ART PAPERS 39.03 - May/June 2015

One of the ways in which “high” art seems to distinguish itself from its ostensibly lower or more democratic forms is by condemning expressions of fanaticism in favor of a projected criticality. It is without bias, like Hogarth’s turbaned observer, that this May/June issue of ART PAPERS provided a (discrete) forum for discussions of renown, and its impact on artistic identity and process; on accessibility; and on longevity--effects mediated through television, theory, and new technology. It is not, however, without enthusiasm, or imagination--while we can do without fanaticism, we cannot do without fantasy.

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Fandom
David Humphrey
An artist finds fandom, celebrity, and sacrifice in Chelsea.

Triple Seven Emerald Legend Fellowship
$hawty Arabia
Atlanta's multidisciplinary collective announces the recipients of a community— driven award.

Kahlil Joseph’s Double Act
Lilly Lampe
In Los Angeles, a filmmaker pioneers a new kind of auteurship, guided by the voices of W.E.B. Dubois and Kendrick Lamar.

A Pilot for a Show About Nowhere
Martine Syms
An interrogation of identity, television, and choice inspires an unrealized sitcom about "futility and hope, individuality and community, privacy and fame."

Revisiting Cyberfeminism
Cornelia Sollfrank
Twenty years on, a reality check, and a methodology, from an instigator of a still-relevant resistance.

The Sniffers
Maija Timonen
In a new work of analytic fiction, a woman subjects every encounter to absurd levels of scrutiny, often with recourse to theory. Fantasy suffers.

Animalaise
Travis Diehl
New video works harness, then unleash, the disquieting liveliness of our robot creations.

The Crypt of Civilization
Yuri Pattison
Oglethorpe University's "successful" (but forgotten) time capsule turns 75; an artist considers the artifacts entombed therein.

Manifesto for a Photocopier
David Osbaldeston
An editorial and material philosophy from the author of STELLAR, an artist's fanzine.

In Memoriam
Phil Dietz (1929-2014)
Glossary: Fan
John Swisher
A critical etymology reveals a word's many phantom limbs.

Reviews

Abra: BLQ Velvet
Awful Records, Atlanta
Sam Thorne

Katherine Behar/ Matt Haffner
Atlanta
Meredith Kooi

Nate Boyce: Polyscroll
at Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco
Courtney Malick

Myron Helfgott: An Inventory of My Thoughts
at Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond, VA
Matt Shelton

The Unfinished Conversation: Encoding / Decoding
at The Power Plant, Toronto, Canada
Michael DiRisio

Imaging Eden: Photographers Discover the Everglades
at Norton Museum of Art, West Palm Beach, FL
Erica Ando

The Forever Now:
Contemporary Painting in an Atemporal World
+ Björk
at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY
Paul Ryan

Chitra Ganesh: Eyes of Time
at the Brooklyn Museum, Brooklyn, NY
Catherine Dawson

Fiber Legends
at Kaneko, Omaha, NE
Kim Carpenter

Viktor Timofeev/John Gerrard
London
Chris Fite-Wassilak

Takis: Champs magnétiques
at Palais de Tokyo, Paris
Violaine Boutet de Monvel