"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]
Issue edited by Al Goldstein. Essays include "Mannequin Madness," by Dr. M. Ojin; "An Early Ode to Xmas," by Dean Latimer; "Pull-out Pinup," by Michael Wilson; "Homosexual Citizen : Fags of the Future, What's in Store for the 70's?" by Lige and Jack; "Rock 'n Raunch," by Hank Arlecchino; "When the Curtain Goes Up They Go Down"; comic by John Caldwell; "An Essay for Your Edification: CKUF in So Many Words," by Eric Eastman; "Dirty Diversions : They Fuck Mothers, Don't They?" by Al Goldstein; "Naked City," by Bob Amsel; comic by John Thomas; "Fuckbooks : Why the South Won the Civil War," by Michael Perkins. [details]