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April 2013

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April 2013, Vol. 51, No. 8

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COLUMNS

Michael Asher, no title, 1969. Installation view, Seattle Art Museum Pavilion.

PASSAGES

John Baldessari on Michael Asher

Michael Asher, no title, 1973. Installation view, Galleria Franco Toselli, Milan. Photo: Giorgio Colombo.

PASSAGES

Benjamin H. D. Buchloh on Michael Asher

Art handlers move statue into place for Michael Asher’s untitled installation for the 73rd American Exhibition, Gallery 219, Art Institute of Chicago, 1979.

PASSAGES

Anne Rorimer on Michael Asher

Jan Mostaert, Triptych of the Deposition from the Cross, ca. 1520, triptych, oil on wood panel, open: 55 3/8 x 74".

BOOKS

Benjamin Paul on Alexander Nagel’s Medieval Modern and Amy Knight Powell’s Depositions

Two stills from Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s Leviathan, 2012, HD video, color, sound, 87 minutes.

FILM

J. Hoberman on Lucien Castaing-Taylor and Véréna Paravel’s Leviathan

David Gatten, The Extravagant Shadows, 1998–2012, HD video, color, sound, 175 minutes.

FILM

Tony Pipolo on David Gatten’s The Extravagant Shadows

Shane Carruth, Upstream Color, 2013, HD video, color, sound, 96 minutes. Kris (Amy Seimetz) and Jeff (Shane Carruth).

FILM

Amy Taubin on Shane Carruth‘s Upstream Color

Jacques Demy, Les Demoiselles de Rochefort (The Young Girls of Rochefort), 1967, 35 mm, color, sound, 124 minutes. Production still. From left: Catherine Deneuve, Jacques Demy, and Françoise Dorléac. Photo: Hélène Jeanbrau.

FILM

Melissa Anderson on the films of Jacques Demy

Publicity still for Throbbing Gristle (Industrial Records, 1981). From left: Peter “Sleazy” Christopherson, Chris Carter, Cosey Fanni Tutti, Genesis P-Orridge.

MUSIC

Bob Nickas on X-TG’s Desertshore/The Final Report

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Kjetil Trædal Thorsen

View of “Dancing Around the Bride: Cage, Cunningham, Johns, Rauschenberg, and Duchamp,” 2012–13, Philadelphia Museum of Art. From left: Robert Rauschenberg, set for Tantric Geography, 1977; Jasper Johns, set for Walkaround Time, 1968. Photo: Constance Mensh.

SLANT

Richard Meyer on “Intimate Collaborations”

Andreea Novac, Pretend We Make You Happy, 2010. Performance view, National Center of Dance Bucharest, November 13, 2010. From left: Alin State, Istvan Teglas, and Stefan Lupus. Photo: Tonut Staicu.

SLANT

Oana Sanziana Marian on performance art and politics in Romania

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Luigi Ghirri, Engelberg, 1972, C-print, 4 5/8 x 6 5/8". From the series “Kodachrome,” 1970–78.

LUIGI GHIRRI: A PORTFOLIO

Luigi Ghirri, Ile Rousse, 1976, C-print, 9 1/2 x 14 1/8". From the series “Kodachrome,” 1970–78.

BETWEEN TWO WORLDS: THE ART OF LUIGI GHIRRI

Maria Antonella Pelizzari

George Chakhava and Zurab Jalaghania, Ministry of Roads Building (now Bank of Georgia headquarters), 1975, Tbilisi, Georgia. Photo: Frédéric Chaubin.

DISPATCH: CONTEMPORARY ART AND ARCHITECTURE IN THE CAUCASUS

George Kevle, Sleeping, 2006. Performance views, National Art Center, Tbilisi, Georgia, November 2, 2005. From “Wednesday Calls the Future.” Photos: Laurence Bonvin.

Daniel Baumann

F+F Schule für Kunst und Mediendesign Zürich’s workspace, with contributions by U.S.E., RELAX, Rene Fahmi, Chantal Romani, Miro Schawalder, Studio Action, and Judith Weidmann, at the 1st Tbilisi Triennial, Center of Contemporary Art—Tbilisi, Georgia, 2012. Photo: Lexo Soselia.

Wato Tsereteli

Grigol Robakidze, Lamara, 1928. Performance view, Rustaveli National Theatre, Tbilisi, Georgia, 1930. Set design by Irakli Gamrekeli.

Nana Kipiani

Sergei Paradjanov and actress Leila Alibegashvili at Paradjanov’s home, Tbilisi, Georgia, ca. 1980. Photo: Alexander Tombulidi.

Ketuta Alexi-Meskhishvili

Niko Pirosmani, Sona Playing a Concertina, 1913, oil on cardboard, 39 1/8 x 27 1/8".

Irena Popiashvili

Architects of Invention, Tbilisi Prosecutor’s Office, 2012, Georgia. Photo: Nakanimamasakhisi Photo Lab.

Nikoloz Japaridze

Levan Chogoshvili, Untitled, 1977, watercolor on wallpaper, 18 1/2 x 22 3/8". From the series “Destroyed Aristocracy,” 1970–86.

Levan Chogoshvili

Kamikaze loggias, Tbilisi, Georgia, 2007. Photo: Levan Asabashvili/Urban Reactor.

Joanna Warsza

Andro Wekua, Yet to be titled, 2012, acrylic plaster, wood, steel, gypsum fiberboard, acrylic paint, 13 1/2 x 17 1/4 x 16 1/4".

Andro Wekua

Gela Patashuri and Sergei Tcherepnin with Tobias Madison and Emanuel Rossetti, TCCA Organ, 2012–, mixed media. Installation view, Tbilisi Center for Contemporary Art, Shindisi, Georgia, 2012.

1000 WORDS: SERGEI TCHEREPNIN AND GELA PATASHURI

Caroline Busta

NEGATIVE CAPABILITIES: CLAES OLDENBURG AND JACKSON POLLOCK

Branden W. Joseph

Sarah Oppenheimer, W-120301, 2012, aluminum, glass, existing architecture. Installation views, Baltimore Museum of Art. Photo: James Ewing.

CLOSE-UP: MIRROR TRAVEL

Julian Rose on Sarah Oppenheimer’s W-120301, 2012

Terrence Malick, Days of Heaven, 1978, 35 mm, color, sound, 94 minutes. Foreground: Bill (Richard Gere).

AN EMBARRASSMENT OF RICHES: THE FILMS OF TERRENCE MALICK

James Quandt

Ahmet Öğüt, Across the Slope, 2008, modified Fiat 131, constructed floor. Installation view, SALT Beyoğlu, Istanbul, 2011.

OPENINGS: AHMET ÖĞÜT

Devrim Bayar

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View of “Nam June Paik: Global Visionary,” 2012–13. Foreground: TV Garden, 1974/2000. Background: Selected objects from the Nam June Paik Archive.

William Kaizen on Nam June Paik

View of “Llyn Foulkes,” 2013. From left: O’Pablo, 1983; Big Sur, 1984; Ghost Hill, 1984; Saddle Peak, 1984. Photo: Robert Wedemeyer.

Catherine Taft on Llyn Foulkes

Ernesto Neto, Life Is a River, 2012, cotton fabric, polyamide fabric, spices. Installation view, Moidu’s Heritage Plaza, 2013.

Zehra Jumabhoy on the Kochi-Muziris Biennale

Alighiero Boetti, OGGI VENTICINQUESIMO GIORNO OTTAVO MESE DELL ANNO MILLE NOVE 100 OTTANTOTTO ALL AMATO PANTHEON INCONTRI E SCONTRI (Today Twenty-Fifth Day Eighth Month of the Year One Thousand Nine Hundred Eighty-Eight at the Beloved Pantheon Encounters and Clashes), 1988, embroidery on fabric, 40 1/2 x 43 1/2".

New York

Amalia Pica, If These Walls Could Talk (with door) (detail), 2011, wood, tin cans, screws, paint, glue, string. Installation view.

Cambridge, MA

Nuit Banai on Amalia Pica

View of “R. H. Quaytman,” 2013. Foreground: Passing Through the Opposite of What It Approaches, Chapter 25 (After James Coleman’s slide piece), 2012 (12 3/8 x 20“). Background: Passing Through the Opposite of What It Approaches, Chapter 25 (After James Coleman’s slide piece), 2012 (37 x 60”).

Chicago

Solveig Nelson on R. H. Quaytman

View of “Peter Young,” 2013. Foreground: #1–1990. Background: #5–1996 (detail).

Tucson

Alexander Provan on Peter Young

View of “Painting,” 2012–13.

Los Angeles

Geraldo de Barros, Untitled, ca. 1996–98, gelatin silver print, 4 1/4 x 6 1/4". From the series “Sobras” (Remains), 1996–98.

London

Aurélien Froment, 9 Intervals, 2011/2012, two synched HD video projections, color, sound, 19 minutes 43 seconds. Installation view.

Dublin

Declan Long on Aurélien Froment

Merlin James, House in Marshes, 2011, mixed media on MDF, 23 5/8 x 31 1/8".

Paris

Mara Hoberman on Merlin James

View of “Katja Novitskova,” 2012–13. Foreground: Approximation I, 2012. Background: Win Win, 2012.

Berlin

Alexander Scrimgeour on Katja Novitskova

Nina Könnemann, Cone, 2008, HD video, color, sound, 4 minutes.

Lüneburg, Germany

Jens Asthoff on Nina Könnemann

Antonio Calderara, Figura al Sole (Figure in the Sun), 1949, oil on wood panel, 6 1/4 x 5 1/8".

Zurich

Hans Rudolf Reust on Antonio Calderara

G. Küng, Big Glass Slide, 2013, glass, ink, alcohol, nails, 59 x 47 1/4".

Basel

Quinn Latimer on Dunja Herzog and G. Küng

View of “Luca Francesconi,” 2013. From left: Untitled (Shirt), 2013; Untitled (Fish), 2013.

Milan

Heinrich Dunst, About A B order (detail), 2013, mixed media, eight parts, overall 9' 2 1/4“ x 18' x 9”.

Vienna

Astrid Mania on Heinrich Dunst

David Maljković, Images with Their Own Shadows, 2008, projector, stand, screen, metal studs, plasterboard, 16-mm film (color, sound, 6 minutes 16 seconds). Installation view.

Eindhoven, The Netherlands

Caoimhín Mac Giolla Léith on David Maljković

View of “Daniel Jacoby,” 2012–13. Five works from the series “Towel Sculptures,” 2012–, all Untitled, 2012.

The Hague

Javier Hontoria on Daniel Jacoby

Mika Rottenberg, Sneeze, 2012, HD video, color, sound, 3 minutes 2 seconds.

Stockholm

Ronald Jones on Mika Rottenberg

Jorge Queiroz, Untitled, 2010, watercolor, engraving, pencil, and oil pastel on paper, 29 x 21 1/4".

Lisbon

Jurriaan Benschop on Jorge Queiroz

Amnon Ben-Ami, Alma, 2011, oil on paper, 19 5/8 x 13 3/4". From the series “Alma,” 2011.

Jerusalem

Nuit Banai on Amnon Ben-Ami

View of “Fernanda Gomes,” 2012–13.

Rio de Janeiro

Sérgio Martins on Fernanda Gomes