Ninety : art des années 90 / art in the 90's was a French bimonthly contemporary art magazine published from 1990 to 2000. It featured articles in both French and English. Overview Publisher: Jean-Luc Flohic Editor-in-chief: Catherine Flohic Jean-Luc Chalumeau was the artistic advisor of the magazines *Eighty* and *Ninety* from 1983 to 1996.
The guest artists featured in each issue are mostly established figures in the art world. Many art critics contributed depending on the featured artists, including Olivier Kaeppelin, Daniel Dobbels, Nicolas Bourriaud, and Éric Troncy.
The magazine was published by Eighty Magazine Sarl, registered in the French Trade and Companies Register under number 328.648.035, and recognized by the French Press Commission (Commission paritaire des publications et agences de presse) under number 66071. It was distributed by Flohic Éditions. Eighty Magazine Ninety is the continuation of the magazine Eighty Magazine: painters in France in the 1980s. It was active from 1984 to 1990 and focused on French pictorial art of that decade.
From issue no. 1 (December–January 1984) to no. 33 (1990), each issue presented two important painters of the decade: Peter Klasen, Jacques Monory, Jean Hélion, Gérard Fromanger, Robert Combas, Jean-Michel Alberola, Jean Dubuffet, Gérard Garouste, Martial Raysse, Jean Le Gac, Hervé Télémaque, Erró, Pierre Soulages, etc.
There were 33 issues, plus a special issue "Eighty: Sculpture of the 1980s" by Véronique Schmeller, which presented 20 international sculptors who shaped the 1980–1990s, including Joseph Beuys, Christian Boltanski, Daniel Buren, Christo, Tony Cragg, Richard Deacon, Barry Flanagan, Dan Flavin, Jannis Kounellis, Sol LeWitt, Richard Long, Markus Lüpertz, Mario Merz, Mimmo Paladino, Giulio Paolini, A.R. Penck, Jean-Pierre Raynaud, Richard Serra, Jean Tinguely, Bill Woodrow.
Ninety precedes the magazine Twenty One: Art of the New Millennium (2001).
Issue Organization Following the same model as Eighty, the magazine is distinguished by a careful presentation, with numerous color reproductions, and covers various aspects of the artists' work, including interviews, analyses, and critical studies.
Ninety is a magazine dedicated to contemporary art of the 1990s. Each issue features a section on current artistic events, followed by dossiers presenting two artists. Each dossier includes about a dozen pages illustrated with photographs of the works, a text by Catherine Flohic, a critique by a guest contributor, and a biographical note. The cover is shared between the two artists, one on the front and the other on the back.
For example, the **first issue (1990)** brings together two symmetrically structured dossiers: Antoni Tàpies and Bernd and Hilla Becher, with texts by Catherine Flohic and Jean-Luc Chalumeau, numerous black-and-white and color illustrations, full-page plates, and interviews on events such as international contemporary art fairs.
The **17th issue (1995)** features Eric Fischl and Pascal Simonet, with texts by Catherine Flohic, black-and-white and color reproductions, as well as interviews on artistic events.
These issues now constitute a reference collection on art of the 1990s. List of Issues
No. Year Artists Texts / Critiques References 1 1990 Antoni Tàpies, Bernd and Hilla Becher Catherine Flohic, Jean-Luc Chalumeau 2 1990 Enzo Cucchi, Rob Scholte Jean-Luc Chalumeau 3 1991 Sigmar Polke, Doug and Mike Starn Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Achille Bonito Oliva 4 1991 Philippe Favier, Peter Howson Yves Michaud 5 1991 David Salle, Frédérique Lucien Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Alfred Pacquement 6 1991 Miquel Barceló, Jacques Charlier Jean-Luc Chalumeau 7 1992 Gérard Garouste, Bertrand Lavier Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Marie-Claude Beaud 8 1992 Mimmo Paladino, Elisabeth Dugne Marie-Paule Ferrandi, Catherine Flohic, Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Régis Debray 9 1992 Sophie Calle, Jiří Georg Dokoupil Catherine Flohic, Jean-Luc Chalumeau 10 1993 Joan Mitchell Catherine Flohic 11 1993 James Brown (artist), Damien Cabanes Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Catherine Flohic, Jean-Louis Froment 12 1993 Eugène Leroy, Françoise Vergier Catherine Flohic, Jean-Luc Chalumeau 13 1994 Markus Lüpertz, Fabrice Hybert Marie-Paule Ferrandi, Catherine Flohic, Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Thierry Sigg 14 1994 Jean-Pierre Raynaud, Carole Benzaken Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Catherine Flohic, Jean de Loisy 15 1994 Louise Bourgeois Catherine Flohic, Daniel Dobbels 16 1995 Francesco Clemente, Georges Touzenis Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Catherine Flohic 17 1995 Eric Fischl, Pascal Simonet Catherine Flohic, Daniel Abadie, Jean-Luc Chalumeau 18 1995 Ilya Kabakov, Max Neumann Jean-Luc Chalumeau, Catherine Flohic 19 1995 Cy Twombly, Pascal Convert Jean-Luc Chalumeau Bibliothèque Beaux-Arts Marseille 20 1996 Jean Le Gac, Myung-Ok Han Catherine Flohic, Agathe Rondinella, Olivier Kaeppelin 21 1996 Jean-Pierre Pincemin, Jean-Michel Othoniel Catherine Flohic 22 1996 Philippe Cognée, Tony Cragg Catherine Flohic 23 1997 Roman Opalka, Sylvie Blocher Guy Tosatto, Marc Donnadieu 24 1997 Georg Baselitz, Marc Couturier Catherine Flohic 25 1997 Rebecca Horn, Yan Pei-Ming Catherine Flohic 26 1998 Ernest Pignon-Ernest, Franck Chalendard Éric de Chassey 27 1998 José María Sicilia, Cornelia Parker — 28 1998 Luc Tuymans, Gilles Barbier Georges Touzenis 29 1998 Gerhard Richter, Lee Mingwei — 30 1998 Georges Rousse, Rirkrit Tiravanija — Bibliothèque Beaux-Arts Marseille 31 1999 Gilbert & George, Rachel Whiteread — 32 1999 Marlene Dumas, Marie-Ange Guilleminot Catherine Flohic, Dominic van den Boogerd 33 1999 Marina Abramovic, Patrick Corillon Catherine Flohic, Nicolas Bourriaud, Denys Zacharopoulos 34 1999 Michelangelo Pistoletto, Djamel Tatah — 35 2000 Jean-Marc Bustamante, Mariko Mori — 36 2000 Gloria Friedmann, Valérie Favre Catherine Flohic, Éric Troncy
Notes and references
External links Notice at the Bibliothèque Kandinsky Notice in the collection of the ESADMM Notice at the Archives de la critique d’art VIAF SUDOC Ninety: Art in the 90's at Biblio – For browsing or purchasing issues of the magazine.