The &-files : art & text 1981-2002
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The &-files : art & text 1981-2002
Institute of Modern Art , Whale and Star, c2009
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The and-files : art and text 1981-2002
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Includes bibliographical references
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Distributed by the University of Nebraska Press for Whale and Star Press
Modeled after the famed TV sci-fi series The X-Files, The &-Files gathers together a covert body of documents following the long and often controversial career of Art & Text, one of the landmark contemporary art magazines of the 1980s and 1990s. Founded in Melbourne, Australia, in 1981 by Paul Taylor (1957-92), who soon moved to New York City to make his mark as an art critic, the magazine went on to become one of a handful of international art magazines that succeeded in capturing the turmoil and passing brilliance of that period of postmodernism.
Perceived through the eyes and ears of its longtime publisher and editor Paul Foss, The &-Files is comprised of an open letter, a lengthy interview, two questionnaires, and other commentaries and bibliographies, offering a unique insider account of the extraordinary advantages and pitfalls of publishing an art magazine.
Table of Contents
Foreword : The Ampersand Years (Ross Chambers) Introduction: Explicit Content, The Early Issues (Robert McKenzie) I. Torsos in a Publisher's Gallery: An Open Letter (Paul Foss) II. Producing the Line (Paul Foss interviewed by Rob McKenzie) III. Peripheral Burnout (Paul Foss interviewed by Rex Butler) VI. Woes of the Pharisees (Paul Foss interviewed by Simon Rees)
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