Bruce Hainley is an American critic, writer and poet. He is the professor of Criticism and Theory at the MFA program at the Art Center College of Design in Pasadena, California, and the Roski School of Fine Arts, University of Southern California. In 2021, he was made Chair of the Department of Visual and Dramatic Arts at Rice University.[1] He is a contributing editor at Artforum and Frieze.

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In 2003 he co-wrote Art - A sex Book with filmmaker John Waters. Hainley's 2006 book of poetry, Foul Mouth, was a finalist in the National Poetry Series.

Bibliography

Books

• Vile Days: The Village Voice Art Columns, 1985-1988. By Gary Indiana. Edited by Bruce Hainley. Semiotext(e)/MIT Press. 2018.
• Under the Sign of [sic]. Sturtevant’s Volte-Face. Semiotext(e). 2013. OCLC 869010394[2][3][4]
• Foul Mouth. Los Angeles: 2nd Cannons Publications. 2006. OCLC 123960555
• Art – A Sex Book. John Waters, Bruce Hainley. New York: Thames & Hudson, 2003. OCLC 54936930
• Pep Talk Reader. (Edition of 100)]. Bruce Hainley.[5][6]

Essays

• Tomma Abts. Essays by Jan Verwoert, Bruce Hainley, Laura Hoptman. New York: Phaidon, 2008.
• Matthew Ronay: Goin' Down, Down, Down. Essays by Michael Glover and Bruce Hainley. Edited by Ziba de Weck Ardalan. Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2006.
• Urs Fischer: Kir Royal. Essays by Jörg Heiser, Urs Fischer, and Bruce Hainley. Zurich: JRP|Ringier, 2005.
• Tom Friedman (Contemporary Artists). Essays by Bruce Hainley, Dennis Cooper, and Adrian Searle. New York: Phaidon, 2001.

References

External links

• “To Whom it May Concern.” Red Hook Journal, CSS Bard. August 30, 2011.
• Bruce Hainley, Lisa Lapinski, and Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer discuss Sturtevant at 356 S. Mission Rd. December 7, 2013. (Youtube).