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Readers will probably figure out that Anne Beck's artist book State is inspired by the apocalyptic before they read the editorial note that comes at the end of the small volume. The first hints come through in the opening pages: a stark “STATE” in heavy hand lettering that does a horizontal flip on
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In the history of street art, New York's Dan Witz is a pioneer and one of the only names in the field that continues to enjoy an impeccable reputation based on skill, reinvention, and innovation. Yet, his monograph In Plain View is more than your conventional street art book. Its 220+ pages document
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Triple Canopy is an online art publication that funds, produces and publishes some of the most interesting digital contemporary art projects around. Less journal than showcase, Triple Canopy still doesn't lack for critical dialogue. Art projects coexist with written text and the whole package is wra
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In Chris O. Cook's first book, called To Lose & To Pretend [http://www.brooklynartspress.com/Chris-Cook.html], published by Williamsburg's own Brooklyn Arts Press, the poet creates a collection of poems that are perfectly suited for subway rides. The brief passages are at times funny, at times ambiv
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Kill Screen is a highbrow magazine about video games. If this strikes some as a bit of a contradiction, I wouldn't be surprised, but it certainly makes sense to me. Being a young'en, I didn't exactly grow up during the heyday of print journalism. There were no magazines or newspapers or any kind of
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Though the art world seems to have recovered from crisis mode with the enthusiastic approach to (and beginning) of Art Basel Miami Beach 2010, the remnants of our previous recession-driven apocalypse are still close at hand. Auction successes are blazing beacons of money, but seem shaky and could pr
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This month's Brooklyn Rail didn't just update me on the critical reception of the past months' art exhibitions, it also kept me well-informed about the state of vegetarian burritos, Indian call centers and the misunderstood G train! The November issue (my copy is elegantly covered in a Jonas Mekas l
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It's easy enough to tell that The Believer [http://www.believermag.com/] is a publication from California from looking at the cover of their 2010 Art Issue, much less getting to the table of contents. A 70s psychedelic mashup of art icons, a John Baldessari suited figure, a dinosaur figurine, and a
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The trek out to PS1 for the 2010 New York Art Book Fair [http://nyartbookfair.com/] took me on the E train to Long Island City, away from Hyperallergic's Williamsburg office. Yet somehow, the population of Williamsburg had followed me there. The concrete colonnade and ramped steps leading up to PS1'
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The New Museum's “Free [http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/429/free]” exhibition is based on the freedom of cultural exchange that has followed the advent of the internet and digital technology. Following up on that emphasis on online activity, the exhibition's catalogue is entirely digital as wel
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The Brooklyn Museum's catalog for their Fred Tomaselli exhibition is pretty mammoth for a show that only takes up three galleries. Still, the tome serves well as a way to expand on ideas presented in the exhibition and give a greater view of the artist's work than would otherwise be possible in the
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You might remember Poster Boy from his days wreaking havoc on the New York City (Brooklyn) subways, slicing up vinyl-adhesive posters with a pocketed razor and remixing them at will. The prankster switched up celebrity bodies, rearranged words, got big in the blogosphere, profiled in New York Magazi