CATHOLIC No.1: CATS Edited by Glynnis McDaris & Jesse Pearson Evil Twin Publications NEW YORK CATHOLIC No.1: CATS from the desk of Edited by Glynnis McDaris and Jesse Pearson Layout by Stacy Wakefield [email protected] CATHOLIC All artwork and writing remains property of the artists. Copyright © 2005. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be used or reproduced in any manner whatsoever without written permission except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical articles or reviews. Published by: Evil Twin Publications PO BOX 1318 COOPER STATION NEW YORK, NY 10276 www.EvilTwinPublications.com in Association with: D.A.P./Distributed Art Publishers, Inc. 155 AVENUE OF THE AMERICAS, SECOND FLOOR NEW YORK, NY 10013-1507 TEL. 212.627.1999 FAX 212.627.9484 www.artbook.com his is actually Catholic v1.5. That sounds extremely nerdy, but it’s true. The first with assistance from: Catholic was published in an edition of 1,000 handmade zines to accompany a T group show we curated in November, 2003, in New York. This Catholic, the new one, the fancy one that you’re holding, is double the size, refined and embellished. Not tamed, but groomed, let’s say. COVER PHOTOGRAPH BY MARY LAFRENIERE When we first had the idea to do a zine, it was like, “Well, we can just do cats the first BACK COVER DRAWING BY JIM DRAIN END PAGE COLLAGE BY GLYNNIS MCDARIS time. Then we’ll do plants. Or maybe something about costumes.” The point was, Catholic at first would mean “cat-holic,” like addicted to cats, but then after that the next editions Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data could adhere to our favorite definition of Catholic: “Having varied tastes.” (Look it up, it’s Catholic. No.1, Cats / edited by Glynnis McDaris and Jesse Pearson. true.) So, that’s the way it was supposed to be. p. cm. But then we finished the zine, showed it to people, and when they all said, “I have ISBN 1-933045-15-9 1. Cats in art. 2. Cats--Anecdotes. 3. Cat owners--Anecdotes. I. Title: literally been waiting my entire life for an arty magazine about cats and you should never Cats. II. McDaris, Glynnis. III. Pearson, Jesse. stop doing this for as long as you live” (that’s a bit of an exaggeration, but whatever), we N7668.C3C367 2005 decided that — of course — why abandon cats. We hate when people abandon cats. 636.8--dc22 —Jesse and Glynnis 2005002238 PS: That cat up there is Justin. He is the reason that all of this is happening. PRINTED IN CHINA PHOTO BY CAROL LEE CATHOLIC 5 1 Kelly Kuvo & Adam Dugas.....6 Liz Goldwyn.....8 Waris.....9 Takahiro Imamura.....10 Amy Kellner.....12 Jane Rule Burdine.....14 Tim Barber.....15 JD Samson.....16 Roe Ethridge.....17 Eileen Myles & Jordana Rosenberg.....18 Bjorn Copeland.....19 Richard Kern.....20 Jaiko Suzuki.....21 Josh Lyon.....22 Patrick McMullan.....23 Mary & Steve Lafreniere.....24 Amber Gayle & David Miller.....28 Cheryl Dunn.....30 Liz Bougatsos & Brian Degraw.....31 Peter Sutherland & Erik Anthony.....32 Matt Keegan.....34 Jean O’Brien.....35 Scott Lenhardt.....36 Ian Hundley.....37 Ryan McGinley.....38 Colin DeLand.....40 United Bamboo.....42 Stephen Sprott.....44 Isabel Asha Penzlien.....45 Greg Ginn with Jesse Pearson.....46 David Aron.....49 Pia Dehne.....50 Balthus.....51 Jeff Johnson & Blaise McDaris.....52 Kembra Pfahler.....56 Terry Richardson.....57 Walter Potter & Stephen Jenkins.....58 Cormac Chase.....60 Terence Koh.....61 62.....Peter Stanglmayr 63.....Tina Hejtmanek 64.....Glynnis McDaris 65.....Brian Degraw 66.....Wendy Mullin 67.....Rosalie Knox 68.....Kate Lacey 73.....Stacy Wakefield & Jane O’Brien 74.....Thordis Adalsteinsdottir 75.....Jim Drain 76.....Jim Krewson 77.....Ashley Macomber 78.....Mended Veil 79.....Jeremy Scott 80.....August Visco 81.....Pieter Schoolwerth 82.....Gabriel Orozco 84.....Allison Edge 85.....Bruce Nauman 86.....Sabrina Mansouri 87.....Sadie Laska 88.....Deli Cats of New York City 90.....Shawn Mortensen 91.....Dash Snow 92.....Judy Rifka 94.....Ashley Thayer 95.....Naomi Fisher 96.....Gelatin 98.....Wowch 100.....Nick Zinner 102.....Hisham Bharoocha 103.....Cat Reviews 104.....Tim Barber 106.....Jess Holzworth 107.....Adam Stennett 108.....Devin Flynn 109.....Gavin McInnes 110.....Alejandro Cardenas R.I.P. JABBERJAW BY KELLY KUVO ntil a few weeks ago, I wasn’t a “bleeding heart” Libra like my mom. I tried like HELL to be a selfish hard-ass. But now, I happen to be the type of person who sleeps on the couch so that my newly U adopted stray cat Bessie and her 5 kittens can have the entire bedroom all to themselves. Ugh. I’ve been sucker-punched by cuteness! Here’s a recent email from my mom, just so you can get an idea of what kind of an animal lover I grew up with. “Congrats on the babies and I hope you find them good homes! I love doing work for the shelter and right now I have a new black Manx kitten — but we are keeping her/him because we fell in love. We now have seven cats. Max passed away but we still have our oldest cat, TC, she is eleven, plus four 1 yr olds, one 3yr old, one 1 1/2 yr. old, and now the baby. TC and the baby are the only ones that are lovey — the rest are outdoors and just catty. My black cat, Kramer, passed away over two yrs ago; he was a love bug. Nice to have another love kitty around. Just took in a puppy with an amputated leg above the shoulder. She is a sweetie. Hopefully, Petsmart will find a good home for her. I will keep a tracer on her so she is not ever hurt in any way. The other dogs we got adopted are all in good homes and doing well. Love, Mom” Blame it on the full Blessing Moon. That’s when this kitten stuff all started. I saw, in the moonlight, this skinny little gray cat with a bulging uterus sitting in a garbage can trying to make a meal out of a greasy paper towel. Then…whammo! I’m a doting kitty grandmomma shopping for toys and treats for each babe. Why do these clichés run so rampant among single women in their 30s? I’m turning into a fucking cat lady. There used to be six kittens, but Jabberjaw died during the NYC Blackout. He overheated. He was the weakest of the two Tabby runts in the litter, and he cried and whined a lot. As soon as he was born, he was yelping. Thus the name. I did what I could to keep lil’ Jabbers alive and well. But once the ice cubes and ice-pack had thawed, there was nothing more to do. Newborn kittens can’t control their body temperature, so it’s important to make sure they don’t get too cold or too hot. Jabbers got too hot. And, oh, I felt so horrible about it! Especially since, only a few hours later, the electricity came back on. Then I had to put Jabberjaw in the freezer. A couple weeks passed by before I could muster up the energy to give lil’ Jabbers a proper funeral ceremony and burial. But I did. And I’m confident that he’s in a happy heavenly kitty place now. All remaining eight cat lives were symbolically buried with him. Rest In Peace, my poor little Jabberjaw! Me and Bessie and the babes Castle Greyskull, Hazel Baby, Snickerdoodle, Tab Cola, and Sir Puffsalot all love and miss you very much! i 6 5 CATHOLIC PHOTOS BY ADAM DUGAS CATHOLIC 5 7 8 5 CATHOLIC BRACELET BY LIZ GOLDWYN BROOCH BY WARIS CATHOLIC 5 9 PHOTO BY TAKAHIRO IMAMURA CATHOLIC 5 11 HANG IN THERE BABY? I DON’T THINK SO. BY AMY KELLNER h, the poor “Hang in There, should get the hell out of there, Baby” cat. Is there any sadder shouldn’t you? “Hang in there, Baby” O symbol of American kitsch? The is a dangerous trap. It’s abusive. Quite specters of the “Hang in There, Baby” frankly, it’s pissing in my mouth and cats are everywhere. Mostly they take calling it lemonade. I have a cat named the form of posters, Lucky Star. She’s black and white and tacked up in Dilbert-style cute all over. If she were office cubicles, symbolizing stuck up in a tree I wouldn’t the most tedious of think it was at all funny workplace drudgery. or motivational! I would The poster is supposed be incredibly worried to be motivational, but about her welfare! all it does is make you feel I definitely wouldn’t like your job is as bad as go emblazoning it on being stuck dangling t-shirts. Ha ha ha, animal from a tree. Then there cruelty! Hilarious! “Hang are the “Hang in There, in There, Baby” is Baby” cats that live on t-shirts. ultimately about waiting These are usually sold at country to get out of a bad situation. flea markets and bought by women Waiting to get on solid ground again. whose husbands treat them so bad that But I fear it’s a message of false they should really be buying shotguns hope. Cats are supposed to land on to shoot their hubbies’ peckers off. all fours and walk away unscathed, But instead it’s a sad chuckle and a but we clumsy humans aren’t as lucky. “Hang in There, Baby!” I think “Hang We can let go and fall to our fate, or in There, Baby” is a terrible message.