Tom McDonough - Böcker

This collection of essays revisits gender and urban modernity in nineteenth-century Paris in the wake of changes to the fabric of the city and social life. In rethinking the figure of the flâneur, the contributors apply the most current thinking in literature and urban studies to an examination of visual culture of the period, including painting, caricature, illustrated magazines, and posters. Using a variety of approaches, the collection re-examines the long-held belief that life in Paris was divided according to strict gender norms, with men free to roam in public space while women were restricted to the privacy of the domestic sphere. Framed by essays by Janet Wolff and Linda Nochlin - two scholars whose work has been central to the investigation of gender and representation in the nineteenth century - this collection brings together new methods of looking at visual culture with a more nuanced way of picturing city life.

Osmos Magazine is “an art magazine about the use and abuse of photography,” explains founder and editor Cay Sophie Rabinowitz (formerly of Parkett and Fantom). The magazine is divided into thematic sections--some traditional, such as “Portfolio,” “Stories” and “Reportage”--and others more idiosyncratic, such as “Eye of the Beholder,” where gallerists discuss the talents they showcase; and “Means to an End,” about the side effects of nonartistic image production.This issue features Tom McDonough on Joy Episalla, a conversation with Gillian Wearing about her 20 years of making Polaroid self-portraits, an essay by Pavel VanDát on Jan Svoboda, Meleko Mokgosi, David Hart, Robert Rauschenberg, and a special vintage cover by Co Rentmeester.

Osmos Magazine is “an art magazine about the use and abuse of photography,” explains founder and editor Cay Sophie Rabinowitz (formerly of Parkett and Fantom). The magazine is divided into thematic sections--some traditional, such as “Portfolio,” “Stories” and “Reportage”-- and others more idiosyncratic, such as “Eye of the Beholder,” where gallerists discuss the talents they showcase; and “Means to an End,” on the side effects of non-artistic image production. This issue features Sarah Meister on Jan Groover, Helga Pakasaar on the Uno Langmann Family Collection’s photographic archive of turn-of-the-century British Columbia, AA Bronson, Josef Bauer, Janice Guy, Honza Zamojski, Eva Kot'átková, Brian DePinto, and Anna & Bernhardt Blume, all enclosed in Alex Welsh’s poignant cover, depicting residents of Fergusson, MO.