Edited by Phil Mariani and Brian Wallis, Wedge was a seminal periodical combining artists’ projects and critical and theoretical writings that ran during the early to mid 1980’s. Features in this first issue: an interview with Joseph Beuys by Art Papier, “The Enigma and Melancholy of Nostalgia” by Jonathan Crary, “Time” by Kathy Acker, three works by the Guerilla Art Action Group, an interview with Jean-Marie Straub and Daniele Huillet by Phil Mariani, “Notes on Expression/Repression” by Margia Kramer, “Essays” by Jenny Holzer, “Glory Gut” by Schuldt, “On the Carnivalesque” by Robert Stam, “Song Paintings” by Paul McMahon and Nancy Chunn, “SOMBA” by Oyvind Fahlstrom, “Governing Authority: Robert Longo’s Performance Empire” by Brian Wallis, and “Empire: A Performance Trilogy” by Robert Longo.
