Is It Really So Strange?

William E. Jones

Based upon an exhibition and a documentary of the same title, Is It Really So Strange? by William E. Jones documents the fan culture around The Smiths and Morrissey in Southern California. The book includes 60 black and white photographs of the fan scene, color stills from the movie, an extensive essay on contemporary Morrissey fans by Jones, and a preface by curator Bill Horrigan. Published by David Kordansky Gallery and designed by Brian Roettinger. www.williamejones.com

David Kordansky Gallery
2006 8.5x 5.5" 108 pages. $30.00

James Earl Scones

Darren Bader

"In an art world vernacular, Darren Bader joins the pointed yet poetic, museumoligical interventions of Christopher D’Arcangelo to the cheesy, rank diaristic meditations of Dieter Roth. Punster and prankster, the demon spawn of Julia Child and David Markson, in a less highfalutin patois, he’s about the only guy I know who one-ups Don Novello’s great Lazlo Toth letters by signing his own name. Taking (so-called) institutional critique apart brick by gold-sanctioned brick, he’s critiquing the world and partying at the same time—Tom Cruise and NASA, stand warned. It’s about time someone tapped Al Qaeda as an aesthetic. James Earl Scones are my new favorite way to start the day." -Bruce Hainley

Rivington Arms/David Kordansky Gallery
2005, 8 x 9" 1st printing, edition of 1000 signed/numbered. 96 pages. $25.00