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FLASH ART INTERNATIONAL # 279

JULY – SEPTEMBER 2011
 
 
    

JULES DE BALINCOURT, Homer, Hopper and Manet with Indian Copilot and Child, 2011.

TERENCE KOH, Whaling, 2009 (detail).

Covers of Flash Art International, July - September, 2011.
 

ON THE COVER: Augustín Pérez Rubio frames punkboy Terence Koh as a new example of radical politics in art. Jules de Balincourt by Nicola Trezzi contemplates painting as a medium that can still be as mystifying as it was for the impressionists.
 

VENICE Biennale Exclusives: Notes on Venice Biennale by the always insightful Jerry Saltz uncovers the biennial's most serious problems and one gallerist's most humorous mishap. The 2003 Venice Biennale curator Francesco Bonami looks at the uncanny mix of global excess and Swiss expertise that dominated the art affair in La Grand Bouffe. Vardit Gross uses water in After the Deluge as an underground network connecting a series of national pavilions. Gelatin Vibrations by Matthew Schum considers contemporary art's blurry romance with history.

 

FEATURES: Let’s Dance by curator Christine Macel paints an attractive panorama of today’s relational/body art convergence. Peter Eleey’s interview with Robert Barry assesses the artist’s near 50 year long career. A conversation between Glenn Ligon and Adam Pendleton delivers an engaging message on artistic influences and creative process. Simon Fujiwara’s spatial reconstructions are discussed in an interview with Martin Clark. A celebratory review of Ian Hamilton Finlay by Prudence Carlson explores the artist’s love of poetry and classicism.
 

NEWS: L.A.’s mega exhibit Pacific Standard Time is previewed by native Carrie Paterson. Aaron Moulton frames the controversy and the outcome of Based in Berlin firsthand. A Conversation with the Head of Deutsche Bank Collection Friedhelm Hütte by Helena Kontova looks at the world's largest collection of its kind. Radical Autonomy at Netwerk Center for Contemporary Art and Kiesler’s Endless Gallery in Vienna  both by Rahma Khazam. Giancarlo Politi asks Alexandros Stanas of Art-Athina about the challenges facing the fair in the midst of Greek troubles. Raphael Gygax overviews Mai-Thu Perret's recent activity. Nicola Trezzi interviews Sara Arrhenius in Bonniers’ Brazil about Swedish most recent outlook at Brazilian art and MoCA North Miami's New Methods seminar addressing education, art and Latin America.

 

NEWS COLUMNS: Donatien Grau interviews Robert Fitzpatrick of Haunch of Venison; Marina Abramovic talks about working with director Bob Wilson and actor Willem Dafoe on The Life and Death of Marina Abromovic; and Sam Bardaouil, curatorial director of Art Reoriented, looks at recent acts of Censorship in art.
 

This issue BRAND NEW artist is Alexander Heim.

 

GLOBAL ART & SPOTLIGHT: coverage on recent work and exhibitions of Doris Salcedo, Rudolf Stingel and Bridget Riley.

 

Also in this issue REVIEWS of shows by Kai Althoff, Matt Keegan, John Divola, Allison Miller, Robert Seidel, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Miroslav Tichy, Laure Prouvost, Imogen Stidworthy, Dieter Detzner, Gabriel Kuri, Miroslaw Balka, T.V. Santhosh, Didier Fiúza Faustino, Anri Sala, Suchan Kinoshita, Justin Lieberman, Christian Gonzenbach, Alex Bag, Sébastien de Ganay, Ludovica Carbotta and Manuele Cerutti, Julião Sarmento, Vasili Tsagolov, Nilbar Güres, Raphael Montañez Ortíz, Carla Zaccagnini.
 
 

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