![Cover, top row, left to right: Bruce Nauman, Anthro/Socio (Rinde Facing Camera) [detail], 1991, six videodisc players, six color monitors, three video projectors, and six video discs, dimensions variable. Installation view. Daniel Martinz, Museum Tags: Second Movement (Overture) or Overture con Claque— Overture with Hired Audience Members (detail), 1993, metal visitor tags, 1¼ x 1" each. From the 1993 Whitney Biennial. Robert Gober, Untitled (detail), 199597, mixed media, dimensions variable. Matthew Barney, Cremaster 4 (detail), 1994, production still from a color video transferred to 35mm, 42 minutes 40 seconds. Photo: Peter Strietmann. Second row, left to right: Gabriel Orozco, Pinched Ball (Pelota ponchada) [detail], 1993, Cibachrome print, 9 x 13¼ ". Andreas Gursky, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (detail), 1997, color photograph, 70⅞ x 94½". Jeff Wall, A Sudden Gust of Wind (After Hokusai) [detail], 1993, Cibachrome transparency, aluminum display case, and fluorescent light, 90¼ x 12' 4½ ". Cindy Sherman, Untitled (detail), 1994, Cibachrome print, 44 x 30". Vanessa Beecrof, US Navy SEALs, 1999. Performance view, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. Photo: Todd Eberle. Tableau vivant by Jack Smith (detail), ca. 1957/1997, uncropped color photograph printed from a 2¼ x 2¼" negative taken with a reflex camera. Francis Francine. The Plaster Foundation, New York. Third row, left to right: Elizabeth Peyton, Blur Kurt (detail), 1995, oil on Masonite, 14 x 11". Charles Ray, Puzzle Bottle (detail), 1995, painted wood in glass bottle, 13' x 4" diameter. Cady Noland, Untitled, 1989, scaffolding, beer, car parts, and basket. Installation view. Photo: Michael Olijnyck. Monique Prieto, AM Safety Zone (detail), 1999, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 96". Jeff Koons, Puppy (detail), 1992, live flowers, earth, wood, and shell, 39 x 16 x 21'. David Reed, #332 (detail), 199394, oil and alkyd on linen, 26 x 110". Bottom row, left to right: Mike Kelley, Dialogue #2 (Transparent White Glass/Transparent Black Glass) [detail], 1991, blanket, stuffed animals, and cassette player, 74 x 49 x 11". Seydou Keïta, untiled, ca. 1954, black-and-white photograph. Pipilotti Rist, Let me sip your ocean (detail), 1995–96, video installation. Sigmar Polke, Gärtner (Gardener) [detail], 1992, acrylic on synthetic fabric, 114¼ x 114¼". Todd Haynes, Velvet Goldmine, 1998, production still from a color film in 35mm, 127 minutes. Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Photo: Peter Mountain. Robert Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait (detail), 1978, black-and-white photograph. The Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe, New York.](https://www.artforum.com/wp-content/uploads/2008/05/coversmall_large-15.jpg)
Cover, top row, left to right: Bruce Nauman, Anthro/Socio (Rinde Facing Camera) [detail], 1991, six videodisc players, six color monitors, three video projectors, and six video discs, dimensions variable. Installation view. Daniel Martinz, Museum Tags: Second Movement (Overture) or Overture con Claque— Overture with Hired Audience Members (detail), 1993, metal visitor tags, 1¼ x 1" each. From the 1993 Whitney Biennial. Robert Gober, Untitled (detail), 199597, mixed media, dimensions variable. Matthew Barney, Cremaster 4 (detail), 1994, production still from a color video transferred to 35mm, 42 minutes 40 seconds. Photo: Peter Strietmann. Second row, left to right: Gabriel Orozco, Pinched Ball (Pelota ponchada) [detail], 1993, Cibachrome print, 9 x 13¼ ". Andreas Gursky, Chicago Mercantile Exchange (detail), 1997, color photograph, 70⅞ x 94½". Jeff Wall, A Sudden Gust of Wind (After Hokusai) [detail], 1993, Cibachrome transparency, aluminum display case, and fluorescent light, 90¼ x 12' 4½ ". Cindy Sherman, Untitled (detail), 1994, Cibachrome print, 44 x 30". Vanessa Beecrof, US Navy SEALs, 1999. Performance view, Museum of Contemporary Art, San Diego. Photo: Todd Eberle. Tableau vivant by Jack Smith (detail), ca. 1957/1997, uncropped color photograph printed from a 2¼ x 2¼" negative taken with a reflex camera. Francis Francine. The Plaster Foundation, New York. Third row, left to right: Elizabeth Peyton, Blur Kurt (detail), 1995, oil on Masonite, 14 x 11". Charles Ray, Puzzle Bottle (detail), 1995, painted wood in glass bottle, 13' x 4" diameter. Cady Noland, Untitled, 1989, scaffolding, beer, car parts, and basket. Installation view. Photo: Michael Olijnyck. Monique Prieto, AM Safety Zone (detail), 1999, acrylic on canvas, 72 x 96". Jeff Koons, Puppy (detail), 1992, live flowers, earth, wood, and shell, 39 x 16 x 21'. David Reed, #332 (detail), 199394, oil and alkyd on linen, 26 x 110". Bottom row, left to right: Mike Kelley, Dialogue #2 (Transparent White Glass/Transparent Black Glass) [detail], 1991, blanket, stuffed animals, and cassette player, 74 x 49 x 11". Seydou Keïta, untiled, ca. 1954, black-and-white photograph. Pipilotti Rist, Let me sip your ocean (detail), 1995–96, video installation. Sigmar Polke, Gärtner (Gardener) [detail], 1992, acrylic on synthetic fabric, 114¼ x 114¼". Todd Haynes, Velvet Goldmine, 1998, production still from a color film in 35mm, 127 minutes. Brian Slade (Jonathan Rhys Meyers). Photo: Peter Mountain. Robert Mapplethorpe, Self-Portrait (detail), 1978, black-and-white photograph. The Estate of Robert Mapplethorpe, New York.
DECEMBER 1999
VOL. 38, NO. 4
