TABLE OF CONTENTS

May 2018

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May 2018, Vol. 56, No. 9

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COLUMNS

architecture

Julian Rose on “Image Building” at the Parrish Art Museum

BOOKS

J. Hoberman on Jason E. Hill’s Artist as Reporter: Weegee, Ad Reinhardt, and the “PM” News Picture

FILM

Melissa Anderson on Shelley Duvall

ON SITE

Nuit Banai on “Poetry & Performance: The Eastern European Perspective”

ON SITE

Sam McKinniss on “Gorey’s Worlds”

PASSAGES

David Frankel on Kynaston McShine

PASSAGES

Richard Serra on Kynaston McShine

PERFORMANCE

Morgan Bassichis on Gregg Bordowitz at the New Museum

SOUND

Damon Krukowski on Hito Steyerl’s Liquidity Inc.

top ten

Lyra Pramuk

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Focus Preview

“Charles White: A Retrospective”

Summer Exhibitions

40 shows worldwide

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THE WHOLE TRUTH

Harry Cooper on Ellsworth Kelly’s Austin, 2015

PROJECT: EBECHO MUSLIMOVA

Chloe Wyma

SUPERPOWER

Hannah Black on Black Panther

National Memorial for Peace and Justice, Montgomery, AL, 2018. Photo: Equal Justice Initiative.

BRYAN STEVENSON

TALKS ABOUT THE NATIONAL MEMORIAL FOR PEACE AND JUSTICE AND THE LEGACY MUSEUM: FROM ENSLAVEMENT TO MASS INCARCERATION

TECTONIC ARTS

Frank Gehry talks with Julian Rose

JENNIFER PACKER

Beau Rutland

PATRICIA L. BOYD

Annie Godfrey Larmon

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View of “Outliers and American Vanguard Art,” 2018. From left: William Edmondson, Noah’s Ark, ca. 1930; William Edmondson, Horse with Short Tail, date unknown; John Bernard Flannagan, Dragon, 1932–33.

Julia Bryan-Wilson on “Outliers and American Vanguard Art”

View of “Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978–1983,” 2018.

Jane Ursula Harris on “Club 57: Film, Performance, and Art in the East Village, 1978–1983”

View of “Bruno Gironcoli: Shy at Work,” 2018. From left: Untitled, 1987; Untitled, 1999; Untitled, 1987; Untitled, 1988. Photo: Stephan Wyckoff.

Kerstin Stakemeier on Bruno Gironcoli

View of “Stories of Almost Everyone,” 2018. Photo: Joshua White.

Andy Campbell on “Stories of Almost Everyone”

Kishio Suga, Nature of Elapsing Sites, 2017, wood, paint, stones, 71 7/8 x 54 3/8 x 3 1/2".

New York

Sondra Perry, Graft and Ash for a Three-Monitor Workstation, 2016, bicycle workstation, video, color, sound, 9 minutes 5 seconds. From “Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today.” Photo: Caitlin Cunningham.

Boston

Tina Rivers Ryan on “Art in the Age of the Internet, 1989 to Today”

Nick Cave, Bunny Boy,
2012, HD video, color,
sound, 14 minutes.
From “PlayTime.”

Salem, Massachusetts

Damon Krukowski on “PlayTime”

Beverly Fishman, Untitled (Depression, High Blood Pressure, Bipolar Disorder, Opioid Addiction), 2018, urethane paint on wood, 91 x 106 x 2".

Chicago

Michelle Grabner on Beverly Fishman

Alix Pearlstein, Harem ROOM–1 (detail), 2016. Installation view. Photo: Mario Gallucci.

Portland, Oregon

Jon Raymond on Alix Pearlstein

Sonja Gerdes, Talisman for Oxygenenergizer (Left), 2018, bronze, sheep’s wool, 15 x 11 x 6 1/2".

San Francisco

Brian Karl on Sonja Gerdes

View of “Beatriz Cortez and Rafa Esparza,” 2018. Center: Beatriz Cortez, The Argonaut: after Pakal, 2018. Photo: Ruben Diaz.

Los Angeles

Scott McFarland, Untitled #9 (Sky Leaks), 2017, transmounted C print, LED lightbox, 50 x 40".

Montreal

Ara Osterweil on Scott McFarland

Bjarne Melgaard, Untitled, 2017–18, oil on canvas, 70 7/8 x 70 7/8".

London

Katrina Palmer, The Time-Travelling Circus: The Recent Return of Pablo Fanque and the Electrolier, 2018, ink-jet print on floor vinyl, Perspex, headphones, sound, sound baffles, printed matter. Installation view. Photo: Kasia Kaminska.

Dublin

Declan Long on Katrina Palmer

Olympe Racana-Weiler, Citeaux, 2018, oil, acrylic, ink, enamel spray paint, and polyurethane on linen, 70 7/8 x 63".

Paris

Philipp Fürhofer, Tequila Sunrise, 2017, acrylic and oil on acrylic box, two-way mirror, electric wire, lightbulbs, LED, wood, 36 5/8 x 36 5/8 x 9 7/8".

Berlin

Wael Shawky, Al Araba Al Madfuna III, 2016, HD video, color, sound, 27 minutes 2 seconds. From the trilogy “Al Araba Al Madfuna,” 2012–16.

Hamburg

Nina Möntmann on Wael Shawky

Yuri Ancarani, The Challenge, 2016, HD video, color, sound, 70 minutes.

Basel

Maja Naef on Yuri Ancarani

Carlo Gabriele Tribbioli, Bishamonten (Monte Nimba), 2018, silk screen on ink-jet print and glass, 33 x 24 3/8".

Milan

View of “Eva LeWitt,” 2018. Photo: Christian Tunge.

Oslo

Kate Sutton on Eva LeWitt

Tiago Alexandre, If I were a boy, 2018, helmets, copper tube, dimensions variable.

Lisbon

Alexandre Melo on Tiago Alexandre

Nil Yalter, Hasköy, 2018, digital video, color, sound, 25 minutes.

Istanbul

Mine Haydaroglu on Nil Yalter

Katja Novitskova, Pattern of Activation (mamaRoo Nursery and Dawn Chorus), 2017, electronic baby swings, aluminum folding stands, lasers, digital print, robotic bugs, Swarovski crystals, stress pills, silicone stress eggs, acrylic massagers, animal-patterned stickers, fossils, tree mushrooms, video projection, and mixed media. Installation view. Photo: Tõnu Tunnel.

Tallinn, Estonia

Neringa Černiauskaitė on Katja Novitskova

Mateo López, Ojeras (Eye Bags), 2018, vinyl paint on wall, dimensions variable.

Guadalajara, Mexico

Alexandra Pechman on Mateo López

Laura Vinci, Morro mundo (detail), 2017, borosilicate glass, smoke machines, steel fittings. Installation view. Photo: Pat Kilgore.

São Paulo

Felipe Scovino on Laura Vinci

Zarina, My Dark House at Aligarh, 2017, woodcut on paper, 10 x 8".

New Delhi

Meera Menezes on Zarina

View of “Tith Kanitha,” 2018. Photo: Prum Ero.

Phnom Penh, Cambodia

Roger Nelson on Tith Kanitha

Brisa Amir, Untitled Walls, 2017, oil, graphite, and emulsion on paper, 60 x 68".

Manila

Stephanie Bailey on Brisa Amir

Yasmine El Meleegy, Emergency Room, 2016, cement, wax, dimensions variable.

Cairo

Dan Jakubowski on Yasmine El Meleegy