Issue number 114 of New Observations: "The Magazine that Lets the Artists Speak for Themselves." Guest edited by Stuart Horodner. Essays "The F Word," by Stuart Horodner; "Cases from the Altered Genetics of Painting," by Fabian Marcaccio; "Phantom Limb," by Kay Rosen; "Out Getting Ribs," by Jean-Michel Basquiat; "Mimicking Appearance," by Stephen Spretnjak; "Graft Study," by Laura Stein; "The Alternative Encyclopedia (Rabbit Bush)," by Sue Johnson; "Untitled," by Judy Linn; "Exquisite Corpse #1," by Francois Morelli & Didier Morelli; "S.O.S. Starification Object Series," by Hannah Wilke; "Munging Bodies," by Marcia Lyons; "Archive Status Report Update: File #B96," by Jeanne Silverthorne; "Untitled," by Peter Fischli & David Weiss; "Electrons," by Walter Murch";Bucket Against the Wall," by Robert Feintuch; "Requietum," by Pietro Costa; "The Morgue (Gun Murder)," by Andres Serrano; "Study for Frankenstein #1 (Study #2)," by Glenn Ligon; "3 Major Races (Black, White, Oriental)," by Nancy Burson; "Simillimum #6," by Wayne Moseley; "Blondie," by Lisa Yuskavage; "Liquidity," by Mira Schor; "Masturbation: Categories," by Larry Miller; "Marquee," by Richard Klein; "Sketch for Chimpanzee Power," by John Goodyear; "Red Head and Loafer," by Rona Pondick; "La Poupée," by Hans Bellmer; "Ranting Mop Head," by Tim Hawkinson; "Wynona," by Curtis Mitchell; "Creature," by Lucy Grealy; "Tete á Tete (Tongues II)," by Shelley Reeves; "Natural Selection," by Jack Whitten. Cover: Bradley Rubinstein.