TABLE OF CONTENTS

Summer 2012

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Daan van Golden, Goa (detail), 1991, color photograph, 36 1/4 x 26 3/8".

Summer 2012, Vol. 50, No. 10

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COLUMNS

Antoni Tàpies in his studio in Campins, Catalonia, Spain, November 4, 2002. Photo: Martí Gasull.

PASSAGES

Manuel Borja-Villel on Antoni Tàpies

Diane Arbus, untitled black-and-white photograph of Anita Steckel, New York, ca. 1970.

PASSAGES

Richard Meyer on Anita Steckel

Adrienne Rich, Los Angeles, 1991. Photo: Nancy R. Schiff/Getty Images.

PASSAGES

Elizabeth Willis on Adrienne Rich

Martin Kippenberger painting at his family’s home in Essen, Germany, 1960. Photo: Ilse Pässler.

BOOKS

Matt Saunders on Kippenberger: The Artist and His Families

Fiona Banner, A Room for London, 2012, mixed media. Facsimile of the Roi des Belges on the roof of Queen Elizabeth Hall, Southbank Centre, London. Photo: Charles Hosea.

PERFORMANCE

Michael Wood on Fiona Banner’s Heart of Darkness

Benh Zeitlin, Beasts of the Southern Wild, 2012, color film in Super 16 mm, 91 minutes. Hushpuppy (Quvenzhané Wallis). Production still. Photo: Jess Pinkham.

FILM

Amy Taubin on Benh Zeitlin’s Beasts of the Southern Wild

António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro, Ana, 1982, still from a color film in 35 mm, 114 minutes.

FILM

Dennis Lim on António Reis and Margarida Cordeiro

Kleber Mendonça Filho, O som ao redor (Neighboring Sounds), 2012, still from a color film in 35 mm, 131 minutes. João (Gustavo Jahn) and Sophia (Irma Brown).

FILM

Melissa Anderson on Kleber Mendonça Filho’s Neighboring Sounds

Video still from projection used in “Six Drawing Lessons,” William Kentridge’s Charles Eliot Norton Lectures, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, 2012.

ON SITE

Rosalind E. Krauss on William Kentridge’s Norton Lectures

Vaginal Davis and Father Larry Wessel performing at Jabberjaw, 1990. Photo: John Aes-Nihil.

ON SITE

Vaginal Davis on Jabberjaw

Still from the video for Neneh Cherry’s “Buffalo Stance,” 1988.

MUSIC

Owen Hatherley on Neneh Cherry’s The Cherry Thing

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Patterson Beckwith

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Taryn Simon, Excerpt from Chapter VI, 2011, color photographs and text. From the series “A Living Man Declared Dead and Other Chapters I–XVIII,” 2011.

BLOW-UP:

TARYN SIMON AND BRIAN DE PALMA IN CONVERSATION

Daan van Golden, Collage met passe-partout (Matted Collage), 1965, paper on cardboard, 19 3/4 x 19 3/4".

PROGRESSION OF FORMS: THE ART OF DAAN VAN GOLDEN

Richard Aldrich

Mario García Torres, Tiro di grazia con taglio di capelli alla Alighiero Boetti (Como) (Shot of Grace with Alighiero Boetti Hairstyle [Como]), 2004, one of thirty-seven black-and-white slides.

1000 WORDS: MARIO GARCÍA TORRES

Tom McDonough

Syd Mead, Megastructure, ca. 1969, publicity rendering of future cities and vehicles for United States Steel, 11 1/4 x 27 1/8".

ANOTHER WORLD:

MICHELLE KUO TALKS WITH DAVID GRAEBER

Alexander Kluge presenting the Oberhausen Manifesto at a press conference during the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen, Germany, February 28, 1962.

DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENTS: THE 50TH ANNIVERSARY OF THE OBERHAUSEN MANIFESTO

Eric Rentschler

Roman Ondák, Observations (details), 1995/2011, 120 clippings, grouped in seventy-two frames, each clipping measuring between 1 7/8 x 2“ and 3 x 4”.

THE MORE THINGS CHANGE: THE ART OF ROMAN ONDÁK

Ina Blom

Nairy Baghramian, “Formage de tête” (Gardemanger bleu), 2011, color photograph, metal, lacquer, glass, 31 7/8 x 25 3/4 x 1 1/2".

TRACE ELEMENTS: THE ART OF NAIRY BAGHRAMIAN

André Rottmann

Pietro Roccasalva, Il Traviatore, 2011, acrylic on canvas, 30 5/8 x 19 5/8".

OPENINGS: PIETRO ROCCASALVA

Jan Tumlir

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View of “Rashid Johnson: Message to Our Folks,” 2012. Photo: Nathan Keay.

Huey Copeland on Rashid Johnson

View of “Damien Hirst,” 2012. Floor: Mother and Child Divided, 1993/2007. Walls, from left: Iodomethane, 1999–2001; Furegrelate, 2006. Photo: Prudence Cuming Associates.

Jack Bankowsky on Damien Hirst

View of “This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s,” 2012. From left: David Hammons, How Ya Like Me Now?, 1988; Hans Haacke, Ölgemälde, Hommage à Marcel Broodthaers (Oil Painting, Homage to Marcel Broodthaers), 1982. Photo: Nathan Keay.

Hannah Feldman on “This Will Have Been: Art, Love & Politics in the 1980s”

Banner made by occupiers, hung on the facade of KW Institute for Contemporary Art, Berlin, 2012. Photo: Maciek Kalinski.

Jakob Schillinger on the 7th Berlin Biennale

Ellsworth Kelly, Two Curves for Floor, 2011, acrylic on canvas on wood. Installation view, 2012. Photo: Wilfried Petzi.

Isabelle Graw on Ellsworth Kelly

Rineke Dijkstra, Self-portrait, Marnixbad, Amsterdam, the Netherlands, June 19, 1991, color photograph, 24 7/16 x 20 1/2".

Jordan Kantor on Rineke Dijkstra

Peter Saul, Peter Saul vs. Pop Art, 2012, acrylic on canvas, 75 x 72".

New York

Radcliffe Bailey, Notes from Elmina III, 2011, gouache, collage, and ink on paper, 12 x 9". From the series “Notes from Elmina,” 2011–.

Wellesley, MA

Francine Koslow Miller on Radcliffe Bailey

Édouard Vuillard, Woman in a Green Hat (Madame Hessel), ca. 1905, oil on cardboard, 42 1/2 x 30 3/4". From “In the Still Epiphany.”

Saint Louis

Ivy Cooper on *“In the Still Epiphany”

Rosemarie Trockel, Study for R. W., 2012, digital print, acrylic, pencil, 28 3/4 x 28".

Chicago

Michelle Grabner on “In the Spirit of Walser: Rosemarie Trockel”

John Waters, Pet, 2009, color photograph, 18 x 24".

Houston

Jennifer King on John Waters

Nina Katchadourian, Lavatory Self-Portrait in the Flemish Style #3, 2011, framed color photograph, 15 3/4 x 13 3/8".

San Francisco

Lisa Turvey on Nina Katchadourian

Jeanette Mundt, Living Room (1–4) (detail), 2012, four oil on linen paintings; pictured: 9 x 12“ and 16 x 20”.

Los Angeles

View of “Sarah Lucas,” 2012.

London

Torsten Lauschmann, Father’s Monocle, 2011, custom-built game engine, projector, meniscus lens, motor. Installation view.

Newcastle, UK

Lauren Dyer Amazeen on Torsten Lauschmann

Allan Hughes, Neutral States, 2011, still from a color video, 6 minutes 22 seconds. From the series “Neutral States,” 2011–.

Limerick, Ireland

Declan Long on Allan Hughes

Bayrol Jimenez, The Roads of Devotion 1, 2011, mixed media on paper, 44 x 291⁄2". From the series “The Roads of Devotion,” 2011.

Paris

Lillian Davies on Bayrol Jimenez

Brian O’Doherty, Duchamp Boxed, 1968, electrocardiographic tracing, cardboard box, 1 1/8 x 4 x 2 1/8".

Berlin

View of “Vera Lossau,” 2012. From left: Age of Base, 2012; Mercury Falling, 2012.

Düsseldorf

Noemi Smolik on Vera Lossau

Lydia Gifford, Rest, 2012, house paint, clay, gauze, wood, pigment, beeswax, chalk, 50 3/8 x 42 1/2 x 2".

Zurich

Quinn Latimer on Jonathan Binet, Lydia Gifford, and David Ostrowski

View of “Pierre Vadi,” 2012.

Geneva

Michael Fliri, The wrong turn offered unexpected discoveries, 2011/2012. Performance view, February 16, 2012.

Milan

Anna Jermolaewa, Lena B., 2011, still from a color HD video, 40 minutes.

Salzburg, Austria

Astrid Wege on Anna Jermolaewa

Steve McQueen, Blues Before Sunrise, 2012, 275 Lee #075 light filters. Installation view.

Amsterdam

Hans den Hartog Jager on Steve McQueen

Miriam Bäckström, The Opposite of Me Is I, 2011, tapestry, 9' 6 1/8“ x 32' 10”. Installation view.

Lund, Sweden

Ronald Jones on Miriam Bäckström

Paloma Polo, Action at a Distance, 2012, still from a color film in 16 mm transferred to HD video, 19 minutes
35 seconds.

Madrid

Javier Hontoria on Paloma Polo

Peter Piller, Immer noch Sturm (Still Storming) (detail), 2012, suite of six ink-jet prints, dimensions variable. From the series “Immer noch Sturm” (Still Storming), 2012.

Barcelona

Martí Peran on Peter Piller

Sui Jianguo, Blind Portrait, 2008, cast bronze, 16' 4 7/8“ x 6' 9” x 7' 6 1/2".

Beijing

Lee Ambrozy on Sui Jianguo

Akira Yamaguchi, Unforgettable Electric Poles, 2012,
mixed media. Installation view.

Tokyo

Shinyoung Chung on Akira Yamaguchi

Takashi Murakami, Welcome to Murakami-Ego, 2012, vinyl, fiber-reinforced plastic, polyamide, 19' 8 1/4“ x 17' 10 3/4” x 20' 5 1/4".

Doha, Qatar

Shinyoung Chung on Takashi Murakami