{"product_id":"periodical-pain","title":"Periodical Pain","description":"\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThe performative nature of Robert Heinecken’s artist’s books is fundamentally transgressive. Beginning in 1969, Heinecken dismantled and reconfigured magazines, developing a major body of work that interrogated the mechanisms of appropriation. Politically charged, his practice conceived of the artist’s book not as a static object but as a performative field. He often returned his altered magazines to newsstands, where they functioned as acts of infiltration, disrupting the conventions through which mass media produced and circulated meaning.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eUnlike his other Periodicals (\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eTime\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eGlamour\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cem\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/em\u003e\u003cspan\u003e), this volume brings together a carefully curated selection of articles drawn from various winter 1969 magazine issues. The compilation spans an eclectic mix of titles, including \u003cem\u003eEvergreen Review\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGlamour\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGolf Digest\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGood Housekeeping\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eGuns \u0026amp; Ammo\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMadames\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eMademoiselle\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eModern Male\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePopular Photography\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003ePlayboy\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eSports Illustrated\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTrue Confessions\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTrue Detective\u003c\/em\u003e, \u003cem\u003eTrue Experiences\u003c\/em\u003e, and \u003cem\u003eWoman’s Day\u003c\/em\u003e. From “The Little Girl That Santa Forgot” and “Food and Trimmings to Make Parties Fun for the Hostess Too” to “How to Measure Your Sexual Quotient” and “Why Must Gun Laws Protect Criminals”, the selected pages expose violence, expectations, and dysfunctions within American society. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThrough skillful editing and juxtaposition, the artist brings disparate fragments of popular culture into dialogue, transforming them into a charged critique of the mechanisms of mass-media manipulation.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp dir=\"ltr\"\u003e\u003cspan\u003eHeinecken produced only 19 copies of “Periodical Pain”\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e,\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e each handmade and unique.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Metabooks","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":54639307424083,"sku":null,"price":0.0,"currency_code":"EUR","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1068\/8898\/6963\/files\/DSC4490.png?v=1787232364","url":"https:\/\/metabooks.art\/products\/periodical-pain","provider":"Metabooks","version":"1.0","type":"link"}