Geoffrey James, Mo Edoga, Mike Kelley, Jan Fabre, Richard Artschwager, Lawrence Carroll, Francis Bacon, Ellsworth Kelly, Louise Bourgeois, KeunByung Yook, Jonathan Borofsky, Pedro Cabrita Reis, Guillaume Bijl, Thomas Schutte, Gary Hill, Thomas Struth, Kat

Thomas Struth,Marcel Duchamp,Louise Lawler,

Andres Serrano, Robert Mappelthorpe, Gerhard Richter

Helen Frankenthaler, Jackson Pollock, Bennington, Rorschach, Matisse, Delacroix, Hans Hoffmann

Cézanne, Van Gogh, Gauguin, Jeff Koons, Duchamp

discussion of pluralism and the disintegration of art history. Robert Smithson, William James

Karel Appel’s sculpture (The Aging Model, The Eternally Young Body, And Other Signs Of The Uncanny Presence Of Death). Karel Appel, Picasso, Rembrandt

Futurism; frequency with which Boccioni depicts his mother in his work; she represents his deep attachment to family and friends, and represents all that inhibited his power of innovation. Artists: Umberto Boccioni, Albrecht Dürer, Malevich, Mondrian, Giacomo Balla

changes in the role of photography: not just to record or present what’s real; discusses 2 exhibitions: “New Photography 4″ at the Museum of Modern Art, and “Suitable for Display” at the Aperture Gallery. Michael Schmidt, Patrick Faigenbaum, Reagan Louie, Daniel Faust, Justen Ladda, Diane Neumaier, Richard Ross, Susan Wides

The ideas behind Gerhard Richter’s paintings; conflict with theories of the critic Benjamin Buchloh. Artists: Gerhard Richter, Pollock, Fontana, Caspar David Friedrich, Barnett Newman

Boltanski’s photo installation. Christian Boltanski, Andy Warhol

Graham’s work, particularly his series of portraits of women. John Graham, Raphael, Ingres, Picasso, Gorky, Pollock, de Kooning, Rousseau

Kounellis’ installations/sculpture; his choice of objects, his use of gallery space. Artists: Jannis Kounellis, Marcel Duchamp, Joseph Beuys, Robert Rauschenberg

Discussion and critique of Documenta 8. Artists: Hans Haake, Anselm Keifer, Robert Longo, Leon Golub, Eric Fischl, Eberhard Bosslet, Zvi Goldstein, Stephan von Huene, Klaus Kumrow, Joseph Beuys

Contemporary art as a tug of war between Warhol and Beuys. Artists: Andy Warhol, Beuys

A discussion of some of the issues of Documenta 8. Artists: Sue Coe, Arnulf Rainer, Lucas Samaras, Julian Schnabel, Paul Waldman

A discussion of Rosenquist’s work. James Rosenquist

The issue of representation in Salle’s work is discussed. Artists: David Salle

Review of the retrospective exhibition “Kurt Schwitters”, organized by Kurt Edlerfield, which ran at the Museum of Modern Art from June 10 to October 1. 1985.Collage, installation pieces. Artists: Kurt Schwitters

Examination of Beckmann’s self-portraits. Artists: Max Beckmann, Albrecht Dürer, Rembrandt, Goya

Writer believes much of contemporary art is missing the point: “to establish a dissociated realm of stylistic transcendence not simply transmuting subject matter into content”. Artists: Shirley Wiitasalo, Robert McNealy, Dyan Marie, Robert Wiens, Peter Cosco, Louise Noguchi, Ron Benner, Vincent Tangredi, Oliver Girling, Marc de Guerre

Examination of current work by Schnabel. Artists: Julian Schnabel, Hans Arp, Dadaism

Describes the subject/theme of paintings as being concerned with ordinary events in the context of American culture. The commonplace as sensual. Artists: Eric Fischl