Artillery Mag: Killer Text On Art

STREET WITH A VIEW

by Lane Barden

GOOGLE MAPS STREET VIEW IS A MASSIVE, PERPETUALLY growing image archive whose intrinsic dimension may be lost on the average smartphone or laptop user looking to recognize the location of their next appointment. Doug Rickard and Michael Wolf access the world through the Google portal to take pictures, literally and figuratively.

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PROFILE: NAIDA OSLINE

by Scarlet Cheng

PHOTOGRAPHY IS SO UBIQUITOUS TODAY THAT IT TAKES MORE than a pretty picture to catch the eye. Photographer Naida Osline has created some especially arresting work, with unusual portraits of men wearing plants and sea creatures, which can be seen in two shows in California this year.

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PROFILE: CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL

by Tucker Neel

I'VE FOLLOWED CHRISTOPHER RUSSELL'S work for some time now. Like his polymorphous art practice, which pushes the boundaries of photography, drawing, text, performance, sound and installation, Russell is filled with many pleasing contradictions.

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PROFILE: ZOE CROSHER

by Eve Wood

THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF ZOE CROSHER PRESent oddly obfuscated fictional moments suspended in time—whether that "time" encompasses a literal physical flight path as planes are seen descending into an airport, or the "time" in which a person's life is constructed, manipulated, recapitulated and ultimately recognized by another person making visual connections and associations.

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PERFORMANCE GALORE

by Sarah Sargent

I COULDN'T EVEN COUNT all the performances, screenings, lectures and residencies, let alone see everything in the multimedia extravaganza the Whitney Biennial had become, but I did my best.

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CITIZEN TWAIN

by Doug Harvey

"WHAT IS VAL KILMER THINKing?" This question could be taken as one of the central motifs of the 52-year-old actor's career (as epitomized by his 2004 stage portrayal of Moses in The Ten Commandments—The Musical and the WTF-fest Island of Dr. Moreau) and perhaps an explanation for why so many artists of my acquaintance have an unusual interest—not to say obsession—with his work.

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