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February 2012

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Cover: Jack Whitten, Pink Psyche Queen (detail), 1973, acrylic on canvas, 71 x 60".

February 2012, Vol. 50, No. 6

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COLUMNS

George Kuchar, Eclipse of the Sun Virgin, 1967, still from a color film in 16 mm, 12 minutes. Edith Fisher and George Kuchar.

PASSAGES

Ed Halter on George Kuchar

Allan Kaprow, A Spring Happening, 1961. Happening, Reuben Gallery, New York, 1961. Photo: Robert McElroy/VAGA.

BOOKS

Tom Holert on Judith F. Rodenbeck’s Radical Prototypes

David Antin at Judson Memorial Church, New York, March 1967. Photo: Peter Moore/VAGA.

BOOKS

Barry Schwabsky on David Antin’s Radical Coherency

Aleksandr Andriyevsky, Robinzon Kruzo (Robinson Crusoe), 1947, still from a stereoscopic black-and-white film in 35 mm, 85 minutes. Robinzon Kruzo (Pavel Kadochnikov).

FILM

J. Hoberman on Aleksandr Andriyevsky’s Robinzon Kruzo

Béla Tarr, The Turin Horse, 2011, still from a black-and-white film in 35 mm, 146 minutes. Ohlsdorfer (János Derzsi) and his daughter (Erika Bók).

FILM

James Quandt on Béla Tarr’s The Turin Horse

Markus Schleinzer, Michael, 2011, still from a color HD video, 96 minutes. Wolfgang (David Rauchenberger) and Michael (Michael Fuith).

FILM

Melissa Anderson on Markus Schleinzer’s Michael

Donatello, Reliquary Bust of San Rossore, ca. 1425, bronze, 22 x 23 7/8 x 14 5/8".

VAULT

Benjamin Paul on “The Renaissance Portrait from Donatello to Bernini”

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Maya Lin

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Variation IV: 8/16 from Gerhard Richter’s artist’s book Patterns (Heni Publishing and Walther König, 2011).

THE CHANCE ORNAMENT: APHORISMS ON GERHARD RICHTER’S ABSTRACTIONS

Benjamin H. D. Buchloh

Christina Mackie, Sculpture of an idea of a painting of you, 2009, plywood, paper, plastic, oil paint, fabric, board, watercolor, linen, magnet, dimensions variable.

1000 WORDS: CHRISTINA MACKIE

Nicholas Cullinan

Jack Whitten, Pink Psyche Queen, 1973, acrylic on canvas, 71 x 60".

ARTIST’S PORTFOLIO: JACK WHITTEN

Michelle Kuo, introduction

Ad Reinhardt, How to Look at Low (Surrealist) Art, 1946, page from PM 3 (March 24, 1946).

OPENING LINES: THE DRAWINGS OF AD REINHARDT

Prudence Peiffer

Liu Xiaodong painting Out of Beichuan, Beichuan, China, May 17, 2010. Photo: Weng Yunpeng.

AFTERSHOCK: THE RECENT WORK OF LIU XIAODONG

Eugene Wang

Ed Atkins, Paris Green, 2009, stills from a color HD video, 7 minutes 37 seconds.

OPENINGS: ED ATKINS

Martin Herbert

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Bruce Nauman, South America Triangle, 1981, steel beams, steel cable, cast iron chair. Installation view, 2011. Photo: Brian Forrest.

Jan Tumlir on “Under the Big Black Sun”

View of “Carsten Höller: Experience,” 2011, New Museum, New York. From left: Minor Carousel, 2005; Singing Canaries Mobile, 2009; Untitled (Slide), 2011. Photo: Benoit Pailley.

David Joselit on Carsten Höller

View of “Cathy Wilkes,” 2011. Photo: Tom Little.

Sarah K. Rich on Cathy Wilkes

R. Luke DuBois, The Marigny Parade, 2011. Performance view, Eleanor McMain Secondary School, New Orleans, October 22, 2011. Photo: Scott Saltzman.

Eva Díaz on Prospect.2 New Orleans

Bruce Nauman, Green Light Corridor, 1970, painted wallboard, fluorescent light fixtures with green lamps. Installation view, Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego, La Jolla, 2011. Photo: Pablo Mason.

Alex Kitnick on “Phenomenal: California Light, Space, Surface.”

Rashaad Newsome, Untitled (New Way), 2009, still from a color video, 6 minutes 48 seconds.

Rachel Haidu on “Dance/Draw”

Antoni Muntadas, On Translation: Celebracions, 2009, still from a color video, 9 minutes 33 seconds.

New York

David Altmejd, The University 1, 2004, mirrors, wood, 66 x 71 x 106".

Greenwich, CT

Jeffrey Kastner on David Altmejd

Andrew Masullo, 5264, 2010–11, oil on canvas, 16 x 20".

Boston

Nuit Banai on Andrew Masullo

Brian Ulrich, Marshall Fields, 2009, ink-jet print, 20 x 24".

Cleveland

Matthew Biro on Brian Ulrich

N. E. Thing Company Limited, Inflated Blue Sky, 1970, inflated polyvinyl acetate, 4' 3" x 13'. From “IAIN BAXTER&: Works 1958–2011.”

Chicago

Daniel Quiles on Iain Baxter&

Rebecca Lowry, Rouged Water (Regard), 2010, installed on Larrabee Street, West Hollywood, CA.

San Francisco

Lisa Turvey on Rebecca Lowry

James Hayward, Honky Tonk Woman, 1972, acrylic on canvas, 66 x 66".

Los Angeles

Robert Orchardson, Endless Façade (detail), 2011, mixed media, dimensions variable.

Vancouver

Jaleh Mansoor on Robert Orchardson

Barry Flanagan, no. 5 ’71, 1971, fabric and wood, 25 x 104 x 99".

London

Guillaume Leblon, Probabilité pour que rien ne se passe (Probability That Nothing Will Happen), 2011, wood, metal, glass, sand, 12' 6“ x 6' 3” x 2' 9 7/8".

Paris

Phil Collins, This Unfortunate Thing Between Us, 2011, still from a live TV broadcast, 60 minutes.

Berlin

Daniel Richter, Death of the Esoteric Painter, 2011, oil on canvas, 78 3/4 x 106 1/4".

Hannover, Germany

Jurriaan Benschop on Daniel Richter

Omer Fast, 5000 Feet Is the Best, 2011, still from a color video, 27 minutes.

Cologne

Astrid Wege on Omer Fast

Wade Guyton, Untitled, 2011, Epson UltraChrome K3 ink jet on linen, 9' 1/4“ x 18' 4 1/2”. Galerie Francesca Pia.

Zurich

Quinn Latimer on Wade Guyton

Nedko Solakov, Who’s More Important, 2010, metal, wood, paint, trash, permanent felt-tip pen, handwritten text, 31 1/2 x 61 3/8 x 61".

Trento

Giorgio Verzotti on Nedko Solakov

View of “VALIE EXPORT / Archive,” 2011. From left: . . . Remote . . . Remote . . . , 1973; Gedichte (Poems), 1966/1980; SplitscreenSolipsismus, 1968.

Bregenz, Austria

Brigitte Huck on VALIE EXPORT

View of “Eva Kot’átková,” 2011.

Warsaw

Sylwia Serafinowicz on Eva Kot’átková

Johan Grimonprez, Dial H-I-S-T-O-R-Y, 1997, still from a color video, 68 minutes.

Ghent, Belgium

Olivier Mignon on Johan Grimonprez

View of “Specters of the Nineties,” 2011.

Maastricht, The Netherlands

Saskia van der Kroef on “Specters of the Nineties”

Ulla von Brandenburg, Chorspiel (Choral Play), 2010, still from a black-and-white video, 10 minutes 35 seconds.

Stockholm

Angus Collis, Hotel Poolside/Ice Seal (detail), 2011, diptych, oil on canvas, overall 86 5/8 x 55 1/8".

Madrid

Pablo Llorca on Angus Collis

Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano, Monument for Sea, 2011, still from a color HD video, 3 minutes 55 seconds.

Melbourne

Charles Green on Gabriella Mangano and Silvana Mangano

Wu Shanzhuan and Inga Svala Thorsdottir, Sisyphus Rotation, 2011, airbrush ink on wall, 20 x 20'.

Beijing

Angie Baecker on Wu Shanzhuan and Inga Svala Thorsdottir

Arata Isozaki, Incubation Process/Joint Core System, 1962/2011, mixed media, 48 x 95 5/8 x 13 3/4".

Tokyo

Shinyoung Chung on Arata Isozaki