ART
Alan Gilbert
Art in the Dark
06.21.06
Alan Gilbert launches an appeal to the Whitney Biennial curators, lamenting the overlooked Secretary of State Donald Rumsfeld for his prodigious obfuscating oratory. Critique, critique, critic. Gilbert reminisces on the 2006 Whitney Biennial. Cheers.
Amabel Barraclough
Between The Ritz and the Gutter: Francis Bacon's Life in London
01.02.09
As a retrospective of Francis Bacon's work at Tate Britain winds down, Londoner Amabel Barraclough takes a moment to tell a bit of Bacon's more tasty history in the city the artist would call home for most of his life, while Danny Jock draws Bacon and his circle.
Amelia Saul
Interview with artist Matt Greene
02.02.06
Amelia Saul misses artist Matt Greene in Berlin, but catches his show there which left her brimming with questions. Greene, a nature lover was California dreamin' and skipped his own opening, anxious to get back to his favorite mushroom trails, girlfriend and dog. But that's okay, that's what email is for! An insightful interview on a myriad of subjects.
Darren Bader
The Programmatic Premlinary Proud Difficulties with Richard Prince
10.03.07
Darren Bader grapples with New York's Guggenheim exhibition of Richard Prince, Spiritual America. Is Prince the punk hero of appropriation art who has spiritually defined this country? Or just another Rauschenberg (et al) for Pete's sake?
Derek McCormack
God's Gaultier
09.01.06
Derek McCormack returns to Fanzine with more than a review of Dodie Bellamy's "Kathy Forest"; in no small way celebrating the life of writer / poet / performance artist Kathy Acker, who died of breast cancer in 1997.
Gean Moreno
John Russell Q & A
09.27.07
Gean Moreno corresponds with London artist/cum curator/cum publisher/cum jack of all trades mad man (in the best of ways) John Russell seeking to find an answer to the question what else can art do?
Julie Perini
Review: Carolee Schneemann at CEPA, Buffalo, NY
05.05.07
Artist Carolee Schneeman has a retrospective at CEPA in Buffalo, NY. Julie Pereni visits and comments on this thematically arranged show and the artist who for 40 years has made work "that keeps one finger on the pulse of humanity, addressing the brutal reality of war, and another finger on the collective clitoris, emphasizing female agency and embodiment."
Kevin Killian
I Think You're Great: OVERUNDERSIDEWAYSDOWN
04.17.06
Kevin Killian's essay for the San Francisco group show at Queen's Nails Annex that includes work by David Hatcher, Mitzi Pederson and Wayne Smith.... Fruit Stripes, Blotter Paper, Doorskin, Surfing and Johnny Carson.
Paddy Johnson
Hacking Art: Interview with Cory Arcangel
03.27.06
Paddy Johnson raps with new media artist Cory Arcangel about hacking video game cartridges, teaching people how to make bad websites, and muses about his constancy in fashion sense.
Richard Parks
Sailing With Artist Charles Ray
01.05.06
Richard Parks purposefully tacks off course in an intimate interview with artist Charles Ray, talking all sailing (and nothing about art), but then who's to say this isn't the best approach?
Thom Donovan
Devotional Materialisms: on Thomas Hirschhorn’s Superficial Engagement…
03.28.06
We hardly ever see what really is going on in war, especially filtered intelligently through art. At a recent show at Barbara Gladstone's Gallery in New York, Thomas Hirschhorn came as close to any artist in recent memory to bringing home the horrors happening in the middle east currently. If you missed it, read Thom Donovan's insightful take.
Yvonne Olivas
Desire in Syracuse: the 'Come On' Controversy
11.07.07
This piece shouldn’t require a subtitle with the word “controversy” in it; it should simply be about three talented artists’ work. But alas, the exhibition in Syracuse titled "Come On: Desire Under the Female Gaze" recently drew headlines when its curator Astria Suparak was fired following the show’s opening (and huge success). Yvonne Olivas talks to artists Juliet Jacobson, Rachel Rampleman, Jo-Anne Balcaen, and curator Astria Suparak about the art involved and what exactly happened in the wake of their recent exhibition.
Zoey Mondt
Robert Rauschenberg's Combines at MOCA Los Angeles
09.18.06
Zoey Mondt wanted to title this piece My Boyfriend's Back: A Portrait of the Artist in Sweaters. Well that was a bit long... and while Rausch can strike a handsome pose when donning a sweater, this retrospective is about his groundbreaking Combines. Mondt takes some issue with the museum's handling of the exhibit.