Creating and Editing of an Art Magazine

San Francisco State University - ART602

Hercai is my final project prototype for the advanced art history seminar; ART602: Art Magazines, Art Criticism, Art Worlds taught by SFSU Associate Professor Gwen Allen who is the author of Artists' Magazines: An Alternative Space for Art (MIT Press, 2011) and writes for publications including Artforum, Bookforum, Art Papers, Art Journal, and East of Bourne.

In order to complete the seminar, we were each asked to create our own art magazine and a mock-up for its design and layout in order to put into practice what we have learned in this seminar. The assignment includes writing a critical review, in which we should discuss a local exhibition/art event and give an overview of the show, situate it historically and theoretically, and critically evaluate it.

 The objectives for this seminar were to explore the role of criticism and magazines in the art world in consideration with history looking back to the beginnings of criticism with the emergence of the public sphere in 18th century Europe as well as to think critically about the role of magazines and art criticism in the contemporary art world, within the context of digital media and globalization.