Move Your Archive: Part Four
In Part One: Collecting, Compiling & the Construction of Cultural Histories, it was noted that artists often find it difficult to retain and manage accumulated …
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A Curatorial Contact High
In early February 2015, I met with UC Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive adjunct curator Constance Lewallen and assistant curator Stephanie Cannizzo in …
Capturing the Sublime in a Grain of Sand: Night Begins the Day at Contemporary Jewish Museum
Night Begins the Day:Rethinking Space, Time, and Beauty June 18 – September 20, 2015 Contemporary Jewish Museum 736 Mission Street, San Francisco CA 94103 The …
Fifty Years Of Latin American Mail Art
Dictatorships, deportations, and the disappeared: the dark years of Latin American political and cultural repression were often marked by imprisonment, torture, and worse for …
Japanese Mail Art, 1956-2014
Japanese Mail Art, 1956-2014 Mail an Octopus with Stamps on its Head By John Held, Jr. This essay has been pulled from SFAQ print issue …
Thinking Inside the Box: Lawrence Jordan
Lawrence Jordan “Prodigies of Physical Phenomena: An Exhibition of Dioramas & Collages” April 4-30, 2013 K. Imperial Fine Art 49 Geary, Suite 440 San Francisco, …
REVIEW: “Submersions” by Graham Gillmore
Contributed by John Held, Jr. March 8-April 30, 2013 Gallery 16 501 Third Street San Francisco In my world – the …
The Passing of a Gutai Master: Shozo Shimamoto (1928-2013)
By John Held, Jr. On August 10, 1988, I found myself laid out in a wetsuit atop a plank of wood in …
Lowell Darling, “Out of the Box: Full Disclosure Revisited”
“Out of the Box: Full Disclosure Revisited” First Street & Rodeo Avenue Rodeo, California January-February 2013 By John Held, Jr. I …
Interview with Ryosuke Cohen from the National Art Center in Tokyo, Japan.
Conducted by John Held, Jr. September 10, 2012 Ryosuke Cohen is not a Japanese Jew. He was introduced to Mail Art by prankster …