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March 2011

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Cover: Klara Lidén, Untitled (detail), 2010, posters and paper, approx. 35 1/2 x 24 1/2 x 5 1/2". From the series “Poster Paintings,” 2007–2010.

March 2011, Vol. 49, No. 7

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COLUMNS

Takashi Murakami, Superflat Flowers, 2010, fiberglass-reinforced plastic, carbon fiber, steel, acrylic. Installation view, Château de Versailles, France. Photo: Cédric Delsaux. All works by Takashi Murakami: © Takashi Murakami/Kaikai Kiki Co. Ltd. All rights reserved.

ON SITE

Meredith Martin on contemporary art at Versailles

Apichatpong Weerasethakul, Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives, 2010, still from a color film in 16 mm transferred to 35 mm, 114 minutes. Tong (Sakda Kaewbuadee)

FILM

James Quandt on Apichatpong Weerasethakul

Collective Actions, The Pictures, 1979. Performance view, Kievogorsky Field, outside Moscow, 1979. Photo: Andrei Monastyrsky.

BOOKS

Ekaterina Degot on Moscow Conceptualism

Dean Daderko preparing a complaint, suggestions, and donation box for W.A.G.E.’s booth at No Soul for Sale: A Festival of Independents, X Initiative, New York, June 22, 2009.

SLANT

Nato Thompson on interviews W.A.G.E.

Blinky Palermo, Untitled, 1970, synthetic paint on canvas on wood and fiberboard, four parts, each 5 7/8 x 5 7/8 x 2". Photo: Jens Ziehe.

SLANT

Morgan Fisher on Blinky Palermo

Zaha Hadid Architects, Guangzhou Opera House, 2003–10, Guangzhou, China. Exterior. Photo: Iwan Baan.

ARCHITECTURE

Cole Roskam on recent construction in Guangzhou

Claire Barclay, Shadow Spans, 2010, wood, grass, cotton, unfired clay, leather, soil. Installation view, Whitechapel Gallery, London. Henrietta Hale performing Dog Kennel Hill Project’s dance Figure Stuck Stuck, November 2010. Photo: Patrick Lears.

CURATING

Maria Lind on Claire Barclay

top ten

Ashley Bickerton

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Klara Lidén, Paralyzed, 2003, still from a color video, 3 minutes 5 seconds.

IN MEMORY OF STATIC: THE ART OF KLARA LIDÉN

Helen Molesworth

JEAN GENET: THE COURTESY OF OBJECTS

Marc Camille Chaimowicz

Christoph Schlingensief, Chance 2000Wahlkampfzirkus ’98 (Chance 2000Election Campaign Circus ’98), 1998. Performance view, Prater, Berlin, March 13, 1998. Christoph Schlingensief (with graph). Photo: David Baltzer.

EPIC THEATER: THE WORK OF CHRISTOPH SCHLINGENSIEF

Diedrich Diederichsen

Todd Haynes, Mildred Pierce, 2010–11, five-part miniseries on HBO, approx. 330 minutes. Production still. Young Veda Pierce (Morgan Turner) and Mildred Pierce (Kate Winslet). Photo: Andrew Schwartz/HBO.

DAUGHTER DEAREST

Amy Taubin interviews Todd Haynes

Workers covering a portion of Roberto Jacoby’s El alma nunca piensa sin imagen (The Soul Never Thinks Without an Image), 2010, at the 29th São Paulo Bienal, Pavilhão Ciccillo Matarazzo, July 27, 2010. Photo: Syd Krochmalny.

1000 WORDS: ROBERTO JACOBY

Nicolás Guagnini

Actor in the role of K. D., fictional author of Looking for Headless, 2007–, in conversation with literary critic Noemi Jaffe as part of Goldin+Senneby’s contribution to the 28th São Paulo Bienal, Livraria Cultura bookstore auditorium, November 24, 2008. From Headless, 2007–. Photo: Ronaldo Aguiar.

OPENINGS: GOLDIN+SENNEBY

T. J. Demos

Karthik Pandian, Before the Sun, 2010, rammed-earth platform, shells, mirrored glass, mason’s line, sound, two color films in 16 mm (Sunrise, 2010, 43 seconds, and Sunset, 2010, 1 minute 24 seconds). Installation views, Midway Contemporary Art, Minneapolis. Photos: Gene Pittman.

OPENINGS: KARTHIK PANDIAN

Julian Myers

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Mike Nelson, A studio apparatus for Camden Arts Centre; an introductory structure: Introduction, a lexicon of phenomena and information association, futur-objectics, (in three sections), mysterious island*, or Temporary monument, 1998, mixed media. Installation view, 2010. Photo: Andy Keate.

Martin Herbert on Simon Starling

View of “Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures,” 2010. Ethel Scull, 1964. Photo: Jason Mandella.

Amy Taubin on “Andy Warhol: Motion Pictures”

Judit Reigl, Untitled, 2010, ink on paper, 29 1/2 x 53 3/4".

New York

View of “Ann Agee.” From left: Orange Room 1, 2008; Orange Room 2, 2010.

Philadelphia

Nell McClister on Ann Agee

Susan Rothenberg, Cabin Fever, 1976, acrylic and tempera on canvas, 67 x 84 1/8".

Miami

Phyllis Tuchman on Susan Rothenberg

Lilly McElroy, 2009 Was A Rough Year, 2010, stained-glass window, 66 x 48".

Chicago

Lori Waxman on Lilly McElroy

Johannes Wohnseifer, The Thin Commandments (detail), 2010, ten silk-screened prints, each 27 3/5 x 19 2/3".

Saint Louis

Ivy Cooper on Johannes Wohnseifer

Bull.Miletic, Par Hasard, 2009, still from a black-and-white video, 5 minutes 15 seconds.

San Francisco

Glen Helfand on Bull.Miletic

Lee Maida, Bench For Two Heads, 2010, wood, hardware, canvas, photocopies, concrete, 36 x 20 x 24". From “ACP.”

Los Angeles

Kim Adams, Love Birds (detail), 1998–2010, Ford Econoline cargo vans, car parts, grain-silo caps, perforated water barrels, lighting and trailer systems, 11' 4“ x 8' x 8' and 11' 2” x 11' x 11'.

Toronto

Dan Adler on Kim Adams

View of “Philippe Parreno,” 2010–11. Door: Your Days, My Nights (Door, Automation No.1), 2010. Marquee: Your Days, My Nights (Marquee), 2010. Pilar Corrias.

London

Stansfield/Hooykaas, Day for Night IV, 2004, color video,15 minutes. Installation view.

Glasgow

Lauren Dyer Amazeen on Stansfield/Hooykaas

View of “Eric Poitevin,” 2010.

Paris

Adrian Ghenie, Dada Room, 2010, mixed media. Installation view.

Ghent, Belgium

Jos Van den Bergh on Adrian Ghenie

Karla Black, Locked (detail), 2010, cellophane, Scotch tape, ribbon, polystyrene, plaster, paint, soap. Overall dimensions variable (sculpture 20 7/8 x 21 1/4 x 28 1/2").

Berlin

View of “Guðný Guðmundsdóttir and Jochen Lempert,” 2010. Foreground, from left: Guðný Guðmundsdóttir, P-Pferd mit Gestell, (P-Horse with Support Frame), 2010; Guðný Guðmundsdóttir, Poloturm I (Polo Tower I), 2010. Background: Jochen Lempert, Qualle (Jellyfish), 2010.

Hamburg, Germany

Jens Asthoff on Guðný Guðmundsdóttir and Jochen Lempert

Gabriele Basilico, Le Touquet, 1985, black-and-white photograph, 11 3/4 x 15 3/4". From the series “Bord de Mer 1984–85” (Seaside 1984–85).

Milan

Mario Dondero, Isabella Fair e Giorgio De Chirico, Roma 1960, gelatin silver print, 15 3/4 x 19 5/8". Galleria Ca’ di Fra’.

Milan/Brescia, Italy

Marco Meneguzzo on Mario Dondero

Guido Nussbaum, 5 Schweizer Welten oval/schwebend (5 Swiss Worlds Oval/Floating), 2000–2001, oil on Pavatex, 43 1/4 x 31 1/2".

Basel

Hans Rudolf Reust on Guido Nussbaum

Pedro G. Romero, Archivo F.X.L’Argent (Archive F.X.Money), 2010, DVD, monitor, blank DVDs, plastic envelopes, covers. Installation view.

Cáceres, Spain

Pablo Llorca on Pedro G. Romero

Kutluğ Ataman, 99 Names, 2002, video installation.

Istanbul

November Paynter on Kutluğ Ataman

Avigdor Arikha, Self-Portrait in the Studio, 2001, oil on canvas, 18 x 15".

Tel Aviv

Nuit Banai on Avigdor Arikha

Mohamad-Said Baalbaki, The von Königswald Collection (detail), 2010, fifteen objects in display case; silver, terra-cotta, porcelain, bronze, ceramic, dimensions variable.

Beirut

Kaelen Wilson-Goldie on Mohamad-Said Baalbaki

Ryoji Ikeda, 4'33“, 2010, framed 16-mm film (blank with AATON timecode), 35 1/4 x 36 5/8”. From the series “time and space,” 2010–.

Tokyo

Olivier Mignon on Ryoji Ikeda