TABLE OF CONTENTS

February 2013

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Cover: Tsuruko Yamazaki, Work, 2009, dye, lacquer, and vinyl thinner on tin, 18 3/4 x 18 3/4".

February 2013, Vol. 51, No. 6

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COLUMNS

Eric J. Hobsbawm, Prospect magazine offices, London, ca. 1998. Photo: Julian Anderson/Eyevine/Redux.

PASSAGES

Martin Jay on Eric J. Hobsbawm

From left: Robert Hughes at the Australian Broadcasting Corporation bureau, Washington, DC, January 28, 1987.
Photo: Frank Johnston/Washington Post/Getty Images. Hilton Kramer, New York, 1997. Photo: Peter Aaron.

PASSAGES

Mira Schor on Robert Hughes and Hilton Kramer

Hiroshi Sugimoto, Castro Theater, 1992, gelatin silver print, 16 5/8 x 21 3/8". From the series “Theaters,” 1976–2001.

BOOKS

Tom Gunning on Gabriele Pedullà’s In Broad Daylight

Pablo Larraín, No, 2012, 3/4-inch video transferred to 35 mm, black-and-white and color, sound, 110 minutes. Production still. René Saavedra (Gael García Bernal). Photo: Tomás Dittburn.

FILM

Dennis Lim on Pablo Larraín’s No

Mambo dancers, Palladium Ballroom, New York, December 1, 1954. Photo: Yale Joel/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images.

SLANT

Kellie Jones on Robert Farris Thompson

Jennifer West, One Mile Film . . . , 2012, 35 mm transferred to HD video, color, silent, 58 minutes 40 seconds. For full title of work, see page 268.

ON SITE

Emily Hall on Jennifer West’s One Mile Film

top ten

Grant Singer

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Ei Arakawa, See Weeds, 2011. Performance view, Les Abattoirs, Musée d’art moderne et contemporain à Toulouse, France, October 13, 2011. From Le Printemps de Septembre. Photo: Marc Boyer.

OUT OF BODY: THE ART OF EI ARAKAWA

Catherine Wood

Tsuruko Yamazaki in front of Not a Triple Mirror, 1956/2007, 21st Century Museum of Contemporary Art, Kanazawa, Japan, 2009. Photo: Keizo Kobashi.

ARTIST’S PORTFOLIO: TSURUKO YAMAZAKI

Joan Kee, introduction

Akasegawa Genpei, The Morphology of Revenge: Take a Close Look at the Opponent Before You Kill Him (Enlarged 1,000-Yen), 1963, gouache on paper mounted on panel, 35 1/2 x 70 7/8".

CREATIVE DESTRUCTION: THE ART OF AKASEGAWA GENPEI AND HI-RED CENTER

William Marotti

Norio Imai with works from his series “White Ceremony,” 1966–2012, during a solo exhibition at the Gutai Pinacotheca, Osaka, Japan, 1966.

GUTAI AND AFTER

Norio Imai

Tadanori Yokoo, Made in Japan, Tadanori Yokoo, Having Reached a Climax at the Age of 29, I Was Dead, 1965, silk screen on paper, 43 x 31 1/8".

TOTAL IMMERSION: THE DESIGNS OF TADANORI YOKOO

Steven Ridgely

Toshio Matsumoto, Funeral Parade of Roses, 1969, 35 mm, black-and-white, sound, 107 minutes.

PLAYING AGAINST TYPE: POSTWAR JAPANESE FILM

Akira Mizuta Lippit

Art Club 2000, Untitled (Art in America Library 2), 1992–93, C-print, 8 x 10". From the series “Commingle,” 1992–93.

1000 WORDS: ART CLUB 2000

David Velasco

Sergio Lombardo, Kennedy, 1963, enamel on canvas, 70 7/8 x 90 1/2".

INTERCONTINENTAL DRIFT: GLOBAL POP

Jessica Morgan

Gerry Bibby, Candy Says Big Decisions Endless Revisions, 2008, silk screen on paper. Installation view, Mica Moca, Berlin. Photo: Nick Ash.

OPENINGS: GERRY BIBBY

John Beeson

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View of “Wade Guyton OS,” 2012–13. From left: Untitled, 2006; Untitled, 2005; Untitled, 2010; Untitled, 2006; Untitled, 2006.

Achim Hochdörfer on Wade Guyton

Ian Wallace, At Work 1983, electrostatic and dye-coupler print, 8 x 10". From the series “At
Work,” 1983–.

Aaron Peck on Ian Wallace

Kerry James Marshall, Red (If They Come in the Morning), 2011, acrylic on canvas, 8' x 17' 10 1/8".

Christian Kravagna on Kerry James Marshall

View of “Mel Bochner: If the Colour Changes,” 2012. From left: Master of the Universe, 2010; Oh Well, 2010; Amazing!, 2011; No, 2009; Nonsense, 2009; Contempt, 2005; Obsolete, 2007; Event Horizon, 1998. Photo: Stephen White.

Nicholas Cullinan on Mel Bochner

View of “Paola Pivi,” 2012–13.

Turin

Pier Paolo Pancotto on Paola Pivi

Abraham Cruzvillegas, Boogie Woogie (handmade & sensual), 2012, rebar, chain, fabric, meat, 12' 6“ x 11' 7” x 6' 8".

Los Angeles

Stefan Gec, Crossing Heaven, 2012, 3-D animation on 40" monitor.

London

Clive Hodgson, untitled, 2010, oil on canvas, 10 x 14".

Glasgow

Sherman Sam on Clive Hodgson

Johanna Billing, I’m gonna live anyhow until I die, 2012, HD video, color, sound, 16 minutes 29 seconds.

Belfast

Declan Long on Johanna Billing

Elsa Sahal, Acrobate, 2012, ceramic, synthetic hair, 63 x 25 1/2 x 26".

Paris

Arlene Shechet, Platinum Drip, 2012, extruded brick, porcelain, platinum, 15 3/4 x 4 3/4 x 4 3/4".

Berlin

Jurriaan Benschop on Arlene Shechet

Luis Jacob, Show Your Wound (detail), 2010–12, one of twenty-six C-prints, each 2 1/4 x 3 1/2".

Düsseldorf

Noemi Smolik on Luis Jacob

Grazia Toderi, Mirabilia Urbis, 2012, two-channel video, sound, continuous loop. Installation view.

Rome

Ida Panicelli on Grazia Toderi

View of “Christian Mayer,” 2012–13.

Vienna

Brigitte Huck on Christian Mayer

Radek Szlaga, Guerilla Potato Plantation, 2012, mixed media. Installation view.

Warsaw

Sylwia Serafinowicz on Radek Szlaga

Sander Breure and Witte van Hulzen, The Shores of an Island I Only Skirted, 2012, two-channel double-sided video projection, color and black-and-white, sound, 14 minutes. Installation view.

Amsterdam

Saskia van der Kroef on Sander Breure and Witte van Hulzen

View of “Kristine Kemp,” 2012. From left: Dreaming of a Nap in the Afternoon, 1996/2012; [re-in-kar-nayt], 2012.

Copenhagen

Lars Bang Larsen on Kristine Kemp

Patricia Gadea, El adiós visto desde fuera (Goodbye as seen from the Outside), 2006, acrylic on canvas, 31 7/8 x 28 3/4".

Madrid

Yung Ho Chang and Atelier FCJZ, The Split House, 2002, wooden model, 27 1/2 x 31 1/2 x approx. 22".

Beijing

Angie Baecker on Yung Ho Chang

Anju Dodiya, Judgement Day, 2012, watercolor, charcoal, and pastel on paper, 72 x 45".

Mumbai

Susan S. Bean on Anju Dodiya

Daniel Medina, Reja naranja (Orange Bars), 2012, metal, vinyl paint, 35 3/8 x 74 3/4 x 74 3/4".

Caracas

Marek Bartelik on Daniel Medina

Robert Kushner, Iris Ascendant, 2012, oil, acrylic, and palladium leaf on canvas, 90 x 72".

New York

View of “Cory Arcangel,” 2012. Foreground: selection from the artist’s archive, 2002–12. Background: Infinite Fill, 2004.

Pittsburgh

Jaleh Mansoor on Cory Arcangel

Hito Steyerl, Adorno’s Grey (detail), 2012, still from the fourteen-minute twenty-second black-and-white HD video projection component (with sound) of a mixed-media installation additionally comprising four angled screens and a time line with text and images.

Chicago

Solveig Nelson on Hito Steyerl

Floyd D. Tunson, The Wrestlers, 2010, acrylic on canvas, 60 x 84".

Colorado Springs

Kyle MacMillan on Floyd D. Tunson

Nayland Blake, Tool Box Again, 2012, nylon banner, ribbon, LOVE candle, faux candle with electric bulb, 15' x 24' x 4' 6".

San Francisco