TABLE OF CONTENTS

November 2011

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Cover: Cast polyester resin forms produced by Alina Szapocznikow, ca. 1966. Photo: Fabrice Gousset, 2011.

November 2011, Vol. 50, No. 3

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COLUMNS

Owen Land (George Landow) during the filming of On the Marriage Broker Joke as Cited by Sigmund Freud in Wit and Its Relation to the Unconscious or Can the Avant-Garde Artist Be Wholed?, ca. 1977. Photo: Friedl Kubelka.

PASSAGES

P. Adams Sitney on Owen Land

Aki Kaurismäki, Le Havre, 2011, still from a color film in 35 mm, 93 minutes. From left: Marcel Marx (André Wilms) and Monet (Jean-Pierre Darroussin).

FILM

James Quandt on Aki Kaurismäki’s Le Havre

Robert Kramer and John Douglas, Milestones, 1975, still from a black-and-white and color film in 16 mm, 195 minutes.

FILM

Melissa Anderson on Robert Kramer’s Milestones

The original cast of Four Saints in Three Acts, onstage at the Wadsworth Atheneum, Hartford, 1934. Photo: Harold Swahn.

PERFORMANCE

Steven Watson on Four Saints in Three Acts

Interior of the Leopard at des Artistes, New York, 2011. Photo: Melissa Hom.

ON SITE

Ken Okiishi on the Leopard at des Artistes

Ben Venom, Don’t Wake Me Lucifer!, 2010, handmade quilted heavy metal T-shirts, fabric, batting, thread, 83 x 95".

MUSIC

Rob Young on “Home of Metal”

Omar Souleyman Group performing at the Paredes de Coura Festival, Praia do Tabuão, Portugal, August 17, 2011. Photo: Filipa Oliveira/Palco Principle.

MUSIC

Derek Bermel on the Omar Souleyman Group

Marcus Bachmann at a National Press Club luncheon, Washington, DC, July 28, 2011. Photo: Jason Reed/Reuters.

SLANT

Glenn O’Brien on right-wing masculinity

Zago Architecture, A Big Plan for Rialto, California: Property with Properties, 2011.

ARCHITECTURE

Julian Rose on “Foreclosed: Rehousing the American Dream”

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Amalia Pica

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Cy Twombly, Triumph of Galatea, 1961, oil, crayon, and pencil on canvas, 9' 7 7/8“ x 15' 10 3/8”.

MARKS OF DISTINCTION: CY TWOMBLY REMEMBERED

Cy Twombly, Olympia, 1957, oil-based house paint, lead pencil, colored pencil, and wax crayon on canvas, 78 3/4 x 104".

Rosalind E. Krauss

Cy Twombly in his studio, Gaeta, Italy, 1995. Photo: François Halard.

Arthur C. Danto

View of “Cy Twombly: The Sculpture,” 2001, National Gallery of Art, Washington, DC. Foreground: Thermopylae, 1991. Background, from left: Untitled, 1984; Thermopylae, 1992; Untitled, 1987.

Jeffrey Weiss

Cy Twombly, Lepanto VII, 2001, acrylic and wax crayon on canvas, 7' 1 1/4“ x 10' 2 3/4”. From the twelve-panel series “Lepanto,” 2000–2001.

Robert Morris

Cy Twombly, Say Goodbye, Catullus, to the Shores of Asia Minor, 1994, triptych, oil, acrylic, crayon, and graphite on canvas, left panel 13' 1 1/2“ x 9' 9”; central panel 13' 1 1/2“ x 32' 6”; right panel 13' 1 1/2“ x 9' 9”.

Dorothea Rockburne

Alina Szapocznikow, Madonna of Krużlowa (Motherhood), 1969, pigmented polyester resin, photographs, gauze, 16 1/2 x 20 1/2 x 7".

TOUCHING FROM A DISTANCE: THE ART OF ALINA SZAPOCZNIKOW

Adam Szymczyk

Adam Pendleton, System of Display, L (LIGHT/Godard, Made in U.S.A., 1966), 2010, silk-screen ink on glass and mirror, 48 7/8 x 48 7/8 x 3".

THE PARALLAX VIEW: THE ART OF ADAM PENDLETON

Tom McDonough

Haris Epaminonda, Tarahi IIII, 2007, still from a color video, 1 minute 27 seconds.

1000 WORDS: HARIS EPAMINONDA

Kathy Noble

Rachel Harrison, Alexander the Great, 2007, mixed media, 87 x 91 x 40".

ECCE HOMO: ART AND SUBJECTHOOD

Isabelle Graw

Photo: Jack Delano.

WERT

A project by Duncan Campbell

Paz de la Huerta posing as Michele Abeles at Rob Pruitt’s 2010 Art Awards, Webster Hall, New York, December 8, 2010. Photo: Roger Kirsby.

OPENINGS: MICHELE ABELES

David Velasco

View of “Ida Ekblad: Poem Percussion,” 2010, Bergen Kunsthall, Norway. Photo: Thor Brødreskift.

OPENINGS: IDA EKBLAD

Ruba Katrib

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View of Yokohama Triennale 2011, Yokohama Museum of Art. Foreground: Ryan Gander, A sheet of paper on which I was about to draw, as it slipped from my table and fell to the ﬂoor, 2008. Background: Rivane Neuenschwander, O inquilino (The Tenant), 2010. Photo: Kioku Keizo.

Doryun Chong on Yokohama Triennale 2011

François Morellet, Sphère-frames, 1962, aluminum. Installation view, Musée d’art moderne de la ville de Paris, 1963. From La Troisième Biennale de Paris.

Nuit Banai on François Morellet

Sterling Ruby, Basin Theology/Double Basin, 2011, ceramic, 8 x 37 x 38". From the series “Basin Theology,” 2009–.

New York

Leslie Hewitt, Riffs on Real Time (7 of 10), 2006–2009, color photograph, 30 x 24".

Boston

Nuit Banai on Leslie Hewitt

View of “Conrad Freiburg,” 2011.

Chicago

Daniel Quiles on Conrad Freiburg

Dana Harper, Untitled, 2011, collage, 6 x 9".

Houston

Jennifer King on Dana Harper

Stephen Shore, Abu Dhabi, 2009, color photograph, 16 x 20".

Aspen, CO

Catherine Taft on Stephen Shore

Matt Lipps, Untitled (Architecture), 2010, color photograph, 53 x 40". From the series “HORIZON/S,” 2010.

Los Angeles

View of “Juliette Blightman,” 2011.

London

Fred Lonidier, Create-A-Clock, 1978, diptych, mixed media, each panel 15 x 12".

Berlin

Mahlergruppe, The Great Workaholic, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 57 x 51 1/8".

Munich

Daniela Stöppel on Mahlergruppe

Elizabeth Radcliffe, Caron in Caramac, 2010, tapestry, wool, wood, 32 5/8 x 32 5/8". From “Town-Gown Conflict.”

Zurich

Rachel Withers on “Town-Gown Conflict”

View of “Mai-Thu Perret,” 2011.

Aarau, Switzerland

Quinn Latimer on Mai-Thu Perret

View of “Uriel Orlow,” 2011. From left: Anatopism, 2010; Yellow Limbo, 2010.

Locarno, Switzerland

Hans Rudolf Reust on Uriel Orlow

Jacob Hashimoto, Armada, 1999/2011, 724 boats; wood, cotton, painted metal; dimensions variable.

Verona, Italy

Marco Meneguzzo on Jacob Hashimoto

View of “Can Altay,” 2011.

Utrecht, The Netherlands

Lars Bang Larsen on Can Altay

José Barrias, Wunderkammer, 2011, mixed media, dimensions variable.

Porto, Portugal

Marek Bartelik on José Barrias

Perejaume, Exvotos (detail), 2011, wax; twelve elements, depicted, from left: 13 3/4 x 13 3/4 x 13 3/4“, 7 7/8 x 25 1/2 x 7 7/8”, 26 5/8 x 7 x 5 1/2“, 9 3/4 x 9 3/4 x 9 3/4”.

Madrid

Javier Hontoria on Perejaume

Yeşim Akdeniz Graf, Love, 2011, oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 90 1/2".

Istanbul

Jens Asthoff on Yeşim Akdeniz Graf

View of “Monika Zawadzki,” 2011. Foreground: Dan Perjovschi, Think at Have, 2011. Background: Monika Zawadzki, John & Paul & Ringo & George, 2011.

Prague

Markéta Stará on Monika Zawadzki

Uri Nir, Second Chance, 2011, still from a black- and-white video, 3 minutes 51 seconds.

Tel Aviv

Sarah Lehrer-Graiwer on Uri Nir

View of “Jitish Kallat,” 2011.

Mumbai

Zehra Jumabhoy on Jitish Kallat

Lee Wan, 5.06 kg No. 04/60 (detail), 2011, mixed media, dimensions variable.

Seoul

Shinyoung Chung on Lee Wan

Daido Moriyama, Records No. 15, 2010, black-and-white photograph, 11 3/8 x 9 1/2".

Osaka, Japan

Brian Sholis on Daido Moriyama

Dane Mitchell, The Smell of an Empty Space (Liquid), 2011, perfume, glass, mirror, clamps, 53 1/8 x 17 1/2 x 96 3/8".

Auckland

Anthony Byrt on Dane Mitchell