""It was a wonderful, chaotic time in my life as an artist, but I thrived on it," he says. A product of its New York surroundings, largely inspired by Andy Warhol's Interview and Halley's dissatisfaction with the art scene at the time, Index was a cultural bible anchored in 90s indie sentiment. Co-founded with curator Bob Nickas, the operation was based out of Halley's Chelsea studio."
""After 51 issues and nearly ten years, the title was discontinued in 2005, leaving behind a rich digital archive and a blueprint for future media. Its legacy was burnished in 2014 with the Rizzoli book, Index A to Z: Art, Design, Fashion, Film and Music in the Indie Era, and an Instagram account arrived in 2021. Now, 20 years after Index's final issue - which featured cover star Eugene Hütz of Gogol Bordello shot by Bruce LaBruce -""
Peter Halley, a Neo-Conceptualist artist, launched Index in 1996 from his Chelsea studio as a New York–rooted cultural magazine inspired by Andy Warhol’s Interview and dissatisfaction with the contemporary art scene. Co-founded with curator Bob Nickas, Index combined art, design, fashion, film and music across 51 issues until its 2005 closure, creating a rich digital archive and a blueprint for future media. The title’s legacy continued through the 2014 Rizzoli anthology and a 2021 Instagram presence. A Paris retrospective by Wahter Studio frames Index as both photography exhibition and research centre, with a reading room offering iconic interviews and stories.
Read at AnOther
Unable to calculate read time
Collection
[
|
...
]