TABLE OF CONTENTS

May 2013

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May 2013, Vol. 51, No. 9

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COLUMNS

Oscar Niemeyer, National Museum, 1999, Brasília. Photo: Leonardo Finotti.

PASSAGES

Jean-Louis Cohen on Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer, Canoas House, 1952, Rio de Janeiro. Photo: Leonardo Finotti.

PASSAGES

Josiah McElheny on Oscar Niemeyer

Oscar Niemeyer, Copan Building, 1966, São Paulo. Photo: Leonardo Finotti.

PASSAGES

Paulo Mendes da Rocha on Oscar Niemeyer

Nagisa Oshima, Edinburgh, August 21, 1983. Photo: Steve Pyke/Getty Images.

PASSAGES

James Quandt on Nagisa Oshima

Detail from Chris Ware’s Building Stories (Pantheon Books, 2012).

BOOKS

Stephen Burt on Chris Ware’s Building Stories

Thomas Arslan, Gold, 2013, 35 mm, color, sound, 113 minutes. Emily Meyer (Nina Hoss).

FILM

Eric Rentschler on the 2013 Berlinale

Zaha Hadid, Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University, 2012, East Lansing, MI. Photo: Paul Warchol.

ARCHITECTURE

John McMorrough on the Eli and Edythe Broad Art Museum at Michigan State University

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Matthew Porterfield

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Summer Exhibitions

45 shows worldwide

Summer Exhibitions

“Le Corbusier: An Atlas of Modern Landscapes”

View of restored second floor, 101 Spring Street, New York, 2013. Photo: Josh White. Art: © Ad Reinhardt; Donald Judd Furniture™ © Judd Foundation.

News

the Judd Foundation’s 101 Spring Street

Donald Judd’s library prior to restoration, third floor, 101 Spring Street, New York, 2010. Photo: Mauricio Alejo. © Judd Foundation.

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the Judd Foundation’s 101 Spring Street

View of restored fifth floor, 101 Spring Street, New York, 2013. Photo: Josh White. Art: Donald Judd © Judd Foundation/VAGA, NYC; Dan Flavin © Stephen Flavin/ARS, New York; © Claes Oldenburg; © Lucas Samaras.

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the Judd Foundation’s 101 Spring Street

Pediment from 101 Spring Street facade arriving for restoration, Robinson Iron, Alexander City, AL, 2011. © Judd Foundation.

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the Judd Foundation’s 101 Spring Street

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the Judd Foundation’s 101 Spring Street

Rudolf Steiner, untitled, 1923, chalk on paper, 40 1/8 x 60 1/4". From the series “Wandtafelzeichnungen zum Vortragswerk” (Lecture Blackboard Drawings), 1919–24.

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talks with Massimiliano Gioni about the upcoming 55th Venice Biennale

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Monica Majoli, Black Mirror (Amy), 2011, oil on panel, 15 7/8 x 19 7/8". From the diptych Black Mirror (Amy), 2011–12.

PAINTED VEIL: THE ART OF MONICA MAJOLI

Bruce Hainley

Digital rendering of James Turrell’s Aten Reign, 2013, a site-specific installation for the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York. Renderings: Andreas Tjeldflaat.

1000 WORDS: JAMES TURRELL

Miwon Kwon

Les Levine with his All-Star Cast (A Place), 1967, Walker Art Center, Minneapolis, 1967. © Les Levine/Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York.

INFORMATION SOCIETY: THE ART OF LES LEVINE

Tom Holert

View of “Tokyo 1955–1970: A New Avant-Garde,” 2012–13, Museum of Modern Art, New York. Photo: Thomas Griesel

CATEGORICAL MEASURES: EXHIBITING THE GLOBAL

David Joselit

Sheela Gowda, Of All People (detail), 2010–11, wood, metal, enamel, oil paint, ink-jet print on paper. Installation view, Van Abbemuseum, Eindhoven, the Netherlands, 2013. Photo: Peter Cox.

MATERIAL CONCERN: THE ART OF SHEELA GOWDA

Jessica Morgan

Jonathan Binet, Dancefloor (details), 2012, acrylic, spray paint, tape, canvas, wood, dance poles, engraved walls. Installation view, Palais de Tokyo, Paris. Photo: Aurélien Mole.

OPENINGS: JONATHAN BINET

Paul Galvez

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Carsten Höller, Random Rolling Cylinder, 2013, aluminum, steel, rubber, electric motor, paint, fluorescent lights. Installation view, Bank Street.

Claire Bishop on Sharjah Biennial 11

View of “Mike Kelley,” 2012–13. Photo: Gert Jan Van Rooij.

Josef Strau on Mike Kelley

Steve McQueen, Charlotte, 2004, 16 mm, color, silent,
5 minutes 42 seconds.

Solveig Nelson on Steve McQueen

View of “Henri Labrouste: Structure Brought to Light,” 2013. Photo: Jonathan Muzikar.

Edward Eigen on Henri Labrouste

Suzanne Treister, King of Pentacles—Economic Cybernetics (tarot), 2009–11, giclée print with watercolor on paper, 11 3/4 x 8 1/4".

New York

Alberto Burri, Nero Celotex (Black Celotex), 1986–87, acrylic and Vinavil on Celotex, 50 x 98".

New York

View of “Nate Lowman,” 2012–13.

Greenwich, CT

David Rimanelli on Nate Lowman

Brian Weil, Untitled self-portrait (sex), ca. 1980–82, gelatin silver print, 31 3/4 x 33 1/4".

Philadelphia

Daniel Marcus on Brian Weil

H. G. Kaiser, Sun Cycle Taken Dec 21–17. Looking South from Gov. Hill, 1917, gelatin silver print, 5 3/4 x 7 1/2". From “The Unphotographable.”

SAN FRANCISCO

Gwen Allen on “The Unphotographable”

Eva Sulzer, Pyramid of the Magicians, Uxmal, 1939, gelatin silver print, 8 1/8 x 7 3/4". From “Farewell to Surrealism: The Dyn Circle in Mexico.”

Los Angeles

Mark Boulos, Comrade Teteng II, 2010, C-print, 26 3/8 x 39 3/8".

London

Jim Shaw, Untitled (U.S. Presidents), 2006, acrylic on muslin, 16 x 38'. BALTIC Centre for Contemporary Art, Gateshead, UK.

Gateshead/Newcastle, UK

Rachel Withers on Jim Shaw

Marc Bauer, Ballade, Ville Ouverte (Walk, Open City) (detail), 2013, oil on Plexiglas, seventeen parts, each 12 5/8 x 17 3/4".

Paris

Riccardo Venturi on Marc Bauer

Norbert Bisky, Pichador (Graffiti Artist), 2012, oil on canvas, 55 1/8 x 43 1/4".

Berlin

Jurriaan Benschop on Norbert Bisky

John Kelsey, Facebook Data Center, Rutherford County, NC I, 2013, watercolor on paper mounted on aluminum, 9 x 12 3/4".

Cologne

Astrid Wege on John Kelsey

Magali Reus, Offshore, 2011, HD video, color, sound, 5 minutes 14 seconds.

Zurich

Quinn Latimer on Nicola Martini, Virginia Overton, Magali Reus

Manfredi Beninati, IX, 2012–13, oil on canvas, 63 x 78 3/4".

Rome

Pier Paolo Pancotto on Manfredi Beninati

Huguette Caland, Helen, 1967, oil on linen, 28 x 34".

Beirut

Kaelen Wilson-Goldie on Huguette Caland

Daniel Malone, The Meal of a Diver with Eyes Wide Open (GOOGLE), 2013, mixed-media installation with sound, dimensions variable.

Warsaw

Wilfredo Prieto, Untitled, 2008, pen on paper, 10 5/8 x 14 3/8".

Madrid

Pablo Llorca on Wilfredo Prieto

Laura Lima, Homem=carne/Mulher=carne—Puxador Paisagem (Man=Flesh/Woman=Flesh—Landscape Puller) (detail), 1999/2013, nylon, dimensions variable.

Mexico City

Marcela Quiroz on Laura Lima

View of “f. marquespenteado,” 2013.

São Paulo

Alexandre Melo on f. marquespenteado

View of “Ruth Buchanan,” 2013. Left and right: An Image of a Solid (detail), 2012. Center: No Solitary Beat (detail), 2012.

Auckland

Anthony Byrt on Ruth Buchanan

Jikken Kōbō, L’Ève Future, 1955. Performance view, Haiyuza Theatre, Tokyo, 1955. Photo: Kiyoji Ōtsuji.

Kamakura, Japan

Midori Matsui on “Jikken Kōbō—Experimental Workshop”

Nasreen Mohamedi, untitled, ca. 1975, ink and graphite on graph paper, 7 1/2 x 7 1/2".

New Delhi

Adriano Pedrosa on Nasreen Mohamedi