Summer 1998, Vol. 57, No. 2

From the Editorial Board, 2


Conversation

Janet A. Kaplan, The Quiet in the Land: Everyday Life, Contemporary Art, and the Shakers: A Conversation with Janet A. Kaplan, 5


Features

Summer 1998

Doug Ashford, The Exhibition as an Artistic Medium, 28

Christina Hill’s Volksboutique, text by Matthias Harder and photographs by Jens Liebchen, interview with Janet A. Kaplan, 39

Faith Wilding and Critical Art Ensemble, Notes on the Political Condition of Cyberfeminism, 47

Lawrence Rinder, Painting around the Fire: Maisin Culture and Collectivity, 61


Working Notes

Critical Art Ensemble, Observations on Collective Cultural Action, 73


International Dispatch

Carol Becker, The Second Johannesburg Biennale: Interview with Okwui Enwezor, 87


Reviews

Catherine Craft on Walter Hopps and Susan Davidson, Robert Rauschenberg: A Retrospective; David Carrier on Gary Tinterow et al., The Private Collection of Edgar Degas; Daniel Adler on Rosalind E. Krauss and Yve-Alain Bois, Formless: A User’s Guide; Amy I. Schlegel on Phaidon Press’s Contemporary Artists series; Amei Wallach on Stephanie Barron et al., Exiles and Emigrés: The Flight of European Artists from Hitler and Susan W. Morgenstein and Marvin Liberman, Assignment Rescue: The Story of Varian Fry and the Emergency Rescue Committee; John Fuller on Jeanne Winston Adler, Early Days in the Adirondacks: The Photographs of Seneca Ray Stoddard; Pamela Wye on Constance Lewallen, Jay DeFeo: Selected Works 1952–1989