Draw it with your eyes closed: the art of the art assignment

Draw it with your eyes closed: the art of the art assignmentPublished by Paper Monument 128 pages Perfect bound 7 x 8 " Since the turn of the millennium, artists have been writing, and circulating their writing, like never before. The seventy five texts gathered here essays, criticism, manifestos, fiction, diaries, scripts, blog posts, and tweets chart a complex era in the art world and the world at large, weighing in on the exigencies of our times in unexpected and inventive ways. With contributions from:

Published by Paper Monument

128 pages
Perfect bound
7 x 8 ½"

Since the turn of the millennium, artists have been writing, and circulating their writing, like never before. The seventy-five texts gathered here- essays, criticism, manifestos, fiction, diaries, scripts, blog posts, and tweets- chart a complex era in the art world and the world at large, weighing in on the exigencies of our times in unexpected and inventive ways.

With contributions from: Kamrooz Aram and Lane Arthur, Colleen Asper, Julie Ault, John Baldessari, Judith Barry, Jay Batlle, Martin Beck, James Benning, Andrew Berardini, Mary Walling Blackburn, Jesse Bransford, Thomas Brauer, Jackie Brookner, Peter Brown, Graham Campbell, Nathan Carter, Antoine Catala, Anna Craycroft, Sean Downey, Angela Dufresne, Brad Farwell, Ira Fay, Rochelle Feinstein, Rachel Foullon, Rachel Frank, Laura Frantz, Kenji Fujita, Munro Galloway, Fiona Gardner, Jackie Gendel and Tom McGrath, Liam Gillick, Alfredo Gisholt, Wayne Gonzales, Michelle Grabner, Heather Hart, Corin Hewitt, Christine Hill, Dana Hoey, Shirley Irons, Ryan Johnson, David Kearns, Bill Komodore, Chris Kraus, Julian Kreimer, Fabienne Lasserre, Margaret Lee, David Levine, Miranda Lichtenstein, Justin Lieberman, Pam Lins, Cameron Martin, Jillian Mayer, John Menick, Helen Mirra, Carrie Moyer, Julian Myers and Dominic Willsdon, Bob Nickas, Sofía Olascoaga, Demetrius Oliver, Matt Phillips, William Pope.L, Jessica Powers, Jon Pylypchuk, Sara Greenberger Rafferty, Kurt Ralske, David Robbins, Harry Roseman, Aura Rosenberg, Marina Rosenfeld, George Rush, Mira Schor, Amie Siegel, Jeremy Sigler, Amy Sillman, Michael Smith, Molly Smith, Jo-ey Tang, Paul Thek, Mamie Tinkler, Dan Torop, Patricia Treib, David True, William Villalongo, Oliver Wasow, Richard Wentworth, Tommy White, and Kevin Zucker.