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Selected Bibliography

2007

Bill Davenport, “Jerry Kearns at Deborah Colton Gallery”, Glasstire {texas visual art online}, November 2007

2006

Jeff Ward,  “WORD: Deborah Colton Gallery”, ARTL!ES #52, pgs 100-101, Fall 2006

Robert C. Morgan, “Jerry Kearns” Tema-Celeste #115 pg. 79 May ‘06

Ken Johnson, “Forever More” New York Times Weekend Arts, pg E1 March 10, 2006

Christopher French, “Is the Hedonistic Imperative?” Glasstire {texas visual art online}, March ‘06

Phoebe Mitchell, “Sea Cruise”, Hampshire Gazette, Northhampton Mass.

2005

Carol Cambo, " If You Can make it There", UMASS Amherstmagazine, Cover and pages 32-42, reproductions, Fall issue.

2004

Laporta, Tina, "war.art " NYArts magazine, pages 44-49, (reproduction) September, New York , New York

2003

Parrino, Manuela, "New York Dossier" , Carnet Arte magazine, pages 95- 99, (reproduction) November-December, Milan, Italy

Morgan, Robert, "New York Interview", pages 54,55, reproduction), Wolgan Misool art magazine, Seoul , Korea

2002

Boxer, Sarah, “ Not-So-Ordinary: Artists Make Snapshots” The New York Times, March 8, 2002

River City , Art and Literary Journal, Reproductions pages 58 and 59, University of Memphis , Tennessee , Summer Issue 2002

Menninger Perspective, Reproduction page 22, The Menninger Foundation, Topeka , Kansas

Creative Downtown, Page 24, The New York Foundation for the Arts, Fall 2002

2001

Lawrence , Anne, “See and B scene”, San Francisco Examiner, Section C, page 6, June 5

O'Sullivan, Michael, “1,300 Snapshots, One Surreal Show”, Washington Post Weekend, On Exhibit, November 17, 2001

Menninger Perspective, Numbers 3-4, Reproduction pg.15, The Menninger

Foundation, Topeka , Kansas

2000

Blumenthal, Arthur, “Eye-Popping “Bizarro World” Arrives at Cornell Museum”, IL Museo Newsletter of Cornell Fine Arts Museum, Rollins College, Winter Park, Florida, February-March (reproduction)

Harbaugh, Pam, “Comic Books Meet Fine Art”, Florida Today, Section F, Melbourne , Florida , April 2

Bishop Philip, “Life in an Artbeat”, Florida Sentinel, page 32, Orlando, Florida , August 29 (reproduction)

Lotz, Theo, “BIZARRO WORLD! The parallel Universes of Comics and Fine Art”, Cornell Fine Arts Museum , Winter Park , Florida , (exhibition catalog, reproduction), March

Smith, Roberta, “The End”, The New York Times, art reviews, New York , April 14

Pollack, Barbara, “420 Rip”, The Village Voice, pgs., 43-45, New York , July 18

Cohen, Edie, “Their Own Private Idaho”, Interior Design magazine pgs. 152 -161, New York , August

Goldberger, Paul, “ Malibu Modernism”, Architectural Digest, pgs. 256- 263, November

1999

Johnson, Ken, “Choice 99”, The New York Times, Art in Review, pg. E49, New York , December 10

Arning, Bill, “The Choice 99”, Time Out New York magazine, Art Reviews, pg. 116, December, 16-30

1998

Vincent, Steven, “Silicon Gallery”, Art and Auction magazine, New York , January

Baker, Kenneth, “SFMOMA Donors Master The Art of Collecting”, San Francisco Chronicle, pages D1 and D5, San Francisco, January 26

Blackburn , Meg, “A Delicate Condition”, NY Arts magazine, New York , April

1998

Gragg, Randy, “Lucy has some stuff with diamonds”, The Sunday Oregonian, Portland , pages E1 and E4, February 15, (reproduction)

Gragg, Randy, “ Kearns Retrospective”, The Oregonian, Portland , Visual Arts section page 56, February 20

Mahoney, Robert, “a delicate condition”, ArtNet.com/magazine/reviews/mahoney 4-27-98

1997

Goldberg, Vicki, Perspectives: Elvis and Marilyn, American PHOTO magazine, New York , pages 13-14. May/June (reproduction)

Lippard, Lucy, The Lure of The Local, The New press, New York , page 219, 1997 (reproduction)

Wallach, Amei, “The Contemporary Collector's Art”, The New York Times Sunday Magazine, New York , pages 43 - 46, October 26

1996

Heartney, Eleanor, “Jerry Kearns At The Alternative Museum ”, Art In America , NY. December. pg. 103

Haggerty, Gerard, “Jerry Kearns At The Alternative Museum ”, Art News NY. October, pg. 142

Cotter, Holland , “Jerry Kearns”, New York Times, NY. May 31. Weekend Section.

Morgan, Robert, “Tales At The End Of A Season”, Cover Magazine, NY. Summer. pgs. 46-7

Peskin, Roger, Downtown, Art Now: Gallery Guide, NY.May 1996.

Levin, Kim, Voice Choice,The Village Voice, NY. April 16 pg. 10

Doran, Anne, “Lost In America ”, Time Out; New York , NY . April. pg. 21

Zuritsky, Elisa, “The Week Ahead In The Arts”, The New York Post, NY, May 19.

Ault, Julie, Editor, Cultural Economies, The Drawing Center , NY. pgs. 56-57

Frankel, David. Editor, Snipers Nest, Bard College Publication, pgs 51-56.

Rubin, David, It's Only Rock and Roll, Prestel, Munich , NY . pgs. 64-66

Bridges, Andrew, “The Faces Of Irony”, Westside Weekly, Los Angeles . May 10, pg. 14

Teal, Kate, “Leon Golub”, Contemporary Art, London ,Summer, pgs.11-16

Rowlands, Penelope, “High-Contrast Modernism”, Art And Auction, NY. April, pg. 42

Glowen, Ron, “It's Only Rock And Roll”, Art Week, Berkeley , Sept. pg.28 1995 Conrad, Barnaby. The Martini. Chronicle Books. Reproduction, pg.24

Taylor, Brandon . Avant Garde and After: Rethinking Art Now, Harry Abrams Publisher. Reproduction, pg.64

“This Week, Nonfiction,” Entertainment Weekly, New York , Dec.10.pg.62

1994

Baker, Kenneth. “History Collides With Post-Pop Art in Jerry Kearns' Paintings.” San Francisco Chronicle, March 15, Pg. E3

Baker, Kenneth. “Jerry Kearns.” ArtNews. Sept. pg.179

Goldberg, Vicki. “A Pair Of Saints Who Refuse To Stay Dead”, The New York Times H49, page 18

Killinger, Amy. “See The Big Picture” The Portland Post Herald, Style Section. Portland , Maine , March 16. pg. 17

1993

Lippard, Lucy. Archival Activism, Library Bulletin #86, Winter 93-94, The Museum of Modern Art Library. New York .

De Paoli, Geri and McDaris, Wendy. Elvis and Marilyn: 2X Immortal. Rizzoli Publications. Reproductions pg. 25

1993

Wright, Patricia. “Beyond Pop.” Massachusetts Magazine, Amherst Mass. , Winter. pg. 29-31.

“Openings.” Los Angeles Times. Jan. 10, pg. 78, Calender Section

Hess, Elizabeth . “Mona Lisa's Smile.” Village Voice, Feb.9. pg. 77.

Kilian, Michael. “A Changing Picture.” Chicago Tribune, Feb. 11. pg.11C

“On the Social Scene.” Santa Barbara News Press, Jan. 10.

Wasserman, Pax. “UCSB Alumnus Explores the Post Modern in Art

Exhibit.” The Santa Barbara Daily Nexus, Jan. 14. pg. 23-25.

“Scene,” Santa Barbara New Press, Jan. 15. Front cover, reproduction.

“The Deadly Art of Illusion,” This Week in Santa Barbara , Jan. 22. pg.118

Bornstein, Lisa. “In Living Color.” The Upper East Side Resident, New York , Jan. 22. pg.18

Vogel, Carol. “The Art Market.” The New York Times, Jan. 29. pg. C5

Azon, Gary. “Art Around Town.” Downtown Magazine, New York , Feb.9, front cover, pg.35

Powell, Dean, “ Clinton Cultura” Conde Nast: Traveler, April, pg. 48

Cella, Edward. “The Pop-ing Open of His Deep Cover.” Thresholds Magazine, Santa Barbara , Ca., vol. 7, Spring, reproductions front and back covers - pgs 160-67.

“Artist Exposes Idealogical Bias.” Monticito Life, Ca., Dec. 24.

1992

Bass, Ruth, “Jerry Kearns: Lehman College of Art Gallery ”, ArtNews,Nov., pgs. 144-45

Pener, Degen. “Is it Art or is it a Gift?” The New York Times. Dec. 13. pg.4 - section 9

Rodriquez, Geno, Editor, Artists of Conscience, The Alternative Museum , January, cover illustration.

Seward, Keith, “The Hybrid State ”, ARTFORUM, March, pgs. 105-06.

Raynor, Vivien. “At Lehman College , Social Commentary With a Pop Face,” The New York Times, May 10. Pg. 22C.

Inter Alia. ( Reno , Nevada ) 57:3, July. Cover illustration.

Holland, Laura. “Art vs. Politics (Round Two) : Art Puches Back.” Valley Advocate , Sept. 10-16

Wright, Patricia. “ Kearns Delivers Pop Art With Hard Political Punch.” North Hampton Gazette. North Hampton , Massechusetts. Sept.1, pg.29

Russell, Gloria. “ ‘Deep Cover' Re-Examines Myths.” Sunday Republican, Springfield , Mass, Oct. 4, pg.G6

1991

Rooney, Robert. “Fighting War On Another Front.” Weekend Australian, Sydney , Australia , Jan., pg. 26-27.

Watten, Barrett. “Trauma or Style?” Artweek, April, 25, pgs. 11+16.

Sozanski, Edward J, “Pop-Style Art With a Punch.” Philadelphia Inquirer, Nov. 7, pg. D 3

Hartocollis, Anemona. “Zero Identity: The End of Ethnicity.” New York Newsday, Dec. 12, Part II. pgs. 68-69, 88.

Hess, Elizabeth , “The White Rabbit,” Village Voice, Dec. 17, pg. 117

Donovan, Karen and Edelstein, Carol: eds. Minute by Minute in Words, Massachusetts : Zone Art Center

1990 Kuspit, Donald. “The Only Immortal.” ARTFORUM, Feb. pg. 117

Lydon, Susan. “Collective Wisdom ”, SF Magazine, Feb., pg.57-87

1990 Wall, John. “Post - Pop Generation Art Stirs Up Emotions” Altoona Mirror, July 2, pg. C1-C2

Leigh,Christian. “A Different War: Vietnam in Art.” Contemporanea, Nov., pgs. 86-87.

Raynor, Vivien. “Sallies Fly at a Bronx Gallery.” The New York Times Westchester edition, Nov. 4, Pg. 26

Bosman, Susan. “ Kearns ' Creative Message Gets Around.” Union News, Springfield , Mass. , Nov. 27.

Wallis, Brian. Editor. Democracy: A Project by Group Material, Vol.5 of Discussions in Contemporary Culture, Dia Art Foundation, New York , Seattle : Bay Press, pgs. 151-67.

1989 “Excerpts from Art and The Homeless Symposium”, Public Art Issues, New York , Winter-Spring, pg. 2-9.

Carroll, Charles Francis, “Post Pop on Interstate 291”, Valley Advocate, January 2.

Hills, Patricia, “Post modernism: Political Art and Power ”, Art New England, Boston

Hess, Elizabeth , “Love Me Tender ” Village Voice, Feb. 28

Byrum, John. “ Ohio : In Search of The Media Monster.” New Art Examiner March.

Levin, Kim, “ Soho in Madrid , Valencianos in Valencia ”, Village Voice March 14.

Hills, Patricia, “Art and the Law ” Art New England , Boston , May.

Decter, Joshua, “New York Review: Jerry Kearns” Arts Magazine, May, pg 104.

Metzger, Robert, “Reagan: American Icon”, Lewsiburg, Penn: Center Gallery, Bucknell University , pg. 60.

Johnson, Kenneth, “Jerry Kearns at Kent .” Art In America , July, pg. 142.

Glowen, Ron,“A Different War: Battlegrounds in the Mind”, Artweek, Sept., pgs. 1,8.

Garneria, Jose, “Jerry Kearns: ‘La Conciencia Politica Es Practicamente Inexsitente En Estados Unidos'.” Levante , Valencia , Spain., Nov.14

Garneria, Jose, “La Ansiedad Invisible.” Levante , Valencia , Spain , Nov.15.

Munoz, Abelardo, “Jerry Kearns: Arte, Droga Y Violencia En Imperio Americano”, Turia , Valencia , Spain , Nov. 27

Mari, Rafa, “ El Arte No Es Peligroso.” Las Provincias , Valencia , Spain , Nov. 14.

Sanchez Dura, Nicholas, “Sobre Arte Y Politica.” Paper De Cultura, Dec. “Underground: Poster for MTA.” Public Art Fund Catalog 1988-89, pg.10.

1988

Brenson, Michael, “The Social Club” , The New York Times, Jan. 22, Section C, pgs 22-24

Museum of Modern Art Members Calender 9:1, Jan., cover illustration.

“A Different War: Vietnam in Art.” Interview with Lucy Lippard. ICI Newsletter, 3:2, Spring / Summer

Lippard,Lucy R, “Snipers Nest: Ethnic Images in the Comics”, Zeta Magazine, Boston , April, pgs. 70-71

Princenthal, Nancy, “Political Prints: An Opinion Poll.” Print Collector's Newsletter 19:2 , May-June. pgs. 44-47

Donohue, Marlena. “The Galleries: Santa Monica ” Los Angeles Times June 3, Part IV pg. 6

Lazzari, Margaret, “Re- presentations of us to Ourselves” Artweek. 19:23 , June 11, pg.6

Conal, Robbie, “Pop Gun”, L.A. Weekly, June 17-23, Pg. 55

1988

Lasky, Claudia,“Profile: Jerry Kearns.” Santa Monica News, June 17-30, pgs. 13,15

Bartel, Jon, “Jerry Kearns: Political Art”, Coastlines,

University of California , Santa Barbara , Summer pg. 33

Hess, Elizabeth , “Presumed Guilty” Village Voice, September 27 pgs. 99-100

Schneir, Walter and Miriam, “Unknown Secrets” The Guardian, October 5

Curtis, Cathy, “ The Passionate Statements of Social Activism” Los Angeles Times, Oct.14, part IV, pg. 21

Alaton, Salem , “ NY Artists Get Vocal About Politics ”, Toronto Globe and Mail, Oct. 20

“Apocalypse Now” East Side Monthly, NY. Nov. pg. 26

“World Without End?” Canvas 6 ( Providence ) Nov. pgs.1,4

“Universe Publishes ‘The Rosenbergs ' to Coincide with Exhibit.” Publishers Weekly, Nov. 11

Middendorf , Frances , “After The Fall: Apocalyptic Visions at RISD” Phoenix News Paper Providence, Nov. 17-22, Section 2 , pgs.1,3,24

Sparks, Amy,“What's Wrong With This Picture?”Cleveland Edition Nov.17, pgs.1,20

Cullinan, Helen, “Media Lambasted in Exhibit.” Cleveland Plain Dealer, Nov. 18, pg.11

Wright, Patricia, “His Art Is a History Lesson.” Daily Hampshire Gazette, Northampton , Dec.14

Hess, Elizabeth , “On Track ”, Village Voice, NY, Dec.27, pg. 97

Felman, Lynn, “Art and the Rosenberg Era”, Genesis 2, Winter 1988-9 pgs. 31-34

1987 Brenson, Michael, “Documenta 8: When the Show Dwarfs the Art.” New York Times, July 5, Section c,pg. 1, 25

“Jerry Kearns: White Lies” Print Collector's Newsletter, May-June, pg.25

“Jerry Kearns: Risky Business” Print Collector's Newsletter, May-June, pg.25

Levin, Kim, “Centerfold: Jerry Kearns at Kent Fine Art” Village Voice, NY. 14, pg.89

Raynor, Vivian, “ Jerry Kearns at Kent Fine Art” New York Times, March 27, section C pg. 25

Riordan, Theresa, “Art Imitates Politics: Political Art in the Television Age” Common Cause Magazine, July / Aug., pgs. 22-26

1986 Artner, Alan, “Jerry Kearns' Cartoons Are Not For Laughs” Chicago , Jan. 17

Camacho Suarez, Eduardo, “Artistas Plasticos de E.U. Donan Obras a Cuba ” Excelsior ( Mexico City ) Sept. 15, section C, Pg. 24

Jan, Alfred, “Jerry Kearns / Modernism San Francisco ” Flash Art International, Summer, pg. 72

“Jerry Kearns”, Artextreme. Spring - Summer Pgs. 12-19

Johnston, Tom, “Jerry Kearns: Hearts and Minds” Western Gallery News Western Washington University, Bellingham

Marti, Agennor, “Donan Exposicion a Cuba Artistas Norte Americanos” Granma, Havana , Cuba , Sept. 10, pg. 19-20

Schjeldahl, Peter, “ A Visit to the Salon of Autumn 1986” Art In America , Dec., pgs. 15-21

Villarreal, Claudia, “Coctel en el Museo del Chopo” El Sol de Mexico, Mexico City Sept. 16, section C pgs. 9-10

1985

Boettger, Suzanne, “Made in New York ”, Artweek, Los Angeles , July 27, pg. 5

Brenson, Michael, “Jerry Kearns/ Exit Art Gallery ” New York Times, Sept.13, section C, pg.24

1985

Cotter, Holland , “Jerry Kearns/ Exit Art Gallery ”, Art In America , Dec.,pg. 128

Lippard, Lucy, “ Tragi-comix: Art in Search of New Symbols, In These Times, Oct. 23, pg. 14

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