- Coagula Art Journal
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Coagula Art Journal was founded in 1992 by Mat Gleason as a freely distributed contemporary art magazine. Since its inception, the publication remains free as a PDF download, however readers may still obtain a hard copy via "print on demand".
The bi-coastal publication employs tabloid-style commentary, gossip, and reviews of the contemporary art world, which garnered significant influence in being cited in other major publications.[1][2][3]
The magazine has been referred to as "the publication that the art world loves to hate, and loves to read" (Village Voice)[4] and dubbed "The National Enquirer of the Art World" (New York Post)[5]. It has also been described as having "nothing constructive about it and arguably hurtful."[6]
In 1998, Smart Art Press released Most Art Sucks: Five Years of Coagula.[7]
In 1999, Coagula selected Karen Finley as Artist Of The Decade.
On March 16, 2001, Coagula won a free speech lawsuit, brought against the publication by Brooklyn resident Ms. Sheh Zand. Sheh’s 1992 lawsuit was over articles appearing in Coagula issues #3 and #4, and was covered by New York Magazine.[8][9], and the Boston Globe[10]
In February of 2011, Mat Gleason, founder of Coagula Art Journal, was interviewed by art critic Brian Sherwin for FineArtViews. Gleason stated that Coagula Art Journal was deeply influenced by the writing style of punk zines. He mentioned that Coagula Art Journal will eventually explore internet radio with the launch of CoaguL.A.radio which will provide coverage of the art world. Gleason also stated that “print is dead” and that future releases of Coagula Art Journal will come in the form of a book rather than of a traditional magazine. [11] The interview between Gleason and Sherwin was featured by the Huffington Post. [12]
Contents
Contributors (past and present)
- Mat Gleason
- Gordy Grundy
- Alan Bamberger
- Jim Caron
- Tulsa Kinney
- Jeff Gillette
Covers
Coagula has featured interviews and cover stories of such notable artists as Dan Graham, Ad Reinhardt, Gilbert & George, Matthew Barney, Richard Serra, Sue Coe, John Baldessari, Cindy Sherman, and Larry Clark.
Issue Date Artist/Cover Story 1 April 1992 Conservative Attacks on Art 2 July 1992 Los Angeles Riots 3 August 1992 Chicago Art Expo 4 October 1992 "NYC: Desperation Row" 5 Winter 1993 The Secret Life of Peter Halley 6 April 1993 Zand vs. Nye 7 Summer, 1993 Clinton to Arts: Drop Dead 8 Autumn, 1993 Censorship of Filipino Art 9 October, 1993 Dennis Hollingsworth 10 December, 1993 Gilbert & George 11 January 1994 Muranushi/Lederman 12 March 1994 Roy Lichtenstein 13 Summer 1994 Peter Plagens 14 September, 1994 Bob Flanagan 15 November, 1994 Lisa Adams [6] 16 February, 1995 O.J. Simpson 17 Spring, 1995 MOMA Curator, Robert Storr 18 September, 1995 Claes Oldenburg 19 November, 1995 MOCA's Temporary Contemporary 20 January, 1996 Andy Warhol 21 April, 1996 Lari Pittman 22 Summer, 1996 Judy Chicago 23 September, 1996 Jean-Michel Basquiat 24 November, 1996 Karen Finley 25 January, 1997 Jean Baudrillard 26 March, 1997 Carolee Schneemann 27 May, 1997 Larry Gagosian 28 Summer 1997 Pat Hearn 29 October 1997 Robert Rauschenberg 30 December 1997 Manuel Ocampo 31 January 1998 Cindy Sherman 32 April 1998 John Baldessari 33 May 1998 Chris Kraus 34 September 1998 Mary Corse 35 October, 1998 John Fleck 36 November, 1998 Richard Serra 37 January, 1999 "Happy New Year, Art World" 38 March, 1999 Karen Finley (Artist Of The Decade) 39 May, 1999 Sue Coe 40 Summer, 1999 MASS MOCA's Joe Thompson 41 September, 1999 Steve Hurd 42 November, 1999 Barbara Kruger 43 December, 1999 Lynn Foulkes 44 March, 2000 Yolande Macias Mckay 45 May, 2000 Matthew Barney 46 Summer, 2000 Lars Nittve 47 September, 2000 Robert Smithson 48 November, 2000 Rick Robinson 49 January, 2001 Paul McCarthy 50 March, 2001 Sandow Birk 51 May, 2001 Roberta Smith 52 Summer, 2001 Larry Clark 53 September, 2001 Dave Hickey 54 November, 2001 "9/11: Is Art Dead?" 55 February, 2002 Carlee Fernandez 56 April, 2002 Daniel J. Martinez 57 June, 2002 Julian Schnabel 58 September, 2002 Richard Ankrom 59 November, 2002 "Iraqi Art" 60 December, 2002 "Les Damoiselles D' Washington" 61 March, 2003 Cecily Brown 62 May, 2003 Matthew Barney/Bjork 63 July, 2003 "How To Resuscitate Your Art Career" 64 September, 2003 Frank Gehry 65 November, 2003 Ad Reinhardt 66 January, 2004 Michael Jackson 67 March, 2004 Viggo Mortenson 68 May, 2004 Thomas Kinkade 69 August, 2004 Nancy Reagan 70 October, 2004 Gary Baseman 71 December, 2004 Christian Ristow 72 February, 2005 Ed Ruscha 73 March, 2005 Chris Burden 74 May, 2005 Shag 75 July, 2005 Buster Friendly 76 September, 2005 The Art Of Podcasting 77 November, 2005 Liz McGrath 78 February, 2006 John Waters 79 April, 2006 Richard Tuttle 80 June, 2006 Lauren Bon 81 August, 2006 Kent Twitchell 82 September, 2006 The Art Of Poker 83 November, 2006 Bansky 84 February, 2007 Leonard Nimoy 85 April, 2007 Art & Celebrities 86 June, 2007 Mark Ryden 87 August, 2007 The Art Of Money 88 October, 2007 Chinatown: 10 year Anniversary 89 December, 2007 Ron English 90 February, 2008 8 Artists Under 28 91 March, 2008 Scoli Acosta 92 May, 2008 David Trulli 93 September 2008 Kent Twitchell Legal Victory 94 October 2008 Bernini at the Getty 95 December 2008 Obama Wins 96 February 2009 Asad Faulwell 97 April 2009 Dan Graham 98 June 2009 Finishing School 99 August 2009 Clayton Brothers 100 November 2009 History of Coagula 101 January 2010 Dawn Kasper Notes
- ^ DiGiacomo, F & Molloy, J: Page 6, New York Post, August 18, 1992
- ^ DiGiacomo, F & Anthony, F. & McDarrah, T: Page 6, New York Post, March 11, 1993
- ^ Johnson, R: Page 6, New York Post, October 28, 1996
- ^ [1]
- ^ [2]
- ^ Pike, L: Art Terrorist, Glue Magazine, 51(1):5
- ^ [3]
- ^ Coagula Lawsuit
- ^ [4]
- ^ [5]
- ^ "FineArtViews Interview: Mat Gleason -- Art Critic and Founder of Coagula Art Journal by Brian Sherwin", www.faso.com/fineartviews . Retrieved 09 March 2011.
- ^ "FineArtsViews Interviews Mat Gleason, Art Critic/Founder of Coagula Sherwin", www.huffingtonpost.com . Retrieved 09 March 2011.
References
- http://nl.newsbank.com/nl-search/we/Archives?p_product=BG&p_theme=bg&p_action=search&p_maxdocs=200&p_topdoc=1&p_text_direct-0=0EC299B79AA0680B&p_field_direct-0=document_id&p_perpage=10&p_sort=YMD_date:D&s_trackval=GooglePM
- http://www.usip.com/articles/Coagula-Art-Journal.pdf
- http://www.mollycrabapple.com/content/coagula.html
- http://www.seanstarwars.com/coagulatshirthtml.html
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