Machine generated contents note: Introduction: Explicit Content, The Early Issues Rob McKenzie -- 1.Torsos in a Publisher's Gallery: An Open Letter from Paul Foss -- 2.Producing the Line: Paul Foss interviewed by Rob McKenzie -- 3.Peripheral Burnout: Paul Foss in correspondence with Rex Butler -- 4.Woes of the Pharisees: Paul Foss in correspondence with Simon Rees -- The Art & Text Library: Organized by Rob McKenzie
Summary
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 long-time 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
Notes
Formerly CIP. Uk
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references (pages 117-118)