Barbara Kasten, Arts and Architecture v.4 n.2 July 1985

James LaBounty:

The futuristic writer, William Gibson was photographed in the mid-nineties for Vanity Fair Magazine. The magazine ultimately bumped the William Gibson article for something else though the photograph was published by British Vogue Magazine soon thereafter. Mr. Gibson cryptically remarked to us that he wasn’t famous, rich or fucked-up enough to be in Vanity Fair. Some if not all of that must have changed by now, one would think. LaBounty + Johl did a run of William Gibson pictures for a number of magazines at that time as he had definitely had come into his own with the publication of Neuromancer amongst other notable novels.

The above picture was shot in the pre-photoshop days with glorious film. My partner, Kip Johl made the metallic eye which I then added later in the darkroom.

Sharon Hayes, An Ear to the Sounds of Our History (‘68), 2011
Digital C-print

Chrissie Iles:

To label the works would make the space function much more like a “white cube.” This show isn’t a display of individual objects. The works are all very much in dialogue and can be seen collectively, especially because of the stage or platform on and in which they’re shown. We’re not against the “white cube” in an aggressive way, but we really wanted to transform the space to make dialogue possible among artworks and with viewers. Sharon’s work is very performative, so we wanted to create a performative space. Labels push it back to the “white cube.”

Larry McMurtry at his book auction on Friday in Archer City, Tex., where some 300,000 books were for sale.

(Photo: Brandon Thibodeaux for The New York Times)

Now 76, Mr. McMurtry, the country’s highest-profile book dealer, recently decided to whittle his enterprise down to one building, which will remain open with an inventory of about 150,000 books. He said he expected the single store to be maintained by his heirs.

“One store is manageable,” he said. “Four stores would be a burden.”

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