TABLE OF CONTENTS

October 2021

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Joyce Kozloff, If I Were an Astronomer: Boston (detail), 2015, mixed media on canvas, 37 × 55".

October 2021, Vol. 60, No. 2

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COLUMNS

Christian Boltanski, Grand Palais des Champs-Élysées, Paris, 2010. Photo: Didier Plowy.

passages

Daniel Birnbaum on Christian Boltanski

Kaari Upson, San Bernardino, CA, 2016. Photo: Michael Benevento.

passages

Audrey Wollen on Kaari Upson

Neelon Crawford, Paths of Fire II, 1976, 16 mm, color, silent, 8 minutes.

film

J. Hoberman on Neelon Crawford

Joseph E. Yoakum, Prairie Mounds in Western Iowa on Chicago Milwauke and St Paul R.Y., n.d., ink, ballpoint pen, pencil, pastel, and watercolor on paper, 11 1⁄8 × 31 1⁄2".

on site

Joe Bucciero on Joseph E. Yoakum

Francisco Goya y Lucientes, Milagro de San Antonio de Padua (Miracle of Saint Anthony of Padua), 1797, oil on canvas, 10 1⁄4 × 14 1⁄2".

vault

Janis Tomlinson on “Goya” at the Fondation Beyeler

Still from Lana Del Rey’s 2021 video Chemtrails Over The Country Club, directed by Lana Del Rey.

top ten

Raque Ford shares her Top Ten

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MORE REAL THAN REAL

Tim Griffin on the art of Robert Longo

CLOSE-UP: YOUR LOSS

Hal Foster on Ed Atkins’s The Worm, 2021

Joyce Kozloff installing Homage to Frank Furness, 1984, at the Amtrak train station, Wilmington, DE, 1984.

PATTERN RECOGNITION

Lynne Cooke on the Pattern and Decoration movement

RAPE IS A BORDER

Michael Dango on the art of Mona Hatoum

PORTFOLIO: DIANE SEVERIN NGUYEN

Lloyd Wise introduces an artist portfolio by Diane Severin Nguyen

HIGHER GROUND

Suzanne Hudson on the art of Jay DeFeo

INTERVIEW: YOU’LL BE MY MIRROR

Amy Taubin speaks with Todd Haynes about The Velvet Underground

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Huguette Caland, Bribes de corps (Body Bits), 1973, oil on linen, 60 × 60". From the series “Bribes de corps” (Body Bits), 1973–81.

Colby Chamberlain on Huguette Caland

Norman Lewis, Untitled, 1976, oil on canvas, 50 1⁄8 × 72 1⁄8". From the series “Seachange,” ca. 1973–78. From “Creating Community: Cinque Gallery Artists.”

New York

Thornton Dial, People Will Watch the American Tiger Cat, 1988, corrugated tin, epoxy patching compound, and enamel on wood, 48 × 72 × 9".

Los Angeles

Alan Rath, Positively, 2021, aluminum, fiberglass, custom electronics, motors, ostrich feathers, 84 × 72 × 60".

San Francisco

View of “Carolina Caycedo,” 2020–21. Photo: Nathan Keay.

Chicago

Daniel R. Quiles on Carolina Caycedo

Paloma Rosenzweig, Dientes (Teeth), 2021, dry-felted merino sheep wool, wire frame, 7 7⁄8 × 17 1⁄2 × 15 3⁄4".

Mexico City

Fabiola Iza on Paloma Rosenzweig

View of “Ragna Róbertsdóttir,” 2021. Foreground: Untitled, 1987. Background: Lava Landscape, 2021.

Reykjavik

Berin Golonu on Ragna Róbertsdóttir

Kapwani Kiwanga, Sisal #1, 2021, sisal fiber on mild steel oval rings, dimensions variable.

London

Erika Verzutti, Tarsila with Orange, 2011, bronze, acrylic paint, 10 1⁄2 × 13 3⁄8 × 10 5⁄8".

Nottingham

Emily LaBarge on Erika Verzutti

Lari Pittman, Diorama 1, 2021, Cel-Vinyl and lacquer spray paint on canvas, 80 × 96".

Paris

Elisa Schaar on Lari Pittman

Robert Filliou, Optimistic Box #1, 1968, wooden box, two printed labels, stone, 4 3⁄8 × 4 3⁄8 × 4 1⁄8".

Madrid

Joaquín Jesús Sánchez on Robert Filliou and Wilfredo Prieto

Chiara Fumai, Dogaressa Querini, Zalumma Agra, Dope Head, Annie Jones, Harry Houdini, Eusapia Palladino read Valerie Solanas, 2013, six C-prints. Installation view.

Prato

Agnieszka Gratza on Chiara Fumai

Paulo Nimer Pjota, Antiquário (Antique Shop), 2021, automotive paint, flight tickets, acrylic, and oil on canvas. Installation view.

Chios, Greece

Cathryn Drake on Paulo Nimer Pjota

Hamishi Farah, Ostentatio Vulnerum, 2021, oil on linen, 43 1⁄4 × 34 1⁄2".

Fribourg

Olamiju Fajemisin on Hamishi Farah

Bartolina Xixa, Ramita seca, La colonialidad permanente (Dry Twig, The Permanent Coloniality), 2019, HD video, color, sound, 5 minutes. From “And if I devoted my life to one of its feathers?”

Vienna

Ana Teixeira Pinto on “And if I devoted my life to one of its feathers?”

Trisha Baga, Blindness, 2021, oil and acrylic on canvas, 56 1⁄4 × 78".

Berlin

Martin Herbert on Trisha Baga

Yann Gerstberger, Piano Bar (Fitzcarralda), 2021, tapestry, 106 3⁄8 × 88 1⁄2". Installation view.

Cologne

Noemi Smolik on Yann Gerstberger

Rory Pilgrim, Sacred Repository N. 3: The Open Sky, 2016, drawings, HD video (color, sound, 29 minutes 30 seconds). Installation view.

Braunschweig

Magnus Elias Rosengarten on Karrabing Film Collective and Rory Pilgrim

Laëtitia Baudat Haussmann, Architectural model for unnumerable mothers, 2021, wood, linoleum, translucent plastic film, ceramic, black-and-white photographs, 6 1⁄4 × 76 × 76".

Amsterdam

Lillian Davies on Laëtitia Badaut Haussmann

Wendelien van Oldenborgh, Pertinho de Alphaville (Close to Alphaville), 2010, slide projection, color, sound, 20 minutes.

Lodz

Camila McHugh on Céline Condorelli and Wendelien van Oldenborgh

Mohammed Chabâa, Untitled, 1977, acrylic on canvas, 29 1⁄2 × 37 1⁄2".

Abu Dhabi

Murtaza Vali on Mohammed Chabâa

Khanyisile Mawhayi, Xibelani na Micheka 2021, soft pastel on canvas, 39 3⁄8 × 28 5⁄8".

Cape Town

Portia Malatjie on Khanyisile Mawhayi

Walid Raad, Untitled #79 (detail), 2020, mixed media, 47 1⁄4 × 98 1⁄2 × 70 7⁄8".

Hong Kong

Ysabelle Cheung on “Portals, Stories, and Other Journeys”

Mandy El-Sayegh, WALL, 2021, oil and mixed media on silk-screened linen, 74 × 47 1⁄4".

Seoul

Andrew Russeth on Mandy El-Sayegh