Spring 1992 issue of Discourse dedicated to happenings, body, spectacle and virtual reality. Guest edited by Valie Export and Herbert Blau. Essays include "The Prospect Before Us," by Herbert Blau; Persona, Proto-Performance, Politics: A Preface," by Valie Export; "The Spectacle of the Anti-Spectacle: Happenings and the Situationist International," by Jon Erickson; "Viennese Actionism and the Vienna Group: The Austrian Avant-Garde after 1945," by Ferdinand Schmatz; "Survival Ethos and Destruction Art," by Kristine Stiles; "The Rope Trick," by David Crane; "Performance Art / Life Art / Mediafication," by Gerhard Johann Lischka; "What is Left of Performance Art? Autopsy of a Function; Birth of a Genre," by Josette Féral; "Binary Terror and Feminist Performance: Reading Both Ways," by Vivian M. ... [details]
Second edition of the exhibition catalogue originally published in conjunction with a show of artists' books held at Nigel Greenwood Inc. Ltd., London, September 20 - October 14, 1972. Extensive essay by Celant. ... [details]
Artists' publication documenting the theft of a painting by Kathe Gregory, Marilyn Landis, Russell F. Lewis, David Crane, and Scott R. Kahn in 1969. Introduction by Lawrence Alloway: "These documents record a theft of art. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Q & A: David Colman on Hard-Core Culture," by David Colman; "Gadget Love: R. U. Sirius on the Information State," by R. U. Sirius; "Hot List: Mark Van de Walle on Web Sights," by Mark Van de Walle; "Books: Simon Reynolds on Joe Carducci's 'Rock and the Pop Narcotic,'" by Simon Reynolds; "Museum Piece: jeff Weinstein on the American Visionary Art Museum," by Jeff Weinstein; "Real Life Rock: Richard Flood's Top Ten," by Richard Flood; "Where Are We Going? And What Are We Doing?: Rirkrit Tiravanija's Art of Living," by Bruce Hainley; "Walter Hopps Hopps Hopps," Hans-Ulrich Obrist talks with Walter Hopps; "Hundertwasser: Night Train," by William T. ... [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 "Designer Creations: Homi K. Bhabha on Diana's Subjects," by Homi K. Bhabha; "Glocal Warming: Dan Cameron on the Endless Biennial," by Dan Cameron; "Déjà Vu All Over Again: Peter Plagens on Drear and Loathing," by Peter Plagens; "Absent and Accounted For: Greil Marcus on the Afterlife," by Greil Marcus; "Top Ten x 12," by Lisa Liebmann, Robert Rosenblum, Wayne Koestenbaum, Dave Hickey, Linda Nochlin, Gary Indiana, Boris Groys, Arthur C. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Passages: W.J.T. Mitchell on Nelson Goodman," by W.J.T. Mitchell; "Film: Craig Seligman on François Truffant," by Craig Seligman; "Music: Jack Pierson on Dusty Springfield," by Jack Pierson; "Hot List: Matthew Ritchie," by Matthew Ritchie; "Hot List: Andrew Hultkrans on Mark Napler," by Andrew Hultkrans; "Books: David Joselit on T. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Books: Yve-Alain Bois on catalogues raissonés," by Yve-Alain Bois; "Slant: Hilton Als on Frank O'Hara," by Hilton Als; "Film: Peter Plagens on Charles and Ray Eames," by Peter Plagens; "Vernon Shetley on 'Titanic: Anatomy of a Blockbuster," by Vernon Shetley; "®™ark: Reena Jana on 'Mori,'" by Reena Jana; "Passages," by Patrick Heron, Raghubir Singh, and Harry Callahan; "Top Ten: Art Club 2000"; "Sovereign Remedy: The Art of Shirin Neshat," by Ronald Jones; "The Wild East: The Rise and Fall of the East Village," by Carlo McCormick, Gary Indiana, David Robbins, Liza Kirwin, Peter Nagy, Dennis Cooper, Glenn O'Brien; "The East Village 1979 - 1989: A Chronology"; "Wayne Thiebaud: Green River Lands, 1998," by Richard Wollheim; "Openings: Malerie Marder," by katy Siegel. ... [details]
Issue edited by Jack Bankowsky. Essays "Slant: Barry Bergdoll on Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown," by Barry Bergdoll; "Film: Geoffrey O'Brien on 'The Man Who Wasn't There,'" by Geoffrey O'Brien; "Kent Jones on 'Mulholland Drive,'" by Kent Jones; "News: Reena Jana on David A. ... [details]