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March 2012

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March 2012, Vol. 50, No. 7

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Detail of the apse mosaic, Basilica Papale di San Paolo fuori le Mura, thirteenth century, Rome. Photo: Luca Marchi. Cover illustration of Giorgio Agamben’s The Kingdom and the Glory (2011).

BOOKS

Eric L. Santner on Giorgio Agamben’s The Kingdom and the Glory

Jerome Hiler, Words of Mercury, 2011, still from a color film in 16 mm, 25 minutes.

FILM

P. Adams Sitney on Jerome Hiler’s Words of Mercury

Jafar Panahi and Mojtaba Mirtahmasb, This Is Not a Film, 2011, still from a color video, 75 minutes.

FILM

J. Hoberman on Jafar Panahi’s This Is Not a Film

Pablo Larraín, Post Mortem, 2010, still from a color film in 16 mm transferred to 35 mm, 98 minutes. Mario Cornejo (Alfredo Castro).

FILM

James Quandt on Pablo Larraín’s Post Mortem

Safdie Architects, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, 2011, Bentonville, AR. Photo: Timothy Hursley.

ON SITE

David Velasco on The Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art

Reverse of fragment of silk damask weaving, Spain or Italy, ca. 1600, 20 7/8 x 20".

DESIGN

Seth Siegelaub on Collecting Textiles, Introduction by Lauren O’Neill-Butler

Artie Vierkant, Image Object Saturday 9 July 2011 5:47 PM, version Wednesday 4 January 2012 5:49 PM, 2012, digital image, dimensions variable.

MEDIA

Brian Droitcour on Artie Vierkant

top ten

Loretta Fahrenholz

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Sturtevant, Study for Yvonne Rainer’s “Three Seascapes”, 1967. Performance view, 222 Bowery, New York, May 16, 1967. Photo: Peter Moore/VAGA.

FIRST POSITION: THE EARLY PERFORMANCE WORK OF STURTEVANT

Bruce Hainley

John Chamberlain, Hano, 1970, mineral-coated polymer resin, 30 x 37 x 34".

PERFECT FIT: JOHN CHAMBERLAIN REMEMBERED

Lynne Cooke and Larry Bell

Dan Graham, Likes (A Computer-Astrological Dating-Placement Service), 1967–69, printed material, dimensions variable.

PANDORA’S BLACK BOX: ALGORITHMS OF TASTE

Michael Sanchez

Konrad Klapheck, Die Macht des Vergessens (The Power of Oblivion), 1968, oil on canvas, 61 x 43 1/4".

L’HOMME MACHINE: THE ART OF KONRAD KLAPHECK

Dieter Roelstraete

Boris Charmatz, héâtreélévision, 2002. Performance view, Hayward Gallery, Southbank Centre, London, 2011.

1000 WORDS: BORIS CHARMATZ

Catherine Wood

Abel Gance, Napoléon, 1927/2000, still from a silent black-and-white and hand-tinted film in 35 mm, 332 minutes. Napoléon (Albert Dieudonné).

CLOSE-UP: RESTORED TO POWER

Tony Pipolo on Abel Gance’s Napoléon

Rey Akdogan, AWC, 2011, poster, paper, scenic paint, cotton string, lighting gel, tape, 94 1/2 x 26 x 7".

OPENINGS: REY AKDOGAN

Alex Kitnick

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Alighiero Boetti, Mappa (Map), 1971–72, embroidery on linen, 57 7/8 x 89 3/4".

Anna Lovatt on Alighiero Boetti

View of “De Kooning: A Retrospective,” 2011–12. From left: Untitled XI, 1975; Seated Woman on a Bench, 1972; . . . Whose Name Was Writ in Water, 1975; Untitled I, 1977; Screams of Children Come from Seagulls (Untitled XX), 1975; Untitled, 1977.

Sarah K. Rich on Willem de Kooning

View of “Sherrie Levine: Mayhem,” 2011–12. Foreground: Bachelors (After Marcel Duchamp), 1991, six-part suite. Photo: Sheldan Collins.

Martha Buskirk on Sherrie Levine

On Kawara, 26. ÁG. 1995, acrylic on canvas, 10 x 13". From the series “Today,” 1966–.

New York

View of “Katharina Grosse,” 2011.

North Adams

Barry Schwabsky on Katharina Grosse

Charline von Heyl, untitled (detail), 2003, photocopy, collage, and ink on paper, fifteen elements, each 24 x 19".

Philadelphia

Daniel Marcus on Charline von Heyl

Jillian Conrad, Flag (detail), 2011, slide projector, opal shards in resin, Plexiglas, wood, brass clamp, dimensions variable.

Houston

Jennifer King on Jillian Conrad

Taryn Simon, Charles Irvin Fain, scene of the crime, the Snake River, Melba, Idaho, served 18 years of a death sentence for murder, rape and kidnapping, 2002, color photograph, 48 x 62". From the series “The Innocents,” 2002.

Milwaukee

Michelle Grabner on Taryn Simon

Farrah Karapetian, Accessory to Protest 4 (Red Hoodie), 2011, chromogenic photogram, 47 x 30".

Los Angeles

Jon Thompson, The Toronto Cycle #19 Cadence and Discord (HM) Traer los Sentidos, 2011, oil on canvas, 68 7/8 x 59".

London

Stéphane Bordarier, Untitled, 10 VIII 2011, oil on canvas, diptych, 55 1/8 x 110 1/4".

Paris

View of “Andrea Winkler,” 2011.

Berlin

View of “Jon Shelton,” 2011. Floor: Study for Brisk Tea, 2011. Wall: Brisk Tea / Dick Armey, 2011. Back room: Start Packin’ Granny, 2011.

Cologne

Noemi Smolik on Jon Shelton

View of “Diango Hernández,” 2011.

Basel

Quinn Latimer on Diango Hernández

Atelier Van Lieshout, The Farm, 2011, foam, Japanese rice paper, fiberglass, approx. 65 x 59 x 58".

Milan

View of “Vincent Vulsma,” 2011.

Amsterdam

Hans den Hartog Jager on Vincent Vulsma

Dirk Braeckman, Prague # 1b / 2011, black-and-white photograph, 47 1/4 x 70 7/8". Zeno X Gallery.

Leuven/Antwerp, Belgium

Jos Van den Bergh on Dirk Braeckman

View of “Markus Schinwald,” 2011–12.

Linz, Austria

Brigitte Huck on Markus Schinwald

View of “Esther Stocker and Jan Šerých,” 2011–12.

Prague

Markéta Stará on Esther Stocker and Jan Šerých

Vladimir Grig, London Calling, Moscow Speaks, 2010–11, acrylic on canvas, LED light, 63 x 70 7/8".

Saint Petersburg, Russia

Marek Bartelik on Vladimir Grig

Carla Filipe, Instalação Rorschach (Rorschach Installation) (detail), 2011, books with bookworm damage, Plexiglas shelves, seven elements, overall 17 3/4 x 118 1/8 x 1 3/8".

Lisbon

Filipa Oliveira on Carla Filipe

Fernando Bryce, El mundo en Llamas (The World in Flames), 2010–11, ink on paper, ninety-five elements, eighty-three measuring 27 1/2 x 19 5/8“, twelve measuring 39 3/8 x 27 1/2”.

Lima, Peru

Daniel Quiles on Fernando Bryce