Purple Diary

[May 17 2023]

PURPLE 39 THE NEW YORK ISSUE: INTERVIEW AA BRONSON

PURPLE 39 THE NEW YORK ISSUE: COFOUNDER OF THE CANADIAN ART TRIO GENERAL IDEA, AA BRONSON MOVED TO NEW YORK IN THE ’70S AND HAS SINCE BEEN AT THE FOREFRONT OF INDEPENDENT PRINT CULTURE. NOW LIVING IN BERLIN, HE TELLS US ABOUT THIS VITAL ASPECT OF THE NEW YORK ART COMMUNITY.

Portraits by Letizia Guel

“Somehow, Printed Matter created a scene that incorpo­rated different genera­tions and types of people. And that’s what created the environment that led us to create a book fair. Before that, it was too specialized as an audience. Now, we had multiple audiences. We had the zine audience, a design and art audience, and a photo­graphy audience”.

Go to boutique.purple.fr to purchase your own copy of the new Purple #39.

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