Art Reviews with Established Publisher in Hardcover Book Editions

Point Pleasant Publishing was founded in 2014 in Jersey City, New Jersey (currently based in the New Jersey Shore as well as beyond) and is an international contemporary art publisher specializing in writing critical essays.

Selected artists are featured with detailed curatorial review essays in the catalogue and receive a generous six-page spread dedicated to them. The writing by Point Pleasant Publishing is 100% human-created content, absolutely no artificial intelligence used.

What is 'the catalogue'?
The Artist Feature Catalogue is not a magazine but rather a collection of scholarly essays published in a hardcover art book format as well as presented digitally in a manner similar to an exhibition catalogue. With distinction, the catalogue includes artists who have works in the permanent collections of the Museum of Modern Art, Whitney Museum of American Art, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and multiple Smithsonian Institution museums. Artists included in the catalogue have also been critically published by The New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Forbes, National Geographic, The Boston Globe, Financial Times, Newsweek, and The Guardian. There are also quite a few artists in the catalogue who are represented by some of the most respected galleries in the world. Point Pleasant Publishing editions include notable award achievers such as National Endowment for the Arts and Pollock-Krasner Foundation grant recipients as well as International Photography Awards (IPA) winners. 

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What are the contributions of Point Pleasant Publishing?
Point Pleasant Publishing is a leading voice in international contemporary discourse and experimental visual art. We highlight artworks, moving-images, and performances which incorporate integrative and interdisciplinary practices as well as provide unique or provocative conceptual approaches. Point Pleasant Publishing has a curatorial vision and standard to advance contemporary art beyond design principles and technique. We actively push the boundaries of contemporary art by featuring artists whose works are socially relevant, hallucinogenic, provocatively sensual, mesmerizingly enchanted, conceptually ironic, arthouse documentative, and / or engage in institutional criticism. Through detailed yet direct written commentary, Point Pleasant Publishing applies a deeper dialogue to the visual arts beyond presentation and image-sharing.

Eligibility Criteria:
Point Pleasant Publishing accepts alternative and experimental forms of visual art including photography, performance, moving-image (video / film), installation, fiber / textiles, assemblage, collage, jewelry, light design, printmaking, fashion / costume design, text-based fragments, and analogue digital (no AI). ​​

​​​​Artists are selected based on a variety of factors including originality, conceptual impact, overall cohesiveness of portfolio, and aesthetic qualities of the art. ​We especially encourage alternative / experimental and underrepresented artists to apply.

No application fee. Modest selection requirements. 

Read more details and Apply at https://www.pointpleasantpublishing.net/info-callforartists