Spike #83
216 x 280mm, 148 pages
Vienna, Austria & Berlin, Germany (German & English-language)
Quarterly
Published since 2004
Editor-in-chief: Rita Vitorelli
Art direction: Mirko Borsche
Spike is an art magazine. Recently marking 20 years in print, this latest issue is one for (or about?) the foodies, looking at how food—currently reigning supreme as social currency—impacts the art world:
‘How is this buffet of new ideas, techniques, and above all delicious images changing the flavour of art, which, going back to the cave paintings, has dealt with foods less digestible to our feeds—the slimy, the rotten, even the cannibal?’
Inside: a look back at Dieter Roth's cheese-stuffed suitcases and Mike Smith's fallout shelter snack bar from 1983; Philippa Snow unpacks Goya's Saturn Devouring His Son; Whitney Mallet interviews sexy artist trio Spiral Theory Test Kitchen; Julian Schabel's paintings make for the ideal backdrop to NYC's restaurants; and a history of crockery design.
On the Journal, about an earlier issue:
‘I love Spike magazine. The quarterly art magazine has been published since 2004 by artist Rita Vitorelli and has just reached its 50th issue. It follows an idiosyncratic editorial direction – part of its strength is its refusal to follow the crowd, and the art mag shelf is a crammed one. It’s not easy to stand out, but Spike’s mix of written and visual essays brings a more curatorial than editorial approach. And the main reason it stands out is its design.’ READ MORE