Journal: A Contemporary Art Magazine, Number 42, Vol. 5, Winter 1986, LAICA, L..

Journal: A Contemporary Art Magazine, Number 42, Vol. 5, Winter 1986
Author:
Relyea, Lane, Editor; Fitzsimons, Connie, Feature Editor; McHugh, Caitlin, Assistant Editor
Publisher:
Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art
Release Date:
1986
Seller Category:
ART PERIODICALS
Qty Available:
5
Condition:
Used: Very Good
Sku: 01205
Notes: Very Good 8 1/2" x 11" softcover art magazine in stapled pictorial wraps featuring the full-color Mark Greenberg photograph from "Crystal Cathedral's Annual Presentation of the Glory of Easter" to cover, silver and red lettering to cover, pink lettering to back cover featuring a full-color advertisement for Orlando Gallery's exhibition of new paintings by Velardi. Minor shelf wear to covers, including some rubbing to spine and slight bumping to tips, yellow remainder dot to top edge, staples secure but showing minor oxidization, clean, tight, sharp and unmarked throughout. 72pp. replete with black-and-white text, photography, art, and art event advertising. This issue includes a Travelog: "If You Die in the University Hospital", by Michael Lesy, a Feature: "Seduction and Submission: A Study in Ecstasy", edited by Connie Fitzsimons and featuring contributions from fourteen different artists and writers, a Dialog: "The Ricky Paul Show", by Eric Bogosian, an Essay: "Anniversaries of Defeat", by Gregory Lukow, a Comment: "All Flesh is Grass", by Amy Gerstler, and Proposals: by William Leavitt, Sylvia Kolbowski, and Nic Greene. Journal: A Contemporary Art Magazine, was established as the journalistic arm of the Los Angeles Institute of Contemporary Art in 1974, dedicated to accommodating a growing voracious consumptive need for alternative press on art and artists. It lived through many changes of editors and contributing staff until shuttering (along with LAICA) in 1990. Beautifully produced, if not always quarterly, Journal: A Contemporary Art Magazine is a lasting remnant of an exciting era in American art history designed to maintain its relevance well beyond its years of production.