Charley was a 5-edition contemporary art publication series edited by Maurizio Cattelan, Massimiliano Gioni and Ali Subotnick from 2001 to 2007. A do-it-yourself magazine, Charley was an inclusive publication relying on assimilation, rather than on selection.
Charley was a machine for redistribution, a mechanism for spreading and exploiting information, rumors, and communication. Like most information, it was partial, unstable, and untrustworthy. There were no hierarchies and no favorites in Charley. It flirted equally with celebrity and failure. Charley was a multiform creature, bound to transform with each issue. Charley was a pre-digested combine, with pages assembled from catalogues, brochures, press clips, postcards, and other visuals. But what was Charley really? Charley was a new publication on emerging artists. Prominent curators, writers, artists, and other arts professionals from around the world were asked to suggest up to 10 up-and-coming artists and/or submit materials on the artists for inclusion in Charley—400 art makers from around the globe responded, and each of them was represented by one page of Charley.