I produce a variety of published content. Artist Publications include self-published and commissioned projects. Scroll down to see a listing of Critical Writing about other artists’s work.

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Artist Publications
2009

Beneath the surface (of language), Silver Island Mountain Byway, Wendover, Utah, USA, four-color offset print, illustrated folded sheet map, 2009. see map

Doing Time, Nothing But Time, collaborative artist book with Michael Agnew and the NECC Actors, black-and-white offset with DVD-R insert, 2009. read more

2008

“Showing the Fly Out of the Fly Bottle: Searching for Ludwig Wittgenstein,” Cultural Geographies, Volume 15, April 2008, 255-260. see publication as pdf

“Notes from Below Ground,” in Issue: Below Ground, Volume One, January 2008, np. read more

“Winter Sports,” Art Shanty Project, ARP! magazine, Volume 1, Issue 3, January 2008, np.

2007

Searching for Ludwig Wittgenstein, Lake Eidsvatnet, Skjolden, Sogn, Norway, four-color offset print, illustrated folded sheet map, 2007. see map

Hot Air Sincerely, artist book, two-color offset, 2007. read more

2005

Ad Infinitum and Desert Maps, artist book (New York: Art in General, 2005). see Ad Infinitum project page and see Desert Maps project page

“Lying Liar,” in Book 5: The Black Book, IX Baltic Triennial (Vilnius, Lithuania: CAC/Contemporary Art Centre, 2005), 104-109. see text as pdf

2001-2004

“Snow Fall, Because Snow Never Melts, Language Snow Crystals,” Terra Form issue, WhiteWalls, issue 45, Summer 2004, 53-57.

“Are You Optimistic?,” with Gregory Scranton, Xeroxed questionnaire, 2004. see text as pdf

“A State of Hypoxia,” Bridge, Vol. 1, No. 4, Spring/Summer 2002, 118-122.
“TopoAntarctica, Search Routes 1699-1916,” Utopia issue, Ten by Ten, September 2001, 23-24.
“Winter Sports,” Cakewalk, Issue 3, October 1999, 45-49.

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Critical Writing

2010
“Who’s Afraid of Conceptual Art?” Quodlibetica, Constellation 07, April 2010, www.quodlibetica.com
“David Lefkowitz: Other Positioning Systems,” in David Lefkowitz: Other Positioning Systems (Rochester, MN: Rochester Art Center, 2010).

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2009
“The Real Experiment Continued,” reprinted in Paul McAree, ed., Breaking Ground: 2001 - 2009 (Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland: Breaking Ground, 2009), 40-48.
“What does it mean to kill an animal in the name of art?,” Quodlibetica, Constellation 05, November 2009, www.quodlibetica.com
“On Disappearing,” Quodlibetica, Constellation 04, September 2009, www.quodlibetica.com
“An MFA Afterall,” in MFA 2009 Thesis Catalogue, Department of Art, University of Minnesota, 2009, 43-44. see publication as pdf

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2008
“The Real Experiment Continued,” in Art and the Life World Research Papers, Breaking Ground, Ballymun, Dublin, Ireland, February 2008, 11-12. see publication as pdf
“Lawrence Weiner: As Far As The Eye Can See,” Rain Taxi, Vol.13, No.3, Fall 2008, 24-25.

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2007
“Pop Art and Vernacular Cultures,” Modern Painters, October 2007, 105-106.
“Christian Boltanski, Time,” Rain Taxi, Fall 2007, www.raintaxi.com/online/2007fall /boltanski.shtml see publication as pdf
“Kara Walker,” Modern Painters, July/August 2007, 81.
“Performed Photography: Making Things Public,” Public Art Review, Issue 36, Spring/Summer 2007, 45.
“Amy Cutler,” Rain Taxi, Vol.12, No. 1, March 2007, 34-35.

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2006
“More and Less: Haim Steinbach’s Dialectics,” InterReview, Issue 06, Spring 2006, 58-60. Reprinted with Japanese translation in exhibition catalogue Haim Steinbach, Percussion (Japan/New York: Akira Ikeda Gallery, 2007).
“Why write about art?” Rain Taxi, Vol. 11, No. 1, Spring 2006, 34-35.

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2005
“Artists on Artists: Jan Estep on Clarence Morgan,” Bomb, Fall 2005, Number 93, 66-67.
“Victor Burgin,” in Lynne Warren, ed., Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography (New York: Routledge, 2005), 178-181.
“Adam Fuss,” in Lynne Warren, ed., Encyclopedia of Twentieth-Century Photography (New York: Routledge, 2005), 580-584.
“Everything I Always Wanted to Know, or, The Thought of Making Art Unthinkable,” Rain Taxi, Vol. 10, No. 1, Spring 2005, 30-31.

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2004
“Sophie Calle, M’as-tu Vue,” Rain Taxi, Vol. 9, No. 3, Fall 2004, 30-31.
“Reading Hirschhorn: A Problem of (His) Knowledge or Weakness as a Virtue,” Afterall, Issue 9, 2004, 83-89.
“Devil Coming Down the Road: Interview with Ed Ruscha” excerpted in Pat Poncy and Robert Dean, editors, Ed Ruscha, Catalogue Raisonné of the Paintings: Volume One, 1958-1970 (Beverly Hills, New York, London: Gagosian Gallery and Steidl Publishing), 2004.
“The Last Picture Show, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis,” Frieze, Issue 81, March 2004, 97-98.
“Form and Content in Contemporary Printmaking: The Forest for the Trees,” Fourth Minnesota National Print Biennial (Minneapolis: Katherine E. Nash Gallery, 2004), np.
“A Natural Evolution,” Interplay (Minneapolis: Katherine E. Nash Gallery, 2004), np.

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2003
“Words and Music: Interview with Christian Marclay,” excerpted in Incommunicado (London: Hayward Gallery Publishing, 2003), 74-77.
“Picture Making Meaning: An Interview with Jeff Wall,” Bridge Online, Vol. 2, No. 1, Sept. 03.
“My Dinner with Barney” (on Matthew Barney’s Cremaster cycle), Bridge Online, Vol. 1, No. 4, Mar. 03.
“I didn’t make this stuff up: An Interview with Martin Parr,” Bridge Online, Vol. 1, No.3, Jan. 03.

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2002
“Liam Gillick,” excerpt of “Negotiating the Built World: A Conversation with Liam Gillick,” in Public Affairs, Das Öffentliche in der Kunst (Zurich: Kunsthaus Zurich, 2002), 48-49.
“The Semiotics of the Built World,” with Liam Gillick, excerpt and reworking of “Negotiating the Built World: A Conversation with Liam Gillick,” in Liam Gillick: The Wood Way (London: Whitechapel Art Gallery, 2002), 80-88.
“Juror’s Essay,” Girardot National Juried Exhibition, Arts Council of Southeast Missouri, 7/02.
“Editorial: Thinking of Nothing,” New Art Examiner, May/June 02, 17.
“Negotiating the Built World, A Conversation with Liam Gillick,” New Art Examiner, May/June 02, 52-65.
“Visual Culture Editorial,” Malk: Contemporary Arts Journal of the Upper Midwest, University of Wisconsin, Madison, May, 2002, 4.
“I’ll Be Right Back: An Interview with Maurizio Cattelan,” New Art Examiner, Mar/Apr. 02, 38-45.
“Doug Ischar, Hyde Park Art Center,” New Art Examiner, Mar./Apr. 02, 67.
“Chasing Modernity: An Interview with Okwui Enwezor,” New Art Examiner, Jan./Feb. 02, 42-47.
“Transcendental Twaddle: Saying Wittgenstein” (on the work of Gary Hill, Anne Walsh, Nick Frank, Douglas Flieshut, Archive, Lucy Gunning), New Art Examiner, Jan/Feb.02, 50-57.

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2001
“Playing Footsie on Top of the Table: A Conversation with Joseph Grigely” excerpted in Berlin Biennale 2 (Germany: Oktagon, 2001), 108-112.
“World Trade Center Response,” New Art Examiner, Nov./Dec. 01, 27.
“Words and Music: Interview with Christian Marclay,” New Art Examiner, Sept./Oct. 01, 78-83.
“Scene: On Disappearing,” New Art Examiner, Sept./Oct. 01, 30-31.
“Sharon Lockhart, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,” New Art Examiner, Sept./Oct. 01, 85.
“Being Open: Interview with Rineke Dijkstra,” New Art Examiner, July/Aug. 01, 50-59.
“Scene: Where’s the Love?” New Art Examiner, July/Aug. 01, 28.
“Fresh Cream, by Phaidon Press,” New Art Examiner, July/Aug. 01, 109.
“Feral Children and the Queen of Mud” (on Ann-Sofi Sidén), New Art Examiner, Mar. 01, 24-29.
“Devil Coming Down the Road: Interview with Ed Ruscha,” New Art Examiner, Mar. 01, 36-43.
“Artnote: Going Local,” New Art Examiner, Dec./Jan. 00/01, 64.

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2000
“Artnote: A Political Debate: Hollywood vs. God,” New Art Examiner, Oct. 00, 72, 67.
“Critical Vehicles, by Krzysztof Wodiczko,” New Art Examiner, Sept. 00, 68.
“Action: Interview with Pierre Huyghe,” New Art Examiner, July/Aug. 00, 30-35.
“Special Report: Language and Art,” New Art Examiner, June 00, 16-17.
“Playing Footsie on Top of the Table: A Conversation with Joseph Grigely,” New Art Examiner, June 00, 26-31, 61.
“Three’s a Shroud: God, You, and Jeffrey Vallance,” New Art Examiner, March 00, 24-29.
“Thomas Hirschhorn, Art Institute of Chicago,” New Art Examiner, May 00, 48-49.
“Rodney Graham, Donald Young Gallery,” New Art Examiner, Dec./Jan. 99/00, 48-49.
“Yvette Brackman, The Suburban,” New Art Examiner, Dec./Jan. 99/00, 46.
“Art at the Turn of the Millenium, by Uta Grosenick and Burkhard Riemschneider,” New Art Examiner, Dec./Jan. 99/00, 61.

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1999
“Eleanor Antin, by Howard Fox and 100 Boots, by Eleanor Antin,” New Art Examiner, Nov. 99, 64.
“Flurry Goes to Hollywood: Reading Books and Watching Movies,” with Michael Agnew, New Art Examiner, Oct. 99, 32-36.
“Ha Ha Ha: Ray’s a Laugh” (on the work of Richard Billingham), New Art Examiner, Sept. 99, 28-31.
“The Good, Bad + Ugly, by Joep van Lieshout,” New Art Examiner, Sept. 99, 66.
“Going Both Ways: An Interview with Charles Ray,” New Art Examiner, July/Aug. 99, 20-25.
“Believe, by Walter Van Beirendonck,” New Art Examiner, July/Aug. 99, 62.
“Disorienting Signs,” Disorienting Signs, Leonora Vega Gallery, New York, May 99, 3-7.
“CPR Takes Off: A Conversation with Michael Hall and Dan Hug,” New Art Examiner, May 99, 28-31.
“Laura Owens: Los Angeles, Chicago, New York,” with Jan Tumlir and Yvette Brackman, New Art Examiner, May 99, 44-47.
“Helen Mirra, Chicago Project Room,” New Art Examiner, Apr. 99, 45.
“Part-time Teachers Unite,” with Franklin Cason and Kathryn Hixson, New Art Examiner, Feb.99, 38-42.
“Jana Sterbak, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,” New Art Examiner, Feb. 99, 46.
“Blunt Object, Smart Museum of Art,” New Art Examiner, Dec./Jan. 98/99.
“The Art of the X-Files, introduction by William Gibson, edited by Marvin Heiferman, Carole Kismaric,” New Art Examiner, Dec./Jan. 98/99.

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1998
“Paul Seawright, Rhonna Hoffman Gallery,” New Art Examiner, Nov. 98, 47-48.
“You Call that a Career? An Interview with David Robbins,” New Art Examiner, Oct. 98, 26-31.
“What is Failure so Funny, Or a Funny Thing Happened on the Way to the Gallery: Buster Keaton and Peter Land,” New Art Examiner, Oct. 98, 20-25.
“Abigail Lane, Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago,” New Art Examiner, Oct. 98, 48.
“Reality Bites, Chicago Cultural Center,” New Art Examiner, July/Aug. 98, 53.
“Christine Tarkowski, Textile Arts Center,” New Art Examiner, June 98, 43.
“Relative Perfection,” Arts, MAEP/Minneapolis Institute of Arts, May 98, 4-5.
“Studio View: Virgil Marti,” New Art Examiner, May 98, 44.
“Julie Heffernan, Peter Miller Gallery,” New Art Examiner, May 98, 48.
“On View St. Louis,” New Art Examiner, Apr. 98, 34-35.
“Gary Cannone, Loyola University,” New Art Examiner, Apr. 98, 40-41.
“Arturo Herrera, Renaissance Society,” New Art Examiner, Mar. 98, 50-51.
“Good Ship Chicago,” New Art Examiner, Feb. 98, 39.
“Jo Hormuth, Tough Gallery,” New Art Examiner, Feb. 98, 47-48.
“No Small Feat, Rhona Hoffman Gallery,” New Art Examiner, Dec./Jan. 97/98, 49.