Issue 313 - Digital Version

January / February 1998 Cover Image: Chuck Close, Self-Portrait, 1997, oil on canvas. Photograph: Ellen Page Wilson. Courtesy Pace Wildenstein. Graphis magazine Issue 313 includes the following stories: Chuck Close: Painting as Performing Art, by Mindy Aloff; Lana Rigsby: Holding Her Ground, by Mike Noble; Maya Lin: One Driving Idea, by Martin C. Pedersen; Koichi Sato: Mr. Sandman, by Maggie Kinser Saiki; St. Luke’s: Making the Irrelevant Relevant, by Jan Burney; All Over the Map with David Byrne, by Ken Coupland; and Raymond Lowey: The Fine Art of Self-Promotion, by Véronique Vienne. CONTENTS 6 Editorial 9 Contributors to this Issue 12 Product Design: The British are Coming! By Mel Byars 17 Advertising Outdoors Reviewed by Ken Coupland 17 Andrée Putman Reviewed by Rynn Williams 18 Stenberg Brothers Reviewed by Ena Goldstaub-Dainotto 18 Marc Riboud in China Reviewed by Rynn Williams 20 Graphic Design: Mainstreaming Details By Maureen Callahan 26 Consumer Products By Yanitza Tavarez 32 Chuck Close: Painting as Performing Art With a combination of physical courage, determination and fierce artistic vision, Chuck Close explores the landscape of the human face. By Mindy Aloff 42 Lana Rigsby: Holding Her Ground Ambitious, steadfast, and intense, Lana Rigsby's relentless pursuit to make her design relevant is not for the faint of heart. By Mike Noble 56 Maya Lin: One Driving Idea After Creating two monumental works before the age of thirty, Maya Lin sets her sights on an equally daunting challenge: creating architecture as compelling as her art. A progress report. By Martin C. Pedersen 70 Koichi Sato: Mr. Sandman Once a self-confessed copycat of Andy Worhol and Tadanori Yokoo, Koichi Sato has now mastered his own art of creating dreamlike designs that confront reality and fantasy. By Maggie Kinser Saiki 84 St. Luke's: Making the Irrelevant Relevant Can an advertising agency be culturally and ethically based without being self-righteous? St. Luke's of London explains why it is different. By Jan Burney 92 All Over the Map with David Byrne By Ken Coupland 101 Raymond Lowey: The Fine Art of Self-Promotion By Véronique Vienne 106 Art Directors Club 108 Type Directors Club 110 Global Report 111 Exhibitions 112 In Memoriam 113 German By Heinke Jenssen 129 French By Caroline Droz, Isabelle Wolf 146 The Tokyo Art Directors Club By Masami Kikuchi 152 Blanking Design Industrial Design, Malmo, Sweden 154 The 100 Best German Posters Competition