A mammoth book documenting the thrills and chills of when artists and scientists [or corporations] joined together by the Los Angeles County Museum of Art attempted to produce collaborative works. Amazingly self critical of the failures [and limited success] of the program. ... [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 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 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]
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]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Architecture: Herbert Muschamp on Gordon Matta-Clark," by Herbert Muschamp; "Film: David Rimanelli on High Art and Pecker," by David Rimanelli; "Film: Bruce Hainley on Sharon Lockhart," by Bruce Hainley; "Slant: Homi K. ... [details]
Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Editor's Letter: Waiting for Godot," by Tim Griffin; "Film: Best of 2007," by John Waters, Amy Taubin, James Quandt, Chrissie Iles, and T.J. Wilcox; "Music: Best of 2007," by Damon Krukowski, Kim Gordon, David Byrne, Marissa Nadler, Alex Waterman, and Julian House; "Books: Best of 2007," by Brigid Doherty, Arthur C. ... [details]
Issue edited by Tim Griffin. Essays "Passages: Mark Wigley on Philip Johnson," by Mark Wigley; "Film: Amy Taubin on Jonas Mekas," by Amy Taubin; "Film: Steven Shaviro on 'George Bataille's Story of the Eye and Ma mére,'" by Steven Shaviro; "On Site: Jeffrey Kastner on 'The Gates,'" by Jeffrey Kastner; "Slant: Tom Vanderbilt on Art and Competitive Consumption," by Tom Vanderbilt; "Slant: Mark Godfrey on the Artist as Curator," by Mark Godfrey; "Top Ten," by Tim Davis; "Summer 2005 Exhibitions: 50 Shows Worldwide"; "North American News: Nico Israel on 'InSite_05,'" by Nico Israel; "From the Vault: Margaret Carroll on Jacob van Ruisdael," by Margaret Carroll; "On the Road: Traveling Exhibitions"; "International News: Jeffrey Kastner on the 51st Venice Biennale," by Keffrey Kastner; "In Conversation: Daniel Buren and Olafur Eliasson"; "No Pictures, Please: The Art of Tino Sehgal," by Claire Bishop; "Tino Sehgal: An Interview," by Tim Griffin; "1000 Words: Rudolf Stingel," by Cay Sophie Rabinowitz; "American Gothic: Robert Gober's New Work," by Hal Foster; "Exquisite Corpus: The Films of Apichatpong Weerasethakul," by James Quandt; "Words to Live By: The Art of Mark Titchner," by Michael Wilson; "Openings: Seth Price," by Elizabeth Schambelan. ... [details]
