Art-Rite No. 4: Seasons Greetings
Edit deAk, Joshua Cohn, Walter Robinson [Eds.]
1973
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Over the course of its five-year run (1973 to 1978), the New York-based magazine “Art-Rite” published hundreds of interviews, statements, and reviews, documenting the eclectic community of post-conceptual, post-minimalist, performance, and video artists. Produced on ...
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Art-Rite No. 4: Seasons Greetings
Edit deAk, Joshua Cohn, Walter Robinson
1973
New York: Art-Rite Publishing Co.
16 pages
27.2 × 21.1 cm

Over the course of its five-year run (1973 to 1978), the New York-based magazine “Art-Rite” published hundreds of interviews, statements, and reviews, documenting the eclectic community of post-conceptual, post-minimalist, performance, and video artists. Produced on a shoestring and edited by Joshua Cohn, Edit Deak, and Walter Robinson, the magazine rejected the academic language that dominated contemporary art writing in favor of a more irreverent and punchy style. As Deak recalled in a conversation with David Frankel for “Artforum”:


 


“An important aspect of ‘Art-Rite’ was a whole new tone and attitude. It was unheard of to have a sense of humor at the time, or not to be talking about ‘the problem’ of art – the problem of this, the problem of that. A few years later the punk magazines came along, and I realized that’s what I’d wanted – I loved those fanzines. That’s not what we were, we were much more formalist, but we were a very different sound than what was around us.” (Artforum, January 2003)


 


Each thematic issue featured a cover designed by an artist, including Joseph Beuys, Ed Ruscha, Rosemary Mayer, Robert Ryman, and Dorothea Rockburne. For the fourth issue, which coincided with the Christmas holiday, photo editor Yuri took over Art-Rite, creating a witty nativity-scene cover and an image-based content consisting of a dynamic montage of works by Charles Simonds, Marty Greenbaum, Nancy Holt, Les Levine, Gordon Matta-Clark, Christo, and others.

New York: Art-Rite Publishing Co.
16 pages
27.2 × 21.1 cm

Over the course of its five-year run (1973 to 1978), the New York-based magazine “Art-Rite” published hundreds of interviews, statements, and reviews, documenting the eclectic community of post-conceptual, post-minimalist, performance, and video artists. Produced on a shoestring and edited by Joshua Cohn, Edit Deak, and Walter Robinson, the magazine rejected the academic language that dominated contemporary art writing in favor of a more irreverent and punchy style. As Deak recalled in a conversation with David Frankel for “Artforum”:

 

“An important aspect of ‘Art-Rite’ was a whole new tone and attitude. It was unheard of to have a sense of humor at the time, or not to be talking about ‘the problem’ of art – the problem of this, the problem of that. A few years later the punk magazines came along, and I realized that’s what I’d wanted – I loved those fanzines. That’s not what we were, we were much more formalist, but we were a very different sound than what was around us.” (Artforum, January 2003)

 

Each thematic issue featured a cover designed by an artist, including Joseph Beuys, Ed Ruscha, Rosemary Mayer, Robert Ryman, and Dorothea Rockburne. For the fourth issue, which coincided with the Christmas holiday, photo editor Yuri took over Art-Rite, creating a witty nativity-scene cover and an image-based content consisting of a dynamic montage of works by Charles Simonds, Marty Greenbaum, Nancy Holt, Les Levine, Gordon Matta-Clark, Christo, and others.

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Over the course of its five-year run (1973 to 1978), the New York-based magazine “Art-Rite” published hundreds of interviews, statements, and reviews, documenting the eclectic community of post-conceptual, post-minimalist, performance, and video artists. Produced on a shoestring and edited by Joshua Cohn, Edit Deak, and Walter Robinson, the magazine rejected the academic language that dominated contemporary art writing in favor of a more irreverent and punchy style. As Deak recalled in a conversation with David Frankel for “Artforum”:

 

“An important aspect of ‘Art-Rite’ was a whole new tone and attitude. It was unheard of to have a sense of humor at the time, or not to be talking about ‘the problem’ of art – the problem of this, the problem of that. A few years later the punk magazines came along, and I realized that’s what I’d wanted – I loved those fanzines. That’s not what we were, we were much more formalist, but we were a very different sound than what was around us.” (Artforum, January 2003)

 

Each thematic issue featured a cover designed by an artist, including Joseph Beuys, Ed Ruscha, Rosemary Mayer, Robert Ryman, and Dorothea Rockburne. For the fourth issue, which coincided with the Christmas holiday, photo editor Yuri took over Art-Rite, creating a witty nativity-scene cover and an image-based content consisting of a dynamic montage of works by Charles Simonds, Marty Greenbaum, Nancy Holt, Les Levine, Gordon Matta-Clark, Christo, and others.

New York: Art-Rite Publishing Co.
16 pages
27.2 × 21.1 cm

Over the course of its five-year run (1973 to 1978), the New York-based magazine “Art-Rite” published hundreds of interviews, statements, and reviews, documenting the eclectic community of post-conceptual, post-minimalist, performance, and video artists. Produced on a shoestring and edited by Joshua Cohn, Edit Deak, and Walter Robinson, the magazine rejected the academic language that dominated contemporary art writing in favor of a more irreverent and punchy style. As Deak recalled in a conversation with David Frankel for “Artforum”:

 

“An important aspect of ‘Art-Rite’ was a whole new tone and attitude. It was unheard of to have a sense of humor at the time, or not to be talking about ‘the problem’ of art – the problem of this, the problem of that. A few years later the punk magazines came along, and I realized that’s what I’d wanted – I loved those fanzines. That’s not what we were, we were much more formalist, but we were a very different sound than what was around us.” (Artforum, January 2003)

 

Each thematic issue featured a cover designed by an artist, including Joseph Beuys, Ed Ruscha, Rosemary Mayer, Robert Ryman, and Dorothea Rockburne. For the fourth issue, which coincided with the Christmas holiday, photo editor Yuri took over Art-Rite, creating a witty nativity-scene cover and an image-based content consisting of a dynamic montage of works by Charles Simonds, Marty Greenbaum, Nancy Holt, Les Levine, Gordon Matta-Clark, Christo, and others.

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Over the course of its five-year run (1973 to 1978), the New York-based magazine “Art-Rite” published hundreds of interviews, statements, and reviews, documenting the eclectic community of post-conceptual, post-minimalist, performance, and video artists. Produced on a shoestring and edited by Joshua Cohn, Edit Deak, and Walter Robinson, the magazine rejected the academic language that dominated contemporary art writing in favor of a more irreverent and punchy style. As Deak recalled in a conversation with David Frankel for “Artforum”:

 

“An important aspect of ‘Art-Rite’ was a whole new tone and attitude. It was unheard of to have a sense of humor at the time, or not to be talking about ‘the problem’ of art – the problem of this, the problem of that. A few years later the punk magazines came along, and I realized that’s what I’d wanted – I loved those fanzines. That’s not what we were, we were much more formalist, but we were a very different sound than what was around us.” (Artforum, January 2003)

 

Each thematic issue featured a cover designed by an artist, including Joseph Beuys, Ed Ruscha, Rosemary Mayer, Robert Ryman, and Dorothea Rockburne. For the fourth issue, which coincided with the Christmas holiday, photo editor Yuri took over Art-Rite, creating a witty nativity-scene cover and an image-based content consisting of a dynamic montage of works by Charles Simonds, Marty Greenbaum, Nancy Holt, Les Levine, Gordon Matta-Clark, Christo, and others.

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