Special double issue of Film Culture, edited by Gordon Hitchens, on Hollywood Blacklisting. Texts and essays by Hitchens, Nedrick Young, Corliss Lamont, David Shapiro, Elizabeth MacRae Young, Alvah Bessie, Edith Tiger, Arnaud d'Ussau, Dick Powel, Stephen H. ... [details]
"How can an art exhibition function as a stand-in for the artists and their studios? How can a gallery project provide greater insight into an artist's practice, the way the formality of a slide lecture or the intimacy of a studio visit can? How can the back-story of the work on display be understood, without being solely reliant on a curatorial statement, catalogue essay or press release? This exhibition allows art to be understood as an ongoing and slippery practice, and less the finite, linear and object-oriented one assumed by the standard exhibition format. ... [details]