On the morning of April 2, 1954, Los Angeles Times photographer John Gaunt was lounging in the front yard of his beachfront home in Hermosa Beach when he heard a neighbor shout, “Something’s happening on the beach!” Instinctively, Gaunt grabbed his Rolleiflex camera and rushed over to see a horrified couple clutching each other. On […]
Volume introducing Donald Judd’s immense public museum project in Marfa, Texas. Features texts from Judd, William C. Agee, and numerous photographs of the Foundation’s permanent installations. Included with this copy are three pieces of ephemera: a small map of Texas, an invitation to an open house and dinner on October 8, 1988, and a corresponding […]
Adapted from writings by artists and critics appearing in magazines, catalogs, and other recent publications, The Auratic Narrative was conceived by Jay Chung and Q Takeki Maeda as a framing device for their exhibition at the Kölnischer Kunstverein in 2019. The text-as-artwork offers a dramatic account of an unnamed artist’s ambivalence toward their professional milieu. […]