The Newsstand: Independently Published Zines, Magazines & Artist Books

About this book

This book documents and encapsulates the story of The Newsstand a pop-up retail space conceptualized and produced by Alldayeveryday and curated by Lele Saveri. The most comprehensive anthology of contemporary zine culture of New York and beyond including more than a thousand contemporary artist publications and independently produced zines books and artworks. The Newsstand was a pop-up conceptual retail store that transformed an ordinary subway hub into a mecca for independently published magazines books comics and zines. Located within Brooklyns Metropolitan Avenue L/G stop in 2013 the temporary space hosted events and art exhibitions in which the artists acting as guest clerks were given carte blanche to transform the space. In November 2015 The Newsstand will be re-created and built to scale at the Museum of Modern Art New York including the zines and books sold in its original location.The Newsstand catalogue features images of the zines books and ephemera sold; documentation of the events and exhibitions; images of the guest clerks and artists; essays by leading cultural figures; and interviews with the publishers artists commuters MTA workers and police officers influenced by The Newsstand. Designed in the style of a zine this book documents not only a prolific time within independent publishing but also the thriving community that supports it.