{"product_id":"new-observations-nos-50-51-84","title":"New Observations — Nos. 50, 51 \u0026 84","description":"\u003cp\u003eNew York, 1987 \/ c. early 1990s\u003cbr\u003eMagazine issues\u003cbr\u003eOffset print on paper\u003cbr\u003eApprox. 27 × 21 cm each\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree issues of \u003cem\u003eNew Observations\u003c\/em\u003e, a New York–based magazine operating at the intersection of art, criticism, and theory during the late 1980s moment when image culture, appropriation, and postmodern discourse converged into a shared field.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssue 50 — Sculpture and Paradise\u003c\/strong\u003e (guest edited by Alain Kirili) assembles a cross-section of sculptural thinking alongside figures such as Louise Bourgeois, Julia Kristeva, and Stephen Westfall — positioning sculpture not as medium but as a conceptual condition moving between language, body, and form.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssue 51 — Radical Consumption and the New Poverty\u003c\/strong\u003e (guest edited by Collins \u0026amp; Milazzo) shifts toward the economies of images and objects, with contributions from a dense network of artists including Jeff Koons, Haim Steinbach, Peter Halley, Ashley Bickerton, Allan McCollum, and John Dogg — the latter functioning as the shared alias of Richard Prince and Colin de Land, inserting authorship itself into the field of exchange.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIssue 84 — Alchemy\u003c\/strong\u003e extends this logic into a more diffuse, quasi-symbolic register, bringing together names such as Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Beuys, Sigmar Polke, and Gordon Matta-Clark under a thematic structure that reads less as editorial coherence and more as an accumulation of references — material, conceptual, and historical.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross the three, the publication operates as a site of alignment rather than documentation: artists, critics, and positions are placed in proximity, indexed, and circulated. The magazine becomes a container for overlapping authorial identities, where contribution and citation blur into one another.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eCondition:\u003c\/strong\u003e Good to very good. General age toning, light surface wear, and handling marks consistent with periodical use and storage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSold as a group. Original period items. Shipping and handling included in listed price. Ships protected.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"The New Rare","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53288792424786,"sku":"NEW-OBS-50-51-84","price":125.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0991\/5636\/1554\/files\/New-Observations-magazine-005.jpg?v=1777178675","url":"https:\/\/thenewrare.com\/products\/new-observations-nos-50-51-84","provider":"The New Rare","version":"1.0","type":"link"}