"Work by black artists today is almost uniformly understood in terms of its "blackness," with audiences often expecting or requiring it to "represent" the race. In How to See a Work of Art in Total Darkness, Darby English shows how severely such expectations limit the scope of our knowledge about this work and how different it looks when approached on its own terms. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held October 8 - November 6, 1993. Curated by Karen E. Jones. Essays by Karen E. Jones and Joshua Decter. Artists included: Ina Archer, Gregg Bordowitz, Richard Elovich, Jean Carlomusto, Chris Bratton, Annie Goldson, Mel Chin, Tony Cokes, Donald Trammel, Leonardo Drew, Steven Evans, Felix Gonzalez-Torres, Ilona Granet, Hans Haacke, Lyle Ashton Harris, Denise Iris, Ronald Jones, Brad Kahlhamer, Glenn Ligon, Byron Kahlhamer, Byron Kim, Barbara Kruger, Louise Lawler, Kerry James Marshall, Loring McAlpin, Catherine Owens, Adrian Piper, Paul Ramirez Jonas, Adam Rolston, Martha Rosler, Gary Simmons, Haim Steinbach, Francesc Torres, Sergio Vega, Susan Walsh, Carrie Mae Weems and David Wojnarowicz. ... [details]
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. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held March 9 - May 12, 1996. Essay by Peter Weiermair. Artists include Ajamú, Pep Agut, Dieter Appelt, Nobuyoshi Araki, Dominique Auerbacher, Aziz + Cucher, John Baldessari, Lewis Baltz, Oladélé Ajiboyé Bamgboyé, Ellen Brooks, Christopher Bucklow, Heinz Cibulka, Hannah Collins, Thomas Joshua Cooper, John Coplans, Gianluca Cosci, Gregory Crewdson, Hans Danuser, Lynn Davis, Max Dean, Thomas Demand, Stan Denniston, Rineke Dijkstra, Gerald Domenig, John Patrick Dugdale, Lukas Einsele, Jane Eisenmann, Olafur Eliasson, Barbara Ess, Alain Fleischer, Michel François, Adam Fuss, Jean Louis Garnell, Gilbert & George, Akira Gomi, Paul Graham, Angela Grauerholz, Andreas Gursky, Robert F. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published as an overview of shows held as part of White Columns' "White Room Program" exhibition series from 1992. Essay by executive director Bill Arning. Artists include Jack Carter, Charles Long, Glenn Ligon, John Schlesinger, Lutz Bacher, Rainer Ganahl, Holly Morse, D. ... [details]
Exhibition catalogue published in conjunction with show held in 1995. Curated by Rafael Greca de Macedo. Texts by Ticio Escobar, Paulo Herkenhoff, Helio Oiticica, Ivo Mesquita, Werner Meyer, Carlos Pérez Villalobos, Alina Tortosa, Gilmar de Carvalho, Gustavo Buntinx, Justo Pastor Mellado, Xawery Wolski, Mary Jane Jacob, Ibrahim Miranda, Lilian Llanes, Rossina Cazali, David Pagel, Retta, Carina Weidle, Carlos Capelán, MabeBethônico, Paula Croci, Vik Muniz, Ronald Jones, Christy Wyckoff, Maria Martins, Henri Matisse, German Martinez Cañas and Restrepo. ... [details]