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A Popular Western Story

Here's a short shaggy dog story about Ed Ruscha's painting Standard Station, Ten-Cent Western Being Torn in Half, 1964, the artist's book Twentysix Gasoline Stations, and a 10¢ rootin' tootin pulp periodical.

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ZG Magazine
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • loose leaves
  • black-and-white
  • 29.7 x 21.2 cm. (folded) ; 41.2 x 21.2 cm (unfolded)
  • [22] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

ZG Magazine

New York / No. 3

Robert Longo, Rosetta Brooks, Alan Joyce, James Chance, Guy Bourdin, Jack Goldstein, Michael Newman, Jack Goldstein, Gary Zimmerman, Glenn Branca, Michael Newman, Rhys Chatham, Richard Prince, Edit deAk, Tom Lawson, Jonathon Miles, Neil Jenney

Issue number 3 of the arts periodical ZG edited by Rosetta Brooks. Contents include: "Off White/Almost Black," Alan Joyce in conversation with James Chance; "Sighs and Whispers in Bloomingdale's," Roberta Brooks on photographer Guy Bourdin; "Life in Space," Interview with Jack Goldstein by Michael Newman on the work of Jack Goldstein; "'Noise' Music," by Gary Zimmerman; an interview with Glenn Branca; "Drastic Classicism," by Michael Newman; an interview with Rhys Chatham; "War Picture," by Richard Prince; "Urban Kisses/Slum Hisses," by Edit deAk; "We must embrace our joys and sorrows," by Tom Lawson; "Altered Vision?" by Jonathon Miles; and "Video Music Inc. ... [details]

New York, NY: ZG Magazine,
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$250.00
Condition:  Good. 3.5 cm. crease parallel to bottom edge of recto. Crease/bend to cover and pages 1.2 cm. down from top edge of publication. Rubbing of cover edges. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to size additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 39828]
ZG Magazine
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 41.9 x 27.9 cm.
  • 22 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

ZG Magazine

Icons & Idols / No. 14 (Summer 1985)

Rosetta Brooks, Karen Benson, John Maggiotto, Martin Pouret, Patrick Moxy, Edward Allington, Stuart Pigott, Krystina Kitsis

Issue number 14 of ZG Magazine, edited by Rosetta Brooks. Contents include: "Art Stars: Out of the Studios, Into the Glossies," by Karen Benson; "Philadelphia 1985," by John Maggiotto; "Art in Captivity," by Martin Pouret; "The Body Perfect," by Rosetta Brooks; "Identifying Madonna," by Patrick Moxy and Karen Benson; "Amongst Recycled and Replicant Ruins," by Edward Allington; "Live TV," by Stuart Pigott; and "Stardom and Royalty," by Krystina Kitsis. [details]

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ZG Magazine
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 41.9 x 27.9 cm.
  • 27 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

ZG Magazine

Religion / No. 12 (Fall 1984)

Rosetta Brooks, Michael Smith, Jan Wandja, Silvia Kolbowski, Stuart Piggott, Krystina Kitsis, Rhys Chatham, Joseph Nechvatal, Peter Halley, Carlo McCormick, Holly Warburton, Paul Taylor, Adrian Martin, Dena Shottenkirk, Richard Flood, Jonathan Miles, Robert Kleyn

Issue no. 12 of ZG Magazine, edited by Rosetta Brooks. Contents include: "Editorial: The New Fundamentalism;" "Extract from an Interview with British Jan Wandja; "All Things Being Equal," by Silvia Kolbowski; "Auras: Dilation to Overthrow," by Stuart Piggott; "Advertising Death's Space," by Rosetta Brooks; "Fashion: Sacred Symbols/Magical Rites," by Krystina Kitsis; "Interview with Rhys Chatham & Joseph Nechvatal"; "The Frozen Land," by Peter Halley; "Disco Inferno," by Carlo McCormick; "Works," by Holly Warburton; "What is Love? Describing Quenelle," by Paul Taylor and Adrian Martin; "Transcendence & Titillation," by Dena Shottenkirk; "Duchamp: Lower East Side," by Richard Flood; "The Geography of Time," by Jonathan Miles; and "The Shadow Reflected," by Robert Kleyn. ... [details]

New York, NY: ZG Magazine,
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$100.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. 6.2 cm. water damage to bottom of recto carrying through to first four pages with dark soiling. Contents otherwise clean and unmarked. Rubbing and light creasing of spine edge and rubbing off cover edges with 6 mm. tear to top edge of recto and 2 mm. tear to top edge of verso and 7 mm. tear to bottom edge of verso. Bumping off top and bottom edge of periodical and additional light rubbing of covers. Due to size additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 38807]
ZG Magazine
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 41.3 x 28.4 cm.
  • [24] pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

ZG Magazine

Breakdown / No. 9 (1983)

Rosetta Brooks, Kathy Acker, Barbara Kruger, Michael Boodro, Merope Lolis, Jonathan Miles, Brian Hatton, Eric Bogosian, Howard Halle, Amy Lowe, Steve Roeser, Dena Shottenkirk, Philip Derbyshire, Sylvere Lotringer, Angela McRobbie, Julian Temple, Josh Baer, Gerry Morehead, Chris Harris, Robert Mapplethorpe

Issue number 9 of ZG Magazine, edited by Rosetta Brooks. Contents include: "My Death, My Life by Pier Paulo Pasolini," an Extract from New York writer Kathy Acker's New Novel; "You No Wanna Dadda" by Barbara Kruger; "Rock Videos: Another World," By Michael Boodro; "Twin Desires: The Art of Troy Brauntuch, David Salle, Jack Goldstein," by Merope Lolis; "Seeing and Believing," by Jonathan Miles; "Junk Culture: The Uses of Affluence," by Brian Hatton; "Before the Storm: Two Interviews with Eric Bogosian," interviews by Howard Halle, co-edited with Amy Lowe, and by Steve Roeser; "Fashion Fictions: Absence and the Fast Heartbeat," by Dena Shottenkirk; "George is Dead: Boys from the Blacckstuff: A British T. ... [details]

New York, NY: ZG Magazine,
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$200.00
Condition:  Good. Light rubbing of covers and cover edges with bumping of top right corner of magazine and light creasing across recto. Yellowing of pages. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to size additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 38809]
ZG Magazine
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 41.9 x 27.9 cm.
  • 35 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

ZG Magazine

With Art & Text : Double Trouble / No. 11 (Summer 1984)

Rosetta Brooks, Paul Taylor, Paul Foss, Peter Halley, Sherrie Levine, Joshua Reynolds, Douglas Blau, Jean Baudrillard, Juan Davila, Imants Tillers, Jane Weinstock, Joan Wallace, Geralyn Donohue, John Hilliard, Paul Groot, Buster Poindexter, Glenn O'Brien, Laurie Simmons, Mike Parr

Issue number 11 of ZG Magazine in collaboration with Art & Text Magazine. Edited by Rosetta Brooks. Contents include: "Editorial: Tonight a DJ Saved My Life," by Paul Taylor; "Tales Twice Told," by Paul Foss; "Dystopia Revisited," by Peter Halley; "Guys and Dolls: Clones and Doubles" by Rosetta Brooks; "Art Work," by Sherrie Levine; "Discourse Six," by Joshua Reynolds, translated by Douglas Blau; "Clone Story or The Artificial Child," by Jean Baudrillard; "Art Work," by Juan Davila; "From '68 to '84;" "Cultural Scan;" "In Perpetual Mourning," by Imants Tillers; "What she means, to you," by Jane Weinstock; "Split Analysis," by Joan Wallace and Geralyn Donohue; "4 Works," by John Hilliard; "The Great River of Jannis Kounellis," by Paul Groot; and "Buster Poindexter interviewed by Glenn O'Brien. ... [details]

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ZG Magazine
  • periodical
  • illustrated wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 41.9 x 27.9 cm.
  • 27 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

ZG Magazine

Political Fictions / No. 13 (Spring 1985)

Rosetta Brooks, Josh Baer, Krystina Kitsis, J.G. Ballard, Richard Prince, Robert Kleyn, p.m. Vaughan Grylis, Biran Hatton, Gary Indiana, Krystina Kitsis, Staurt Pigott, Timothy Simone, Michael Newman, John Roberts, Gray Watson, Jonathan Miles, Nancy Dwyer

Issue number 13 of ZG Magazine, edited by Rosetta Brooks. Contents include: "Editorial;" "Twilight Zone '85," by Josh Baer; "Image Dislocation," by Krystina Kitsis; "I'd Like to Buy the World a Coke.. ... [details]

London / New York, United Kingdom / NY: ZG Magazine / Ultra Thin Management,
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$250.00
Condition:  Good. Rubbing and bumping off cover edges and corners with additional light handling wear. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to size additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 38811]
ZG Magazine
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 41.8 x 29.7 cm.
  • 28 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

ZG Magazine

Desire / No. 7

Rosetta Brooks, Brian Hatton, Mark Holborn, Ken Hollings, Dan Graham, Joan Wallace, Geralyn Donohue, Ian McMillan, Malcolm MacLaren, Krystina Kitsis, Jan Wandja, Pablo, Mike Roddy, Cindy Sherman, Kim Gordon, Jonathan Miles, Steve Dixon, Krystina Kitsis

Issue number 7 of ZG Magazine, edited by Rosetta Brooks. Contents include "A Woman is a Woman, but a Good Cigar is a Smoke," by Brian Hatton; "Saint Sebastian in Shinjuku," by Mark Holborn; "The Dark Night of the Body," by Ken Hollings; "We're Only in it for the Monet," by Dan Graham; "You Wish You Were Closer to You," Joan Wallace and Geralyn Donohue on David Salle; "Young Love for Sale," by Ian McMillan; "Malcolm MacLaren," interview by Krystina Kitsis; "Tail to the Wall," Jan Wandja on the drawings of Jo Baer and Bruce Robbins; "Everything You Want. ... [details]

London, United Kingdom: ZG Magazine,
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$300.00
Condition:  Fair / Good. Gentle fold along horizontal center of publication with creasing and dinging across publication. 5.6 cm. tear to bottom right corner of recto. 4.7 cm. tear to bottom of spine and 9.4 cm. tear to top of spine. 2.6 cm. dog-ear to top right corner of recto and first eight pages. Additional handling wear and yellowing of pages. Contents clean and unmarked. Due to size additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 38814]
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white & color
  • 30.5 x 23.5 cm.
  • 76 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

ZG Magazine

Special Double Issue / No. 8 (1983)

Bruce Nauman, Rosetta Brooks, Michael Ventura, Jonathan Miles, J.G. Ballard, Ronald Jones, Paula Jean Hoffman, Steve Miller, Richard C. Ledes, Douglas Blau, Robert Wright, Paul Virilio, Robin Cembalest, Jerome Schultz, Todd Watts, Edward Ruscha, Peter Nagy, Ronald Jones, Tom Brazelton, Nancy Dwyer, Leon Golub, Annette Lemieux, Jeff Koons, Vito Acconci, Charles Hagen, Jack Goldstein, Tom Otterness, Robert Longo, Richard Artschwager, Carroll Dunham, Gordon Matta-Clark, Joseph Cornell, John Stezaker, Nam June Paik, Robert Mapplethorpe, Ashley Bickerton

Cover features work by Bruce Nauman. Edited by Rosetta Brooks, with contributions by Michael Ventura, Jonathan Miles, J.G. Ballard, Ronald Jones, Paula Jean Hoffman, Steve Miller, Richard C. Ledes, Douglas Blau, Robert Wright, Paul Virilio, Robin Cembalest, and Jerome Schultz. ... [details]

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ZG Magazine
  • periodical
  • pictorial wrappers
  • offset-printed
  • staple bound
  • black-and-white
  • 38 x 27.8 cm.
  • 25 pp.
  • edition size unknown
  • unsigned and unnumbered

ZG Magazine

The Body / No. 10 (Spring 1984)

Rosetta Brooks, Angela Carter, Richard Prince, Peter Halley, Silvia Kolbowski, Gray Watson, Josh Baer, Barbara Kruger, Jessie Holborn, Malcom Morley, Carlo McCormick, Thomas Lawson, Mark Holborn, Kartar Singh, Kristina Kitsis, Jonathan Miles, Craig Bromberg

Issue number 10 of ZG Magazine, edited by Rosetta Brooks. Contents include: "Editorial: The Body of the Image," by Rosetta Brooks; "The Wound in the Fa ce: the made-up face," by Angela Carter; "Richard Prince Interviewed by Peter Halley; "(Di-Vested Interests): The Calvin Klein Ads," by artist/writer Silvia Kolbowski; "The Resurrection of the Body: The Presentation of the Body in Art," by Gray Watson; "Cultural Scan: Speculations on 'the body' by artists and writers," by Josh Baer, Barbara Kruger, Jessie Holborn, Malcom Morley, Carlo McCormick, and Thomas Lawson; "Eiko Very Parco: A Critical Overview of the book 'Eiko by Eiko,'" by Mark Holborn; "Interview with Kartar Singh: The Influence of Eastern Philosophy on the West;" "Simulated Sexuality/Androgynous Outcomes," by Kristina Kitsis; "The Eternal Body," by Jonathan Miles; and "Silhouette Bodies: dance and performance," by artist/writer Craig Bromberg. ... [details]

New York, NY: ZG Magazine,
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$100.00
Condition:  Fair. Water damage to periodical including rippling of covers and staining of bottom half of contents. Rubbing off cover edges. 8 mm. tear to bottom edge of spine. Underlining with red pen on pages 1-4. Due to size additional shipping charges will be required for international orders.
[Object # 38810]
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