Cave: Lorraine O'Grady on Black Women Directors," by Lorraine O'Grady; "To Be a Pilgrim: Walton Ford," by Jimmie Durham; "Tektonik: A Project for Artforum," by Franz Graf; "Pepôn Osorio's Plastic Heaven," by Joan Acocella; "WeWha: A Project for Artforum," by Luigi Ontani with photographs by Joney-Jean Henry, Tran Thi Nhu, Margit M. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Andrew Ross' Weather Report," by Andrew Ross; "Special Effects: Carol Squiers on Presidential Abjection," by Carol Squiers; "Press: John Weir on Discontents," by John Weir; "Lawrence Chua on Queer 'Zines," by Lawrence Chua; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Art Wars: Lorraine O'Grady on WAC," by Lorraine O'Grady; "Film: Luke Gibbons on the Other Ireland," by Luke Gibbons; "People Like Us: Tina Barney's Pictures," by David Rimanelli; "The Library in Your Good Hands: Raymond Pettibon," by David Deitcher; "Pwo Artists Sitting under a Tree: Chez Neil Jenney's Lumberyard," by Izhar Patkin; "America is an Old Country," by Dick Hebdige; "At Home in His World: The Pleasure of Henri Matisse"; "Martisse, Art, and Le Bonheur," by Arthur C. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Books: Mim Udovitch on Barry Williams' 'Growing Up Brady,'" by Mim Udovitch; "Film: Scott Bukatman on Ridley Scott's 'Blade Runner,'" by Scott Bukatman; "Head to Toe: Rhonda Lieberman on Glamour Wounds, Again," by Rhonda Lieberman; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Ecoculture: Andrew Ross' Weather Report,'" by Andrew Ross; "Lari Pittman: The August Vigilante," by Dennis Cooper and Yancy C. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Ecoculture: Andrew Ross' Weather Report," by Robert Ross; "Glamour Wounds: Rhonda Lieberman on the New Power Schlub," by Rhonda Lieberman; "Art Wars: Lorraine O'Grady on Basquiat and the Black Art World," by Lorraine O'Grady; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Media Kids: Sydney Pokorny on Cyberspatiality," by Sydney Pokorny; "Achtung Baby: Diedrich Diederichsen and Jutta Koether on News from Germany," by Diedrich Diederichsen; "Art after the End of Art," by Arthur C. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Ecoculture: Andrew Ross' Weather Report," by Andrew Ross; "Glamour Wounds: Rhonda Lieberman on Dorothy's Daughter," by Rhonda Lieberman; "Film: Arthur Jafa on 'Menace II Society,'" by Arthur Jafa; "Books: Laurence Rickels on Jean Baudrillard's 'Transparency of Evil,'" by Laurence Rickels; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Press: Keith Seward and Eric Swenson on 'Wired,'" by Keith Seward and Eric Swenson; "Real Imaginary Places: Jean-Marc Bustamante," by Jean-Pierre Criqui; "Stilled Lives," by Max Kozloff; "London Calling: The Sixties Art Scene in London," by Thomas Crow; "Mortal Elements," Pat Steir talks with Louise Bourgeois; "Spirits Either Sex Assume," Gary Indiana talks with Sally Potter; "Apart without a Face: 'Orlando' and 'The Crying Game,'" by Molly Nesbit; "A Fan's Notes," Hilton Als on Jaye Davidson; "Openings: Cheryl Donegan," by Collier Schorr. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays, Artforum '62 - '79, "Ars Longa, Pecunia Brevis," by John Irwin; "Phil Leider, Editor: No Phil, No Forum," by Walter Hopps; "Phil Leider, Editor: He Was a Great Editor," by Richard Serra; "Phil Leider, Editor: He Was Extremely Talkative," by Irving Blum; "Phil Leider, Editor: He Was Extremely Terse," by John Coplans; "Phil Leider, Editor: He Called Me Chuck," by Chuck Close; "Phil Leider, Editor: He Was a Great Editor, and He Loved his Wife," by Michael Fried; "John Coplans: A Conversation with Peter Plagens"; "Let Slip the Dogs of War: Editing Artforum," by Angela Westwater; "Charles Cowles: A Conversation with Henry Geldzahler"; "The Page Was My Party," by Robert Pincus-Witten; "Yours Faithfully, Joseph Masheck," by Joseph Masheck. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "All Around Esthetes: Jeffrey Slonim on the Most Moving Pictures," by Jeffrey Slonim; "American Myths: J. Hoberman on the Summer of '69," by J. Hoberman; "Theater: Maria Nadotti on 'Venezia Salva,'" by Maria Nadotti; "Fashion: Hilton Als on Grease," by Hilton Als; "Real Life Rock: Greil Marcus' Top Ten," by Greil Marcus; "Letter from Munich," by Ingrid Rein; "People's Parties: Bully Sullivan and Marcelo Krasilcic," by Jack Pierson; "Philip Taafe: 'Al Quasbah,'" by Edmund White; "Critical Reflections," by Peter Schjeldahl with an introduction by Robert Storr; "Some Aspects of Color in General and Red and Black in Particular," by Donald Judd with Remembrances by Richard Serra, Larry Bell, Paula Cooper, Arne Glimcher, John Wesley, Hannah Green, Roni Horn, David Rabinowitch, and Douglas Baxter; "Rising Sign: Return of 'Spiral Jetty,'" by Jean-Pierre Criqui; "Yo Morris," by Thomas Crow; "Home Made Strange," Jean-Pierre Criqui talks with Marc Augé. ... [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 "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]