Contemporanea, Issue 23, December 1990

Simone Ellis interviews William S. Burroughs in "A Conversation with William S. Burroughs", pp. 80-83. Includes a photo of Burroughs by Chris Bock and reproductions of three of Burroughs' artworks: "Green Vistas (1989)", "South of France, 1920s (1987)", and "The Bridge (1989)".

Published in New York City by Contemporanea, Ltd. in December 1990.

Bibliographic Information: 

• Shoaf III.386
• Schottlaender v4.C605, v5.C634
• Raven 19901200CONT.0.23

Selected Contents: 

• Thomas McEvilley: "Whisper" (editorial)
• Peter Frank: "Los Angeles Letters" (essay)
• Lothar Baumgarten: "Carbon (1987-1990)" (installation view)
• Timothy Hawkinson: "Untitled (1990)" (sculpture)
• Ed Moses: "Spector (1990)" (painting)
• Maria Porges: "Prague Letters" (essay)
• Jaroslav Rona: "Messenger (1989)" (painting)
• Kevin Eckstrom: "Detroit Letters" (essay)
• Susan Goethel Campbell: "Hub (1989)" (print)
• Tyree Suyton: environmental art
• Albert Young: "Untitled (1990)" (sculpture)
• Barbara Tosi: "Rome Letters" (essay)
• Bixhan Bassiri: "Passeggero, Asta, Spada (1990)" (sculpture)
• Pino Pascali: "I Killers (1961)" (mixed media)
• Simone Ellis: "Santa Fe Letters" (essay)
• Holly Lane: "The Eleventh Hour (1989)" (mixed media)
• Rick Bartow: "Calling the Little Deer (1990)" (pastel)
• Ibsen Espada: "Steel Band Climax (1990)" (mixed media)
• Catherine Grout: "Paris Letters" (essay)
• Fabrice Hybert: "Le naçon (1989)" (painting)
• Takis: "Hommage à Venus (1990" (sculpture)
• Edouardo Chillada: "La Casa del Poeta, Estela VI (1990)" (sculpture)
• Gerrit Henry: "New York Letters" (essay)
• Ralph Humphrey: "Orange (1964)" (painting)
• Rafael Ferrer: "Corral (1989)" (painting)
• Mark Kremer: "Nothingness Presented in Splendor" (on Lili Dujourie)
• Lil Dujourie:
• "Caresse, l'horizon de la nuit (1990)" (mixed media)
• "Jeux des dames (1987)" (mixed media)
• "Amerikaans Imperialisme (1972)" (mixed media)
• "nature morte (1990)" (mixed media)
• "La Tosca (1984)" (mixed media)
• Laura Cottingham: "Negotiating Masculinity and Representation" (essay)
• Pruitt-Early:
• "ICED (Sculpture for Teenage Boys #1) (c1990)" (mixed media)
• "Artworks for Teenage Boys (c1990)" (installation view)
• Cary S. Liebowitz: "bric-a-brac (1990)" (installation view)
• Ann Wilson Lloyd: "Evidence of Fundamental Forces" (on David Nash)
• David Nash:
• "Wooden Boulder (1978)" (environmental art)
• "Divided Oaks (1988)" (environmental art)
• "sketch for Charred Wood and Green Moss (1989)" (drawing)
• "Comet Ball (1990)" (sculpture)
• "Inside Outside (1986)" (sculpture)
• "Crack and Warp Column (1989)" (sculpture)
• "Seven Planting Projects for Cae'n-y-Coed, Maentwrog, North Wales (1987)" (drawing)
• "sketch for Ash Dome (1977)" (drawing)
• "Red Throne (1989)" (sculpture)
• Elisa Turner: "Michele Oka Doner" (essay)
• Michele Oka Doner: 
• "Pictographs (1978-1980)" (clay)
• "Figure with Staff" (sculpture)
• "Venice Project (1990)" (sculpture)
• "Ceramic Dolls (1968)" (clay)
• "Celestial Plaza (1987)" (installation view)
• "Genesis Spiral (1987)" (cast bronze)
• Donald Kuspit: "A Narcissistic Agony" (essay)
• Andy Warhol: "Ethel Scull 36 Times (1963)" (paintings)
• Jan Avgios: "Disappearing Acts" (essay)
• Laurie Parsons: 
• "Collection (1988)" (mixed media)
• "Mud Puddle (1989)" (mixed media)
• Karen Kilimnick: "The Hellfireclub Episode of the Avengers (1989)" (mixed media)
• Cady Noland: installation view, 1990
• Ewen McDonald: "Ania Walwicz" (essay)
• Ania Walwicz: "black boat (1987)" (painting)
• Simone Ellis and William S. Burroughs: "A Conversation with William S. Burroughs" (interview)
• William S. Burroughs:
• "Green Vistas (1989)" (painting)
• "South of France, 1920s (1987)" (painting)
• "The Bridge (1989)" (painting) 
• Chris Buck: photograph
• Renfreu Neff and Mark Russell: "Jam Session: An Interview with Mark Russell" (interview)
• art reviews

Publishing Information: 

• Editor-in-Chief: Thomas McEvilley
• Consulting Editors: Agnes Kohlmeyer, Stuart Morgan
• Design: Dan Miller Design
• Managing Editor: Joe Watson
• Associate Editor: Alice R. Gray
• et al