Issue number 55 of New Observations: "The Magazine that Lets the Artists Speak for Themselves." Guest edited by Brian Boigon. Contents include: "Victoria Spacing," by Brian Boigon; "R.M. Schindler Prefabrication Vocabulary: The Panel-Post Construction," by Vikky Alexander; "Composition as Explanation," by Gertrude Stein; "Pick Up Your Corners," by Eddy Rifter; "Chinatown International," by Collins & Milazzo; "Beinahe Nichts (Almost Nothing)," by Gordon Lebredt; "Domesticated Transients," by Donald McKay; "On Indivisibility (In the Domain of the Digital Deluxe)," by David Clarkson; and "Thus Spake Zarathrustra (Excerpt)," by Friedrich Nietzche. ... [details]
Curated by Barry Blinderman. Essays by Tom Moody and Barry Blinderman. Artists include Ross Bleckner, Steve Di Benedetto, Judy Ledgerwood, Stratton Cherouny, Mark Dagley, Philip Taaffe, Sarah Morris, Karin Davie, Michelle Grabner, Peter Halley, Jim Isermann, Yayoi Kusama, Tom Martinelli, Tom Moody, Aaron Parazette, Bruce Pearson, Peter Schuyff, Walter Robinson, Michael Scott, Jason Martin, James Siena, John Armleder, Susie Rosmarin, Tad Griffin, Fred Tomaselli, David Szafranski, Yek, and David Clarkson. ... [details]