May 1982 issue of Artforum, edited by Ingrid Sischy. Contents: "Man Ray's Early Paintings 1913-1916: Theory and Practice in the Art of Two Dimensions," by Francis Naumann; "Pat Steir and the Science of the Admirable," by Ted Castle; "The Candidate: Photographs by Pedro Meyer"; "Portraits: Necrophilia, Mon Amour," by Joseph Kosuth; "Portraits: Section 2," by Lawrence Weiner; "Portraits: Impassioned with Some Song We," by Kathy Acker; "Portraits of Joseph Kosuth, Lawrence Weiner, and Kathy Acker," by Robert Mapplethorpe; "The Sounds of Violence: Max Neuhaus' Siren Project," by Nancy Princenthal; "Sabotage or Trophy? Advance or Retreat?" by Douglas Huebler; "Books: Clive Phillpot on 'Real Lush,'" by Clive Phillpot; "Reviews," by Richard Flood, Kate Linker, Joan Casademont, Colin Westerbeck, Donald Kuspit, Barbara Kruger, Thomas Lawson, Jamey Gambrell, Judith Russi Kirshner, Richard Armstrong, Stuart Morgan, Xavier Girard, and Annelie Pohlen. Cover: a cassette of the February, 1982, conversation between Kathy Acker, Sandro Chia, Philip Glass, Joseph Kosuth, Barbara Kruger, David Salle, Richard Serra, and Lawrence Weiner. Photo by Mary Bachmann.