TABLE OF CONTENTS

November 2021

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My Barbarian, Silver Minds, 2006. Rehearsal view, Black Dragon Canyon, Utah, March 19, 2006. From left: Alexandro Segade, Jade Gordon, and Malik Gaines.

November 2021, Vol. 60, No. 3

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COLUMNS

Louise Fishman in her studio, New York, April 2016. Photo: Christian Hogstedt/Art Partner Licensing.

passages

Louise Fishman (1939–2021)

View of Eugene Von Bruenchenhein works and partial home facsimile, Art Preserve of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center, Sheboygan, Wisconsin, 2021.

on site

Michael Ned Holte on the Art Preserve of the John Michael Kohler Arts Center

Yannis Tsarouchis, Two Cretans, 1933–34, pencil and sanguine on paper, 13 3⁄4 × 9 7⁄8".

on site

James Rondeau on Yannis Tsarouchis

Box attributed to Jean Saint made for the Dutch West India Company in Africa, 1749.

on site

Pablo José Ramírez on the Rijksmuseum’s “Slavery” exhibition

Ericka Beckman, STALK (detail), 2021, still from the HD-video component (color, sound, 30 minutes) of a mixed-media performance additionally comprising a mechanical stage prop and live drummer.

performance

Piper Marshall on Ericka Beckman

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TAUBA MEDIUM

Caroline A. Jones on the art of Tauba Auerbach

Petrit Halilaj, The history of a hug, 2020, steel, fabric, feathers, leather, wood from Kosovo, silicone, paint, hair. Installation view, Palacio de Cristal, Parque de El Retir, Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofía, Madrid. Photo: ImagenSubliminal (Miguel de Guzmán and Rocío Romero).

FLIGHT FANTASIES

Mark Godfrey on the art of Petrit Halilaj

View of “Sarah Oppenheimer: Sensitive Machine,” 2021, Wellin Museum of Art at Hamilton College, Clinton, NY. Photo: John Bentham.

1000 WORDS: SARAH OPPENHEIMER

Sarah Oppenheimer talks about “Sensitive Machine”

My Barbarian, Silver Minds, 2006. Rehearsal view, Black Dragon Canyon, Utah, March 19, 2006. From left: Alexandro Segade, Jade Gordon, and Malik Gaines.

HAPPIER ENDINGS

Catherine Quan Damman on the art of My Barbarian

Michael Breslin and Patrick Foley, This American Wife, 2021. Rehearsal view, Great Neck, NY, May 19, 2021. Michael Breslin. Photo: Nina Goodheart.

WOMEN AND FAGGOTS

Hari Nef on This American Wife

Person holding Meret Oppenheim’s 1936 Object, New York, 1936. Photo: John Lindsay/AP Photo.

CLOSE-UP: WOMAN IS THE HOST

Lucy Ives on Meret Oppenheim’s Object, 1936

Kayode Ojo, Afterparty for Robert Bittenbender and Maggie Lee “Flowers in the Attic” at Bed Stuy Love Affair, The Cardinal, New York, NY, Valentine’s Day, 2015, Uniqlo (White), 2019, Uniqlo jeans, Jane Stone sexy gold-color tassel body-chain necklace fashion statement jewelry (Fn1095), Hamilton Stands KB400 classic American folding sheet-music stand (chrome), Glacier Bay beveled-edge bath mirror, dimensions variable.

OPENINGS: KAYODE OJO

David Rimanelli on Kayode Ojo

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View of “Judy Chicago: A Retrospective,” 2021–22. From left: Rainbow Pickett, 1965/2021; Birth Hood, 1965/2011. Photo: Drew Altizer.

Dodie Bellamy on Judy Chicago

Mickalene Thomas, May 1977, 2021, rhinestones, glitter, acrylic, and oil on canvas, 98 1⁄8 × 82 1⁄8".

New York

Martin Roth, From 2017-2021 Martin Roth transformed a ruin into a garden for a plant concert (detail), 2017–21, soil, plants, speakers, sensors, hardware. Installation view.

Newburgh, NY

Jeffrey Kastner on Martin Roth

Cay Bahnmiller, Home Sweet Home, 2003, oil, latex, Sharpie, dried flowers, metal sign, wood, 18 × 21 1⁄2 × 3".

Detroit

Lee Ambrozy on Cay Bahnmiller

Jeffrey Gibson, Christian Naiche, 2021, ink-jet print, acrylic, vintage beaded picture frame, vintage pin, vintage beaded barrette, vintage beaded belt buckle, vintage beaded whimsy, glass beads, and nylon thread on paper, 64 × 48".

Chicago

Soufiane Ababri, Bedwork, 2021, triptych, colored pencil and wax pastel on paper, each panel 55 1⁄2 × 39 1⁄2". From the series “Bedwork,” 2016–.

Los Angeles

Jon Sasaki, Microbes Swabbed from a Palette Used by F.H. Varley, 2020, ink-jet print, 36 × 36". From the eight-part suite Homage, 2020–21.

Kleinburg

Dan Adler on Jon Sasaki

Alicia Ayanegui, La luz proviene de ahí (The Light Comes from Within), 2021, oil on paper, 27 1⁄2 × 19 3⁄4”. From “La luz proviene de ahí” (The Light Comes from Within).

Mexico City

Gaby Cepeda on “The Light Comes from Within”

Flavia Gandolfo, untitled, 1990–91, gelatin silver print, 97⁄8 × 14". From “Hay algo incomestible en la garganta: Poéticas antipatriarcales y nueva escena en los años noventa” (Hard to Swallow: Antipatriarchal Poetics and the New Scene in the 1990s).”

Lima

Giuliana Vidarte on “Hard to Swallow”

Rafael Carneiro, Balthus-chiclete (Balthus–Bubble Gum), 2020, oil on canvas, 59 × 78 3⁄4".

São Paulo

Ela Bittencourt on Rafael Carneiro

Leilah Babirye, Nansamba II from the Kuchu Ngabi (Antelope) Clan, 2021, glazed ceramic, bicycle-tire inner tubes, found objects, 48 × 29 × 31".

London

Samson Kambalu, Don, 2014, digital video, black-and-white, silent, 52 seconds.

Oxford

Allison Young on Samson Kambalu

Dorothy Iannone, The Next Great Moment in History Is Ours, 1970, silk screen on paper, 28 3⁄4 × 40 1⁄8".

Nice

Anya Harrison on “She-Bam Pow Pop Wizz! The Amazons of Pop”

Nairy Baghramian, Misfits B, 2021, varnish and cast aluminum, dimensions variable. Installation view. From the series “Misfits,” 2021–.

Milan

Ana Vukadin on Nairy Baghramian

View of “Dora Budor,” 2021. Photo: Simon Veres.

Lecce

Samantha Ozer on Dora Budor

View of “Paul Neagu” 2021. Photo: Sandra Maier.

Vaduz

Camila McHugh on Paul Neagu

Alexander Basil, Untitled, 2021, oil on canvas, 74 3⁄4 × 94 1⁄2".

Berlin

Martin Herbert on Alexander Basil

Camille Henrot, What Did U Say, 2019, watercolor on paper, 30 × 22". From the series “System of Attachment,” 2019–21.

Hannover

Andrew Witt on Camille Henrot

Antonio Jose Guzman and Iva Jankovic, Electric Dub Station (Orbital Ignition), 2018–, indigo ajrakh block print, recycled wood, sound. Installation view. From Sonsbeek 20➝24.

Arnehm, Netherlands

Adam Kleinman on Sonsbeek 20➝24

Runo Lagomarsino, Yo también soy humo (I Am Also Smoke), 2020, 16 mm transferred to HD video, color, sound, 3 minutes 16 seconds.

Lund

Fredrik Svens on Runo Lagomarsino

Danutė Kvietkevičiutė, At the Speed of Thought, 1978, wool, synthetic fabric, 111 3⁄4 × 105 1⁄2". From the Baltic Triennial 14.

Vilnius

Inga Lāce on Baltic Triennial 14

Volkan Aslan, En İyi Dileklerimle (Best Wishes), 2019, two-channel video projection, color, sound, 7 minutes 55 seconds.

Istanbul

Kaya Genç on Volkan Aslan

Shuruq Harb, All the Names, 2011/2021, steel and vinyl, 9' 2 1⁄4" × 16' 6 7⁄8".

Beirut

Kaelen Wilson-Goldie on Shuruq Harb

Mehlli Gobhai, Untitled, ca. 1970s, mixed media on canvas, 40 × 48".

Mumbai

Mario D’Souza on Mehlli Gobhai

Vuth Lyno, Sala Samnak, 2020, neon, 118 1⁄8 × 78 3⁄4 × 88 5⁄8". From “A Life Beyond Boundaries (The Geography of Belonging).”

Bangkok

Abhijan Toto on “A Life Beyond Boundaries (The Geography of Belonging)”

Sung Chankyung, One Lonely Pine Branch, 1980, nut, bolt, wood, paper, ink, 7 7⁄8 × 4 × 4".

Hwaseong

Andrew Russeth on Sung Chankyung