When we discuss our professional paths we often use architectural, not medical, metaphor, and we’re particularly attached to the structural element of the door. We want to get our foot in it, and keep it ajar; if it closes, we reassure ourselves that another one will open as a result. If the household door is a basic means of access, then a gateway is a grand one, a point of entry for real progress--sometimes, toward extremes. When a “gateway” appears in literature it is a landmark,too, traditionally denoting a passage from one phase of life to the next--often, death, and its associated ascent or descent into the afterlife. Whether we can “go back” or not, presented in this July/August issue are reflections upon the architecture of the various doors one might encounter on a creative path. Perhaps they will inform an artist’s decision when it comes to which ones to open. --Victoria Camblin, excerpt, Letter from the EditorTABLE OF CONTENTS:It’s Only the BeginningDaniel FullerA curator enters the artist book archives of Atlanta’s Nexus Press, encounters his preadolescent, sports-obsessed self amidst its treasures. Dead EndsChris Fite-WassilakAtlanta's Great Southwest Industrial Park was once home to masterpieces of American mid century minimalism; now the site is overgrown and semi-disused, and we can't find the Donald Judd. Gatecrashing Raphael KoenigAn interview introduces Katherine Jentleson, scholar and curator of folk art, now at the High Museum of Art. To Demonstrate Something About the World: Marc Fischer's Public Collectors Niels Van TommeAn artist conserves, curates, and circulates ephemeral collections of questionable material value, and infinite cultural value. Art / AIDS / America? Jason Foumberg An exhibition highlighting artists' responses to AIDS in America aims to bring a crisis that has migrated "over there" back into view "over here," say curators Rock Hushka and Jonathan D. Katz. A Body of Work William GassA critic leaves the art world for nursing school. Make It Big and Flat Jonas LundAn artist's investigation of industry success comes complete with a handy "how-to." Reviews The Pavilions of India and Pakistanat the 56th Venice Biennale (Venice, Italy)Timothy Cooper Draftat Studio X, Mumbai, IndiaRoshan Kumar Mogali Michael Beutler: Moby Dickat Hamburger Bahnhof-Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin Myrta Köhler Lindsay Lawson: The Inner Lives of Objectsat Gillmeier Rech, BerlinTess Edmonson The City Lost and Foundat Princeton University Art Museum Marcus Civin Faycal Baghriche: What Looks Back at Usat Taymour Grahne Gallery, New York, NY Sandra Skurvida Ian Wallace: Meta Masculin/Fémininat Jessica Silverman Gallery, San FranciscoMonica Westin Jered Sprecher: The Hollow That Echoesat Gallery Protocol, Gainesville, FL Maggie Davis Triple Playat Marcia Wood Gallery Castleberry, Atlanta Maggie Davis Chris Salter, Alien Agency:Experimental Encounters with Art in the Makingfrom MIT Press Dan Weiskopf Glossary:Tod(d), or German for "Death" Tod WodickaAn abominable first name, explained.
