Crimeways is the third book in the Ways series - anthologies of anonymously written stories which, put together, are “novels” that challenge traditional notions of narrative genres - in this case, the detective novel. Conceived by conceptual artist Rita McBride the book is co-published by Printed Matter, the Whitney Museum of American Art and Arsenal Pulp Press. Crimewaystells the tale of New York under siege by an underground band of aesthetic criminals who threaten to destroy a landmark in the name of art. Attempts are made to save the city from these artistic fascists and their bad taste.

Contributors include British novelist Geoff Nicholson, former gay porn writer Jack Pretzer, architects Roger Duffy and Dana Bauer, Gordon Wallace, editor of Honcho, Mandate, and Playguy, and photographer Nick Briggs, the model for David Hemmings’ character in the Antonioni film Blow Up.
From Printed Matter’s Emerging Artists Publication Series.