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Selected Writing |
Head Gallery, The Island of Flowers, (Song Cycle no. 2, 2018),
Edited by Nick Irvin, 12 pages, b&w with color plates and cover. Edition of 200. |
Russell, J., DOGGO, Zurich & Miami: Kunsthalle Zurich & NAME Publications, 2017
(8 chapters, 288 pages and colour illustration). |
[Mo-Leeza Roberts], HEAD, London:Book Works, 2015 |
'SQRRL', Bridget Donahue, New York, November, 2015 |
‘Bruce Willis, Irigaray, And The Aesthetics Of Space Travel’. Metamute, Dec 2014. |
‘The Capitalisation of Death’. In ed. Hannah Sawtell, RE PETITIONER IN ZERO TIME” London: Vilma Gold, London', Nov 1, 2013. |
'Abysmal Plan: Waiting Until We Die and Radically Accelerated Repetitionism', e-flux journal, June 2013. |
‘Dear Living Person’, in ed. Erik Wysocan, Memorial Address: Marquise de Sade on the occasion of the Jean Paul Marat's and Le Pelletier's funeral, New York: Halmos, 2012. |
‘Autonomy is not worth the paper it is not written on: Writing. Written. Art-Writing. Art. Writing’, in
ed. Gavin Everall/Jane Rolo, Again, A Time Machine: from distribution to archive, London: Bookworks, 2012. |
‘Dear Living Person’, in Blast CounterBlast. ed. Anthony elms and Steve Reinke, Toronto: Mercer Union/WhiteWalls Inc, 2011. |
‘A largely intolerable combination of two mainly unconnected texts: 1. Description of the Barefoot in the Head event, at BHQU, NY, 12/11/09; 2. Fictioning and the End.’ in Beasley, M., Rowlands, A. and Russell, J (ed.s) Barefoot in the Head, Birmingham: Article Press, 2011, pp. 68-85. |
‘Dear Living Person II. Story of the Eyes,’ Metamute, 14 September, 2011. |
‘Dear Living Person,’ Mute Journal. Vol 3, No. 1, Summer 2011, pp. 112 -122. |
‘Dear Living Person,’ Metamute. February 11, 2011. |
'Why are conceptual artists juicing again? Because they moisturise its a glistening sparkle.' Illustrated text, Frieze magazine, Sept, 2009: pp. 108-111. |
'The Return of the Living Dead III. Clement Greenberg is a conceptual artist. Flatness and Shapeism,' in (eds) Garnett, R. and Hunt, A., Gest / Laboratory of Synthesis. London: Bookworks, 2008: pp. 81-99.
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‘Frozen Tears’, in Frozen Tears I, Birmingham: Article Press, University of Central England, 2003: pp. 535-642. |
‘Patrick Brill and Wayne Winner’; ‘John Cussans’; ‘Virginia Nimarkoh’; and ‘Ramsay/Bird’, in ed. Arnatt, M., Collings, M. and Grassi, C., 100 Reviews (Backwards), London: Alberta Press, 2002, pp. 30-31, 39-40, 76, 95-96. |
‘The Collagist’. Press release text for The Collagist exhibition 2002, reprinted in: Wade, G. (ed.), Strike, ed., London: Alberta Press, 2002: 44–45. And in Will Stuart aka Will Holder/Stuart Bailey (ed) Tourette/for the Publick Good, 2003, pp.13-15. |
Russell, J. ‘Interview: John Russell & Janette Parris’, in Hylton, R (ed) The best of Janette Parris, London: Autograph Press, 2002, pp 56–61. |
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Books |
Vermillion Vortex, Brighton: Coventry University/Grey Area, 2011. 48 pp. Comic book version of Vermillion Vortex animated film, 2010. |
Beasley, M., Rowlands, A. and Russell, J. [Co-ed. & authored chap]. Barefoot in the Head. Birmingham: UCE/Article Press, 2011. |
Russell, J. (Ed./designer). FROZEN TEARS III, Birmingham: Article Press, University of Central England, 2007.
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Russell, J. [Ed. & designer]. FROZEN TEARS II, Birmingham: Article Press, University of Central England, 2004. |
Russell, J. [Ed., designer & authored chapter]. FROZEN TEARS I, Birmingham: Article Press, Unversity of Central England, 2003.
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BANK (Simon Bedwell, John Russell, Milly Thomson & Andrew Williamson). Contributing co-editor. The BANK Tabloid, 34 issues, 1996-7. |
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Publication projects |
‘Vermillion Vortex’, Art Review Magazine, Nov, 2010, pp. 186-7, and on Art Review website. Commissioned 20 minute animated film & cartoon strip. |
Artist of the Month Club: February, Invisible Exports Gallery, New York, 2010. Commissioned limited edition print. |
Negative Space: Crucifix. Stone Canyon Nocturne Press, 2010. Commisioned limited edition letterpress print. |
‘Untitled [Mummy]’ in Lucy Keaney (ed), Fools Gold: Practice and Improvisation in performance, Issue 1, Edinburgh: Edinburgh College of Art, 2009. Single page illustration. |
'The Return of the Living Dead III. Clement Greenberg is a conceptual artist. Flatness and Shapeism.' Distributed by dot dot dot /Dexter Sinister, as part of Whitney Biennale, 2007, in the format of single page pdf (861 x 21cm), released via Whitney press list, March 2008 and published on Dexter Sinister website (above). Also featuring in two performances: as a 28ft fax during performance of True Mirror Microfiche at The Kitchen, New York, 25 Nov 2008; and as spoken word performance in Talk Show at ICA, London, 30 May 2009, both events curated by Dexter Sinister. |
Mute Magazine, Vol 2, No. 8, May, 2008. Commissioned cover design. |
Audeoud, F. and Russell, J. 'Voicing the Vagina'. Commission by Bookworks, London, 2004. Toured as part of Infra thin project to Ikon Gallery, Birmingham and International 3, Manchester (July – October 2004). 8 limited edition posters, incl. film event/installation at Commercial Tavern. Posters flyposted around East London. Curated by Mark Beasley. |
‘Frozen Tears.’ Sleaze Nation Magazine, June, 2004: 105–111. Commissioned project: 3 double-page spread illustrations and text referencing the Frozen Tears publications.
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Catalogue Essays
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‘Fairie Poem’ in (eds) Rowlands, Bracewell & Clark, The Dark Monarch: Magic & Modernity in British Art, London & St Ives: Tate Publishing, 2009, p. 143. |
'Summer', in: Morris, L. (ed.) EAST International 2009, Norwich Universty College of the Arts, Norwich, 2009, pp. 104-107. |
‘Ocean Pose’, in Ocean Pose, London: Matts Gallery, 2007, pp. 2-11. |
Audeoud, F. & Russell, J., ‘Pourquoi les femmes aiment-elles l’enfer?’, in Confort Moderne, Programme, April – May 2005, Poitiers: Confort Moderne, 2005, pp. 4-9. |
Audeoud, F. & Russell, J., ‘You Can’t Raise up the Working Classes By Telling Them They are Poor’, in Hurts so good, Vilnius: Contemporary Art Centre, 2002, pp. 7-12. |
‘Tourette syndrome: instantaneously present’, in Abstract Painting, Manchester: International 3, 2001: 7–8. Text reworked in [Russell, J]. Bailey, Stuart, Will Holder, Louis Luthi & John Morgan ‘Semantic poetry translation (after Stefan Themerson) of ‘Tourettes Syndrome’ (after John Russell),’ Dot Dot Dot 13, 2007. |
BANK [Bedwell, Simon, John Russell & Milly Thomson]. ‘If hope were a time machine’ (1999). Catalogue text for BANK exhibition: If hope was a time machine, Magazin 4, Bregenz, Austria. [Hand printed during the exhibition]. Reprinted in (ed.s) Bedwell, S. and Thompson, M., BANK, London: Black Dog Publishing, 2000. |
BANK [Bedwell, Simon, John Russell, Milly Thomson & Andrew Williamson], BANK catalogues, including Fuck off (1996), Cocaine orgasm (1995), The charge of the light brigade (1995), Zombie Golf (1995), Wish you were here (1994), Space international (1992). |
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