The Sienese Shredder Issue 4

The good ship Shredder embarks upon its fourth voyage into uncharted waters with another rich trove: specially designed portfolios by Martin Wilner and Arne Svenson; Lawrence Weschler on the surfeit of Christlike imagery in contemporary art; a previously unpublished sketchbook by Joan Mitchell; Kurt Schwitters works on paper including early letterhead designs and a reproduction of a rare “Ursonate” print; a portfolio of Valentine Hugo''s quirky surrealism; Fred Mann''s interview with English tenor John Mark Ainsley; National Book Award winner Mark Doty''s meditation on Walt Whitman''s tomb; Rochelle Gurstein''s rediscovery of the mysterious Venus de'' Medici; the kinky side of Swiss Renaissance master Urs Graf''s drawings; Luise Kruger''s folksy fabric works; a new Shredder-only story by Allan Gurganus; Wilson Bentley''s microscopic photographs of snowflakes; Frances Richard on Duchamp and Gordon Matta-Clark; a large selection of R. Crumb''s little-known portrait spools; and a CD of accordionist Guy Klucevsek''s early work.