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Coagula Art Journal
''Coagula Art Journal'' was founded in 1992 by Mat Gleason as a freely distributed contemporary art magazine. Since its inception, the publication remains free as a PDF download, however readers may still obtain a hard copy via "print on demand". The bi-coastal publication employs tabloid-style commentary, gossip, and reviews of the contemporary art world, which garnered significant influence in being cited in other major publications. The magazine has been referred to as "the publication that the art world loves to hate, and loves to read" (Village Voice) and dubbed "The National Enquirer of the Art World" (''New York Post''). It has also been described as having "nothing constructive about it and arguably hurtful." In 1998, Smart Art Press released ''Most Art Sucks: Five Years of Coagula''. In 1999, ''Coagula'' selected Karen Finley as ''Artist Of The Decade''. On March 16, 2001, Coagula won a free speech lawsuit, brought against the publication by Brooklyn resident Ms. ...
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Mat Gleason
Mat Gleason (born October, 1964) is an American-born author and curator. Gleason became known through Coagula Art Journal which he founded in 1992, and later via its brick and mortar continuation as Coagula Curatorial. ''Coagula Art Journal'' ''Coagula Art Journal'' was founded in 1992 by Mat Gleason after finishing his education at California State University Los Angeles. Gleason used the proceeds of a winning 1992 Super Bowl bet to create a punk zine for the art world. Employing tabloid-style commentary, gossip, and reviews of the contemporary art world, Coagula and Gleason garnered significant influence, leading to citations in other major publications. ''The New York Times,'' calling Gleason a "famously provocative local art critic," cited his opinion on popular street sculptures as " 'garbage on the streets' that reminded him of 'a kid's finger-painting class.'" Originally a freely distributed contemporary art magazine, articles collected are now in two anthologies, ''Mo ...
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Jim Caron
Jim or JIM may refer to: Names * Jim (given name), a given name * Jim, a diminutive form of the given name James * Jim, a short form of the given name Jimmy People and horses * Jim, the nickname of Yelkanum Seclamatan (died April 1911), Native American chief * Juan Ignacio Martínez (born 1964), Spanish footballer, commonly known as JIM * Jim (horse), milk wagon horse used to produce serum containing diphtheria antitoxin * Jim (Medal of Honor recipient) Media and publications * ''Jim'' (book), a book about Jim Brown written by James Toback * ''Jim'' (comics), a series by Jim Woodring * '' Jim!'', an album by rock and roll singer Jim Dale * ''Jim'' (album), by soul artist Jamie Lidell * Jim (''Huckleberry Finn''), a character in Mark Twain's novel * Jim (TV channel), in Finland * Jim (YRF Spy Universe), a fictional film character in the Indian YRF Spy Universe, portrayed by John Abraham * JIM (Flemish TV channel), a Flemish television channel * "Jim" (song), a 1941 son ...
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Richard Serra
Richard Serra (November 2, 1938 – March 26, 2024) was an American artist known for his large-scale Abstract art, abstract sculptures made for Site-specific art, site-specific landscape, urban, and Architecture, architectural settings, and whose work has been primarily associated with Postminimalism. Described as "one of his era's greatest sculptors", Serra became notable for emphasizing the material qualities of his works and exploration of the relationship between the viewer, the work, and the site. Serra pursued English literature at the University of California, Berkeley, before shifting to visual art. He graduated with a B.A. in English Literature from the University of California, Santa Barbara, in 1961, where he met influential muralists Rico Lebrun and Howard Warshaw. Supporting himself by working in steel mills, Serra's early exposure to industrial materials influenced his artistic trajectory. He continued his education at Yale University, earning a B.A. in Art h ...
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Chris Kraus (American Writer)
Chris Kraus (born 1955) is an American-born writer, critic, editor, filmmaker, performance artist, and educator. Her work includes the novels ''I Love Dick'', ''Aliens and Anorexia'', and ''Torpor'', which form a loose trilogy that navigates between autobiography, fiction, philosophy, and art criticism. She has also written a sequence of novels dealing with American underclass experience, beginning with ''Summer of Hate''. Her approach to writing has been described as ‘performance art within the medium of writing’ and ‘a bright map of presence’. Kraus' work often blends intellectual, political, and sexual concerns with wit, oscillating between esoteric referencing and parody. Her work has drawn controversy for equalizing high and low culture, mixing critical theory with colloquial language, and graphic representations of sex. Kraus has also produced plays and films, including the feature film ''Gravity & Grace''. Her work has featured in publications such as ''Artforum'', ...
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John Baldessari
John Anthony Baldessari (June 17, 1931 – January 2, 2020) was an American conceptual artist known for his work featuring found photography and appropriated images. He lived and worked in Santa Monica and Venice, California. Initially a painter, Baldessari began to incorporate texts and photography into his canvases in the mid-1960s. In 1970, he began working in printmaking, film, video, installation, sculpture and photography.John Baldessari
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Cindy Sherman
Cynthia Morris Sherman (born January 19, 1954) is an American artist whose work consists primarily of photographic self-portraits, depicting herself in many different contexts and as various imagined characters. Her breakthrough work is often considered to be the collection ''Untitled Film Stills'', a series of 70 black-and-white photographs of herself evoking typical female roles in performance art, performance media (especially arthouse films and popular B-movies). Early life and education Sherman was born in 1954, in Glen Ridge, New Jersey, the youngest of the five children of Dorothy and Charles Sherman. Shortly after her birth, her family moved to the township of Huntington, New York, Huntington, Long Island. Her father worked as an engineer for Grumman, Grumman Aircraft. Her mother taught reading to children with learning difficulties.Simon Hattenstone (January 15, 2011)Sherman: Me, myself and I''The Guardian''. Sherman has described her mother as good to a fault, and her f ...
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Manuel Ocampo
Manuel Ocampo (born 1965) is a Filipino artist. His work fuses sacred Baroque religious iconography with secular political narrative. His works draw upon a wide range of art historical references, contain cartoonish elements, and draw inspiration from punk subculture.Casin, Pam Brooke A"Manuel Ocampo: iconoclasm personified." ''Manila Bulletin Publishing.'' 31 Jan 2010 (retrieved 16 Aug 2010) Background Manuel Ocampo was born in the Philippines. He studied fine arts at the University of the Philippines, then moved to Los Angeles, California in the 1980s, where he studied at the California State University. Ocampo has since moved to back to Manila living with his wife and children. "Manuel Ocampo, God is my Copilot."
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Robert Rauschenberg
Milton Ernest "Robert" or "Bob" Rauschenberg (October 22, 1925 – May 12, 2008) was an American painter and graphic artist whose early works anticipated the Pop art movement. Rauschenberg is well known for his Combine painting, Combines (1954–1964), a group of artworks which incorporated everyday objects as art materials and which blurred the distinctions between painting and sculpture. Rauschenberg was primarily a painter and a sculptor, but he also worked with photography, printmaking, papermaking and performance. Rauschenberg received numerous awards during his nearly 60-year artistic career. Among the most prominent were the International Grand Prize in Painting at the 32nd Venice Biennale in 1964 and the National Medal of Arts in 1993. Rauschenberg lived and worked in New York City and on Captiva Island, Florida, until his death on May 12, 2008. Life and career Rauschenberg was born Milton Ernest Rauschenberg in Port Arthur, Texas, the son of Dora Carolina (née Matso ...
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