X-TRA announces the publication of Volume 8, Number 4.
X-Tra is a contemporary art quarterly published by the Project X Foundation for Art and Criticism, a nonprofit corporation. The journal is collectively edited by a board composed of independent artists and writers based in Los Angeles.
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X-Tra prints artistic and critical texts about matters of relevance to artists, writers and all those interested in contemporary art. The journal has been published continuously since 1997. In this issue:
FEATURES: Art historian Mika Yoshitake explores the
emergence of the "Non-Art" movement in Japan, which
radically engaged the line between politics and
practice. Meredith Goldsmith applies Pierre Bourdieu's
methodology to Miami Basel and the Art Fair
Phenomenon. In conversation with Adam Kleinman,
Farshid Moussavi of Foreign Office Architect discusses
a strategy of growing, versus deploying, projects.
ARTIST'S PROJECT: Angela Ellsworth stitches portraits
of Pierre Bourdieu and Farshid Moussavi on paper
napkins. (Download available online at
http://www.x-traonline.org/)
REVIEWS: Sandeep Mukherjee's new works at Sister aim
for the edges of infinity. Eva Forgacs looks to the
dream-logic of Surrealism as manifested in Mindy
Shapero's recent sculptures and works on paper at Anna
Helwing Gallery. Fikret Atay discreetly creates a
territory of resistance for the subjects of his
videos. An exhibition of works by 19th century
painters Cezanne and Pissarro at LACMA inspires
thoughts about 20th century photography. Trinie Dalton
visits contemporaneous shows on the art of cartooning
at MOCA, UCLA Hammer, and Pasadena City College.
Jennifer Wulffson Goodell takes up OCMA's Landscape
Confection, a recent survey that, if it had a flavor,
would be emphatically sweet.
COLUMNS: Micol Hebron invites artists, including Jim
Welling and Spencer Mishlen, to reflect upon an image
of their choosing for one minute. Shana Lutker
examines how Fritz Haeg's Edible Estates project aims
to bloom into something more than fruit and
vegetables. Julian Myers
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