Judy Fiskin

Arts & Photography

FISKIN, Judy, John Divola, and Christopher Knight

Individual Artists

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Jimmy DeSana: Suburban collects in print for the first time DeSana's surreally lyrical, sexually charged photographs from his series of the same name, made in the late 1970s through the 1980s. DeSana staged photos of nude subjects, male and female, in various strange, evocative poses, entwined with everyday objects and luridly lit with gel-covered tungsten lights. The photographs suggest broad physical comedy as much as sadomasochism."I don't really think of that work as erotic," DeSana has said of this series. "I think of the body almost as an object. I attempted to use the body but without the eroticism that some photographers use frequently. I think I de-eroticized a lot of it   but that is the way the suburbs are in a sense." At a moment of growing interest in DeSana's life and work, this volume (edited by Dan Nadel and DeSana's longtime roommate and friend Laurie Simmons) offers access to a critical--and previously unpublished--early body of the photographer's work. Jimmy DeSana (1949-90) is known for his portraits of the larger-than-life stars of the 1970s and 1980s downtown New York art and music scenes such as Debbie Harry, David Byrne and Laurie Anderson as well as for his staged photographs of the human body. Part of a generation of artists that introduced photography to the New York art scene in the 1980s, DeSana was active up to his death, at age 40, of an AIDS-related illness.

Jimmy DeSana

Dimension: 10 x 8 ½ inches, 24 color and 26 b&w reproductions.

David Reed

Bartman, William

Ellis, Stephen

Hagan, Charles

Dimension: 8 ½ x 10 inches, 13 color and 25 b&w reproductions.

Pat Sparkuhl

Abeles, Kim

Fitzgerald, Dorrit Kirk

Vija Celmins

Vija Celmins' drawings and paintings evoke the infinite, as the artist attentively examines subjects like a night sky filled with distant stars or a rocky expanse of the moon's surface. An interview with Chuck Close reveals Celmins' ongoing interest in drawing and her love of nature as a place of discovery. Dimension: 8 ½ X 10 inches, 62 duotone and 24 color reproductions.

CLOSE, Chuck

History & Criticism

Born in Cuba, Felix Gonzalez-Torres is best known for public artworks which invite the viewer's participation. In this publication, illustrated with video and performance stills and reproductions; the artist talks about his commitment to social change and the role of the artist in society. One of the few indepth publications on this pivotal conceptual artist. Limited edition of 200. Dimension: 8 3/8 x 12½ inches, 63 b&amp;w and color reproductions.

Felix Gonzales-Torres

Humor & Entertainment

Tim Rollins

Jan Avgikos

Susan Cahan

Pop Culture

"Mommy, Barbie's bashing Ken with a rolling pin!" Internationally acclaimed photographer Laurie Simmons deftly uses dolls, the archetypal little girl's toy, to launch a critique of the norms of femininity, masculinity and gender that can reduce women and men to mindless stereotypes. A slyly powerful, even subversive piece of work. Limited edition of 400. Dimension: 8 ½ X 12 inches, 72 b&w and 68 color reproductions.

Laurie Simmons

Sarah Charlesworth

Allan Mccollum

Is a replica of an artwork as valuable as the original? What if you don't know you're looking at a replica? What then? Artist Allan McCollum, best known for his multiples, reviews his work from the 1970's to the present, discussing his ongoing obsession with the question of what makes an object an "art object." Dimension: 9 X 12 inches, 258 b&amp;w and 76 color reproductions

Allan McCollum

Lawson, Thomas

Twelve contemporary American artists interview twelve contemporary American artists. Includes Vija Celmins interviewed by Chuck Close. Mike Kelley interviewed by John Miller. Anne Scott Plummer interviewed by Viola Frey. Laurie Simmons interviewed by Sarah Charlesworth. Jimmy DeSana interviewed by Laurie Simmons. Introduction by Dave Hickey. 256p.

Between Artists: 12 Contemporary American Artists Interview 12 Contemporary American Artists

Hickey, Dave (Intro By)

Chuck Close's frighteningly intimate, deceptively straightforward portraits have become an indelible part of American art iconography. In The Portraits Speak, Close applies his close-range approach to interviews with artists he has painted over the years, including Kiki Smith, Philip Glass, William Wegman, Cindy Sherman. Each word portrait offers another candid glimpse into the minds of three generations of American artists and the world of contemporary art, giving an insider's view of the creative process. Dimension: 8¾ x 12¾, b&amp;w reproductions.

The Portraits Speak: Chuck Close in Conversation With 27 of His Subjects

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