Art-Rite. Issue No. 7. Autumn 1974
New York: Art-Rite Publishing Company, 1974. Quarto, publisher's illustrated newsprint wraps.
Issue number seven of American art critic and downtown tastemaker Edit DeAk’s newsprint arts magazine. The idea for the magazine began in an art criticism class taught by Art in America editor Brian O'Doherty at Barnard College, where DeAk and future fellow editors Walter Robinson and Joshua Cohn were enrolled. Growing out of a project the three artists worked on for the Whitney Museum’s Independent Study Program, Art-Rite was established in 1973. Over its five-year run, the magazine published hundreds of interviews, reviews, artists statements, and projects by emerging and established artists associated with the Soho scene, becoming known for its themed issues (video, painting, performance, artists’s books, etc.), and for its artist-designed covers. This video-themed issue features contributions from and/or profiles on Vito Acconci, Richard Serra, Joan Jonas, Lynda Benglis, Nam June Paik, Les Levine, the issue's guest editor Anna Canepa, and others, with a cover designed by Acconci. Illustrated with black-and-white photos and reproductions. Embrowning to newsprint. Near fine. Item #12647
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