Kenny Scharf Catalogue

Selected Articles

"Sex and Death and Shock and Schlock - A Long Review of the Times Square Show," Artforum, October, 1980. p.50.

Deitch, Jeffery. "Report from Times Square," Art in America, September, 1980. p.59.

Chi, Tseng Kwong. "Chrome on the Range," SoHo News, July 22, 1981.

"Plus C'est La Meme Chose," Art & Auction, November, 1982.

Moufarrage, Nicolas. "Lightning Strikes (Not Once But Twice)," Arts Magazine, November, 1982.

Ricard, Rene. "The Pledge of Allegiance," Art Forum, November, 1982.

Gablik, Suzi. "Report From New York," Art in America, October, 1982.

Baker, Jon. "News From NYC," Brutus Magazine, September 15, 1982. p.124-125.

Flash Art, (Italian Edition), February-March, 1982.

Moufarrage, Nicolas. "Dada, Domino, and de Millions," New York Native, February, 1982.

Alinovi, Francesca. "Twenty-First Century Slang," Flash Art International, November, 1983. p.23-31.

"Openings/Kenny Scharf," Esquire, November, 1983. p.199.

Moufarrage, Nicolas. "The Mutant International; III: The Last Star... Aurora," Arts Magazine, November, 1983. p.85-90.

Smith, Roberta. "Aging Well is the Best Revenge," Village Voice, June, 1983.

Larson, Kay. "Primal Dreams," New York Magazine, March 26, 1983. p.58-62.

Moufarrage, Nicolas. "The State of New York Art," GO, March, 1983.

Moufarrage, Nicolas. "Electrically Eclectic," GO, March, 1983.

Moufarrage, Nicolas. "East Village," Flash Art, March, 1983.

Moufarrage, Nicolas. "X=O," Arts Magazine, February, 1983.

Engler, Brigitte. "Art Car," Paper Magazine, December, 1984.

"Art: The Sculpture of the New York School," The New York Times, December 7, 1984.

Lacayo, Richard. "Returning to the Frame Game," Time, December 3, 1984. p.72.

Hershkovits, David. "Home is Where the Art Is," The Daily News, November 29, 1984.

Cameron, Dan. "Neo-Surrealism: Having it Both Ways," Arts Magazine, November, 1984. pp.68-73.

"A Horse of a Different Color," The Pennsylvania Gazette, October, 1984. pp.29-31 (pictorial).

Chi, Tseng Kwong. "The Ultima Suprema Deluxa," Brutus, September, 1984. pp.79-81 (pictorial).

Moufarrage, Nicolas. "Year After," Flash Art, Summer, 1984.

Chi, Tseng Kwong. "Zena's Crib," Art Forum International, Summer, 1984. p.49 (pictorial).

"Graffiti Kunst: Bilder Aus dem Untergrund," Arts das Kunstmagazin, February, 1984.

Cameron, Dan. "Saint Kenny and the Culture Dragon," Arts Magazine, January, 1984. pp.93-95.

"Art in Action-Dream Car," Brutus, December 15, 1985. pp.92, 93, 99 (pictorial).

Heiferman, Marvin. "Graffiti Goes Tropical," House and Garden, October, 1985. pp.202-207.

Salkaln, Elaine. "The New Do-It-Your-Selfers," The Daily News Magazine, October 13, 1985.

Gandee, Charles K. "Heaven's Gate," Architectural Record, Mid- September, 1985.

Marzorati, Gerald. "KennyScharfsFunHouseBigBang," Art News, September, 1985. pp.72-81.

S., Walter. "Customize!," i-D, August, 1985. p.46.

Tompkins, Calvin. "The Art World," The New Yorker, July 22, 1985.

Virshup, Amy. "What's Really Going On: The Night," New York Magazine, June 17, 1985. pp.38-40.

Hughes, Robert. "Careerism and Hype Amidst the Image Haze," Time, June 17, 1985. pp.78-83.

Sozanski, Edward. "A Small Sampling of Five Artists," Philadelphia Inquirer, June 16, 1985. p.16G.

Marzorati, Gerald. "Picture Puzzles: The Whitney Biennial," Art News, Summer, 1985. pp.74-78.

Small, Michael. "Area Art," People, May 27, 1985.

McGuigan, Cathleen. "A Garden of Disco Delights," Newsweek, May 20, 1985. p.76.

Slesin, Suzanne. "New Look Palladium Re-Opens," New York Times, May 16, 1985.

Adams, Cindy. "Disco Madness Hits 14th Street," New York Post, May 16, 1985. p.29.

"Biennial: Caring and Compassionate," Art World, Vol. 9, No. 7, April, 1985.

Clushaw, Peter. "Custom Cars," The Face, April, 1985. p.12.

Russell, John. "Whitney Presents its Biennial Exhibition," New York Times, March 22, 1985.

Hager, Steven. "Mutants from Outer Space," High Times, February, 1985. pp.46-51.

Levin, Kim. "The Aesthetics of Cute," Village Voice, February 6, 1985.

Stem, Jean. "Mutant," Nitro, January, 1985.

Engler, Brigette. "Le Jerome Bosch des Annees 80," Ici New York, January, 1985.

Scharf, Kenny. "A Talk with Keith Haring," Flash Art, January, 1985. pp.14-17.

"Hang 10 or Hang it on the Wall," Sports Illustrated, November 17, 1986. p.14.

Heartly, Eleanor. "Reviews," Art News, October, 1986.

"Fantasia Tropical," Casa Vogue Brasil, May-June, 1986. pp.104-109.

Daniels, Demetria. "Bibiddy, Bobiddy, Boo," Downtown Magazine, May 21, 1986. p.7A.

Morera, Daniela. Vogue, October, 1987. pp.248-251.

Dowling, Claudia Glenn. "Loony Luna Luna," Life Magazine, September, 1987. p. 76.

"The Next Wave," Art & Antiques, Summer, 1987. p.26.

Johnson, Ken. "Kenny Scharf at Tony Shafrazi," Art in America, November, 1988. p.175.

"Kenny Scharf. Alles wird Kunst," Heim, October, 1988. p.183.

Smith, Roberta. "Kenny Scharf Grows Up," The New York Times, September 23, 1988. p.28.

Kasuga, Yoshiko. Pronto, Vol. 5, No. 5, 1988. pp.10-11.

House and Garden, April, 1988.

Sanders, Luanna. "The Artist in the Funhouse," Metropolitan Home, December, 1989. pp.104-109.

Levin, Kim. "Choices," Village Voice, June 27, 1989. p.48.

Geer, Susan. "The Galleries," Los Angeles Times, Part VI, May 26, 1989. p.18.

"East Side Story," Vogue, May, 1989. pp.356-401.

Raynor, Vivien. "Art, Neo-Expressionist or Neo-Surrealist?," The New York Times, May 13, 1989.

Zahm, Olivier. "Kenny Scharf-Beaubourg [Illustration: "Royal Dream,"]," Flash Art International, November/December, 1990. p.160.

Howell, John. "Don't Bungle the Jungle," Elle, August, 1990. pp.170-177.

"From the Surf to the Space," BT Monthly Art Magazine, May, 1990. pp.38-46.

"Art in the 80's," ZOOM, April, 1990. pp.42-47.

Chevron, Doris. "Echt Scharf," Elle, March, 1990. pp.274-279.

"Earth 1990: Friend of the Forest," Harpers Bazaar, January, 1990. pp.76, 140.

Leimbach, Dulcie. "For Children," The New York Times, November 29, 1991. p.C6.

Arias, Joey. "Back in the Closet," Paper Magazine, November, 1991.

Adams, Brooks. "Kenny Scharf at Tony Shafrazi," Art in America, September, 1991. pp.137-138.

McLean, Alex. "Kenny Scharf," Metropolitan Home, September, 1991. p.116.

Mahoney, Robert. "Kenny Scharf," Arts Magazine, May, 1991. p.100.

Grillo, Rosemary. "Changing Channels, Son of Pop Keeps Up," Cover Arts, April, 1991. pp.12-13.

"Galleries," The New Yorker, March 25, 1991. p.14.

"This is the House that Love Built," Newsweek, March 18, 1991.

"Self-Portrait by Kenny Scharf," The New Yorker, March 11, 1991. p.12.

"A Non-Designer Showhouse Held to Toast Absent Friends," The New York Times, March 7, 1991. p.C6.

"Whose Room is it Anyway?," New York Newsday, March 7, 1991. p.83.

"ShowHouse 2: The Adventure Continues," Metropolitan Home, February, 1991. p.26.

Schulman, Sandra Carole. "Kenny Scharf. Whimsically Wacky," X S, November 18 - 24, 1992. p. 42.

Dutt, Robin. "Kenny Scharf/Edward Totah Gallery," What's On, April 29, 1992. p.32.

Collings, Matthew. "Kenny Scharf at Edward Totah," City Limits, April 9-16, 1992. p.18.

"Marge Simpson," Details, December, 1993.

O'Neil, Jon. "Students turn paint and parts into closet-full of objects d'art," The Miami Herald, November 4, 1993.

Rupercht, Siebke, Christian, Kathinka and Kathinka Siebke. "Closet No. 11 Scnell, Schrill, Kenny Scharf," Foyer (German), November, 1993.

German Kohen, Helen. "Closets of Color," The Miami Herald, July 9, 1993.

Bornstein, Lisa. "Trendy Days Are Here Again," Downtown Resident, June 18-July 2, 1993. p.16.

Bowels, Hamish. "Vogue Style Living, Miami News," Vogue, April, 1993.

Powers, Jacquelynn D.. "The Scharf Eye," Ocean Drive Magazine, March, 1993. pp.48-49.

Canales, Louis. "Kenny Scharf," YES, Vol. 1, No. 6, November 4, 1994.

Ainsworth, Susan. "The Scharfer Image," South Florida Magazine, November, 1994. p.22.

Cantor, Judy. "Scharfer Image," The New Times, November 3-11, 1994.

Saltz, Jerry. "A Year in the Life: Tropic of Painting," Art in America, October, 1994. p.93.

"Self-Portrait," The New Yorker, May, 1994. p.24.

"Arts Alive," Scholastic Art, March, 1994. p.16.

Robinson, Walter. "Lost in Space," Manhattan File, October, 1995. pp.68-71.

Madry, Eva. "Top of the Pops," ELLE Decoration, September, 1995. pp.52-59.

Poz, August-September, 1995. pp.40, 72.

Beckett, Kathleen. "Kenny's Scharf Schak," Hamptons, July 7, 1995. p.38.

Dean, Dahlia. "Swimming With The Scharf," WWD Thursday, June 22, 1995. p.6.

"From Miami, South Beach," Brutus, June, 1995. pp.78-79.

Winifield, Nicole. "Art Darling Scharf Resurfaces," The News Journal, May 30, 1995. pp.3D.

Lindley, Kristin. "The Pop-Surrealistic World of Kenny Scharf," The Sun Post, May 18, 1995. p.4.

Hurlburt, Roger. "Art Harmony," Ft. Lauderdale Sun-Sentinel, May, 1995.

Poz, April-May, 1995. pp.68-71, 82.

Simon, Arnold. "Kenny Scharf's Metamorphosis on Spectacular Display," East Sider, April 19, 1995.

Kohen, Helen. "Scharf on Scharf," The Miami Herald, Sec. 1, April 16, 1995.

"Sa sag de st. Goran," Hast Journalen, March, 1995.

Talbot, Mary. "Lines for This Club Go Through a Mode," The Daily News, March 1, 1995.

"The Everglades," Ocean Drive Magazine, September, 1996.

Machuca, Marcela Garcia. "Es Otro Mundo!," Vida, October 18, 1996.

McKay, Bob. "Beat Me, Daddy, Five to the Bar," Playboy, October, 1996.

"Kenny Scharf," Italian Bazaar, April-May, 1996. pp.96-99.

Brophy, Kitty. "Kenny Scharf," Juxtapoz, Summer, 1996. pp.38-43.

"Can Friends Do It?," Playboy, May, 1996.

Talbot, Mary. "After Dark," Daily News, March 1, 1996. p.49.

"On Exhibit," Juxtapose, Winter, 1997.

"Carte Blanche, Kenny Scharf's Show and Tell," ARTIST, June-July, 1997. pp.41-47.

Hoban, Phoebe. "It's Deja Vu, Twice, for Art World,," The New York Times, June 28, 1997.

Milani, Joanne. "Child of the Tube," The Tampa Tribune, June 3, 1997.

Sheff, David. "When No Doesn't Mean No," Playboy, May, 1997.

Marger, Mary Ann. "Surreal Puzzle: What to Make of it?," St. Petersburg Times, May 30, 1997.

Cantor, Judy. "Scharf Among the Surrealists," The New Times, May 15-21, 1997.

Sanders, Jacquin. "Your Message Here," St. Petersburg Times, Section D, May, 1997. pp.1, 4.

Austin, Tom. "The Mad, Mad, Mad, Mad World of Kenny Scharf," Ocean Drive Magazine, May, 1997. pp.145 - 149.

"Why New Sex is the Best Sex," Playboy, March, 1997.

"Kenny Scharf," The New York Times, January 10, 1997.

Weiss, "Kenny Scharf," Dan's Papers, January 10, 1997-Marion. p.27.

Thompson, Robert Farris. "The Thousand Clowns of Kenny Scharf," Kenny Scharf, 1998. pp.16-26.

Ratcliff, Carter. "Kenny Scharf and the Pursuit of Happiness," Kenny Scharf, 1998. pp.38-45.

Scharf, Kenny. "Wild Realms," Kenny Scharf, 1998. p.6.

Paglia, Camille. "Rock Around the Clock," Forbes ASAP, November 30, 1998.

Sheed, Elizabeth. "Kenny Scharf Plays Up Post Pop," Cover, Vol. 12, #5, December, 1998.

Austin, Tom. "Alien Supermodels," Ocean Drive, November, 1998.

Kripalani, Jasmine. "Burdines Marks Anniversary with Smart Dummies," The Miami Herald, October 4, 1998.

Frank, Peter. "Ed Ruscha's Light, Kenny Scharf," LA Weekly, Vol. 20, No. 44, September 4-10, 1998.

Schultz, Carol Ebert. "Kenny Scharf Looks Sharp at MCN," La Jolla Village News, August 27, 1998.

Pincus, Robert. "There's Big News at La Jolla Museum," San Diego Union Tribune, August 21, 1998.

Darling, Michael. "Kenny Scharf at Kantor," DART International, August 21, 1998.

Darling, Michael. "Kenny Scharf at Kantor," DART International, Volume 1, No. 3, Fall, 1998.

Louie, Elaine. "Aliens Take Saks," The New York Times, May 31, 1998.

Jacober, Paul. "A Kenny Scharf Minute," Miamigo, April 8, 1998.

Smith, Roberta. "Kenny Scharf," The New York Times, February 20, 1998.

"Kenny Scharf," Visual, No. 72, 1998.

Kohen, Helen. "Bass Exhibit a Fashionable Look at the Past," The Miami Herald, January 31, 1998.

Lubow, Arthur. "The Whitney's Arrested Development," New York Times Magazine, April 11, 1999.

Parvaz, D. Seattle Post-Intelligencer, 1999.

Leibowitz, Debra. The Miami Herald, 1999.

Stuckstatte, Marion. "Graffiti Galaxie Bis Zur Gesellschaft der Maschine," Dusseldorfer Feuilleton, 1999.

Von-Michael, Georg Muller. Welt am Sonntag, 1999.

Sirgado, Miguel. "Craig Robbins," El Nuevo Herald, 1999.

Row, D.K. "Persistance and a Smile," The Oregonian, 1999.

Gragg, Randy. "Pop Goes the Artist," The Oregonian, 1999.

Brooks, Casadio, Ian, Mariuccia and Mariuccia Casadio. "Fun tasy side-art of Kenny Scharf," Vogue, May/June, 1999.

Quick, Rebecca. "Birdie is a Dumm, But the Girl is onto a Real Hip Thing," The Wall Street Journal, 2000.

Russell, Candice. "Culture Clash," The City Link, 2000.

Keeps, David. "Good Company: Psychedelia, Steak and Sno Balls," The New York Times, Section 9, November 3, 2002. p. 11.

Verini, James. "Hidden Art and Politics," Los Angeles Times, January 30, 2003. p. E48.

Johnson, Ken. "Aerosol Outlaws, Suddenly on the Inside Track," The New York Times, June 30, 2006.

Magsaysay, Melissa. "Elie Tahari Features Artist Kenny Scharf's Limited-Edition Collection," Los Angeles Times, June 1, 2008.

Wainwright, Jean. "The Art of Kenny Scharf," The Art Newspaper, March 24, 2009.

Pristin, Terry. "A Soho Visionary Makes an Artsy Bet in Miami," The New York Times, March 30, 2010.

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