TABLE OF CONTENTS

December 1996

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December 1996, Vol. 35, No. 4

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COLUMNS

Q & A

Andrew Hultkrans on the Year's Images

Q & A

Peter Bowen on Film

Q & A

Darryl Turner on Style

Q & A

Ernest Pascucci on Architecture

Q & A

Mark Van de Walle on Music

ESSAY

Dennis Cooper on Tots and Toys

ESSAY

Bruce Hainley on the Tenderness of Wallpaper

FASHION

Hilton Als on the Prosthetic Aesthetic

SLANT

Bell Hooks on Backlash and Betrayal

GADGET LOVE

Andrew Ross on the Great Wired Way

MUSIC

Evelyn McDonnell on Buzzsounds

Real Life Rock

Jon Savage on Top Ten (Plus Three)

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THE BEST AND WORST EXHIBITIONS OF 1996

Peter Plagens

Dave Hickey

Linda Nochlin

Giorgio Verzotti

Benjamin H. D. Buchloh

Jim Lewis

Christopher Knight

Robert Rosenblum

Mark Van de Walle

Carol Squiers

David Rimanelli

Gary Kornblau

David Frankel

Richard Shone

David Sylvester

Pascaline Cuvelier

Catherine Millet

Michael Brenson

Christoph Blase

Jan Avgikos

Daniel Birnbaum

Boris Groys

Jeff Weinstein