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December 2009

image view Cover: 1. Günther Uecker seated in his Zero Garden, Howard Wise Gallery, New York, 1966. Photo: G. Dauphin. From “Zero,” 2009, Sperone Westwater, New York. 2. Dorothy Iannone, I Begin to Feel Free (detail), 1970, acrylic and collage on canvas, 74 3/4 x 59“. 3. Isa Genzken, Straß­enfest (Street Party) (detail), 2008–2009, mixed media, dimensions variable. 4. View of “Dan Graham: Beyond,” 2009, The Whitney Museum of American Art, New York. Photo: Kate Lacey. 5. Marcel Duchamp, Étant donnés: 1° la chute d’eau, 2° le gaz d’éclairage . . . (Given: 1. the Waterfall, 2. The Illuminating Gas . . .) (detail), 1946–66, mixed media, 95 1⁄2 x 70 x 49”. © 2009 estate of Marcel Duchamp /Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York/ADAGP, Paris. 6. Charles Ray, Boy with Frog (detail), 2009, stainless steel and acrylic polyurethane,97 1⁄4 x 35 3⁄4 x 38“. 7. Claes Oldenburg, The Garden, 1968-70/2009 (detail), buried and unearthed objects, printed text on paper. Installation view, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 2009. From “The Quick and the Dead.” 8. Sanja Iveković, Paper Woman (detail), 1976–77, mixed media on paper. From the 11th International Istanbul Biennial. 9. Sion Sono, Love Exposure (detail), 2008, still from a color video transferred to 35-mm film, 237 minutes. 10. Allan D’arcangelo, Madonna and Child (detail), 1963, acrylic on canvas, 68 5/8 x 60 3/8”. 11. Allora & Calzadilla, Stop, Repair, Prepare: Variations on “Ode to Joy” for a Prepared Piano, 2008. Performance view, Gladstone Gallery, New York, January 23, 2009. Photo: David Regen. 12. David Goldblatt, Man with an injured arm. Hillbrow, Johannesburg. June 1972 (detail), black-and-white photograph, 19 7/8 x 19 7/8“. 13. Maria Lassnig, Spell (detail), 2006, oil on canvas, 49 1⁄4 x 39 3/8”. 14. View of Nick Cave, “Recent Soundsuits,” 2009, Jack Shainman Gallery, New York. 15. Michael Smith, Go for It, Mike (detail), 1984, still from a color video, 4 minutes. From “The Pictures Generation, 1974–1984,” 2009, Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. 16. John Baldessari, Pure Beauty (detail), 1966-68, acrylic on canvas, 45 3/8 x 45 3/8“. 17. Lucinda Childs, Dance, 1979. Performance view, Richard B. Fisher Center for the Performing Arts at Bard College, Annandale-on-Hudson, New York, July 8, 2009. Photo: Stephanie Berger. 18. Ger van elk, Paul Klee—Um den Fisch, 1926 (Paul Klee—Around Fish, 1926) (detail), 1970, eight color slides projected on wooden table with cloth, 27 1⁄2 x 26 3⁄4 x 21 5/8”. From “In & Out of Amsterdam: Travels in Conceptual Art, 1960–1976,” Museum of Modern Art, New York, 2009. 19. Lara Favaretto, Momentary Monu­ment, 2009, jute sacks, sand. Installation view, Trento, Italy. 20. Piero Manzoni, Corpo d’aria (Body of Air) (detail), 1959–60, wooden box, rubber balloon, mouthpiece, base, 4 7/8 x 16 3⁄4 x 1 7/8“. 21. Martin Kippenberger, Untitled (detail), 1988, oil on canvas, 94 1⁄2 x 78 3⁄4”. 22. Keren Cytter, Untitled (detail), 2009, still from a color video, 10 minutes. 23. James Castle, untitled (Morton Salt girl) (detail), n.d., blue wash, stick-applied lines on wax-coated cardboard from frozen-pie carton, 7 1⁄2 x 5 5/8“. 24. Mark Leckey, Mark Leckey in the Long Tail, 2008. Performance view, Institute of Contemporary Arts, London, January 31, 2009. Photo: Mark Blower. 25. Ed Ruscha, The Back of Hollywood (detail), 1977, oil on canvas, 22 x 80”. 26. View of Philip-Lorca diCorcia, “Thousand,” 2009, David Zwirner Gallery, New York. 27. Troy Brauntuch, Mickey (detail), 1985, framed color photograph, 23 1⁄2 x 31“. 28. Cindy Sherman, Untitled (detail), 2008, color photo­graph, 61 5/8 x 60”. 29. Book launch for Shannon Ebner’s The Sun as Error, White Columns, New York, March 6, 2009. 30. Throbbing Gristle (pictured: Genesis P-Orridge) at Le Poussin Rouge, New York, April 17, 2009. Photo: Christopher Baker. 31. Rodney Graham, Main Street Tree (detail), 2006, color photograph, 90 x 73".

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