Issue edited by Ingrid Sischy. Essays "Ulrich Rückriem: The Monumental Ritual," by Ted Castle; "The 1979 Dime Store Figurine," by Mike Glier; "The Barren Flowers of Evil," by Komar and Melamid; "Towards a Theory/Practice of Painting," by Paul Rodgers; "Urban Nature: The Work of Maria Nordman," by Germano Celant; "Ian Wilson, For Example: Texts on Words," by René Denizot. ... [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]
Issue edited by Joseph Masheck. Essays "Mark Tobey's Paintings of New York," by Fred Hoffman; "The Language of Forms and Colors," by Andréi B. Nakov; "Planar Straight Line and the Primary Plane," by Erik Saxon; "Snow-bound Camera," by Regina Cornwell; "Bernard Berenson, Twenty Years After," by James Beck; "The Big Show: The First Exhibition of the Society of Independent Artists, Part 2," by Francis Naumann; "Toward a Theory/Practice of Painting in France," by Paul Rodgers; "Books: On Reading Architecture," by Grahame Shane. ... [details]
