issue number 17 | march - april 2007 artUS issue 17
 
 
 
 

LEAD
 Academic Communication as Witchcraft: Spiritualism versus Modern Rationality in the Case of Zöllner
by Albert Kümmel-Schnur

FIRST DEGREE
Captain Curator
and Tom Sachs
by David Moos

BOOK PASSAGE
 Suzanne Doppelt: Shades of a Minor Science
by William Rauscher

THE THIRD DEGREE
The Uncertainty of Recent Sculpture: Two Allegories
by Aneta Georgievska-Shine
POSTMORTEM
The Everlasting Now: Walter Benjamin’s Archive
by Maria Zimmermann Brendel		 SIX DEGREES
Double Standards: An Interview with Dennis Hopper
by Kim Bockus

Cover art by Melanie Schiff
Reviews

“USA Today” by Simon Rees (The Royal Academy of Arts, London U.K. October 6 · November 4, 2006) David Kramer by Nadja Sayej (Birch Libralato, Toronto CANADA November 25 · December 23, 2006) Dayanita Singh by Jane Rankin-Reid (Gallery Nature Morte, New Delhi INDIA December 18, 2006 · January 20, 2007) Tami Demaree by Jody Zellen (Angstrom Gallery, Los Angeles CA November 4 · December 23, 2006) Anthony Goicolea by Nadja Sayej (Monte Clark Gallery, Toronto CANADA November 25, 2006 · January 17, 2007) “Haircuts by Children” by Christopher Russell (Outpost for Contemporary Art, Los Angeles CA October 14-15, 2006) Victor Grippo by Sue Spaid (Camden Arts Centre, London U.K. December 8, 2006 · February 4, 2007) “Ebb & Flow” by Janet Owen Driggs (Raid Projects, Los Angeles CA December 2-30, 2006) “The Look of Law” by Danielle Duval (The University Art Gallery, UC Irvine, CA September 28 · October 20,2006) Rob Fischer by Eve Wood (Mary Goldman Gallery, Los Angeles CA December 16, 2006 · January 27, 2007) Ryan Gander by Katherine Satorius (Marc Foxx, Los Angeles CA November 18 · December 23, 2006) Sarah Greenberger Rafferty by Andrew Berardini (Sandroni Rey, Culver City CA November 4, 2006 · January 10, 2007) “Street Signs & Solar Ovens” by Natilee Harren (Craft and Folk Art Museum, Los Angeles CA October 22 · December 31, 2006) Hunter S. Thompson by Erik Bluhm (M+B Gallery, Los Angeles CA December 2, 2006 - January 20, 2007) Carlos Alfonzo by Peter Frank (The Freedom Tower, Miami FL December 7, 2006 · January 31, 2007) James Hayward by Peter Frank (Mandarin Gallery, Los Angeles CA October 21 · November 25, 2006) Mark Laita by Kim Bockus (Fahey/Klein Gallery, Los Angeles CA September 7 · October 14, 2006) “Negotiated Localities” by Ryan Griffis (School of the Art Institute of Chicago, Betty Rymer Gallery, IL November 17, 2006 - January 5, 2007) Melanie Schiff by Elijah Burgher (Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago IL December 1, 2006 · January 28, 2007) Julia Page by Jacquelyn Davis (Lizabeth Oliveria Gallery, Los Angeles CA November 4 · December 22, 2006) Josh Smith by Elijah Burgher (Skestos Gabriele Gallery, Chicago IL December 1, 2006 · January 6, 2007) Lisa Sanditz by Daniel A. Siedell (Kemper Museum of Contemporary Art, Kansas City MI October 6, 2006 · January 7, 2007) Kate Gilmore by Yaelle Amir (Pierogi, Brooklyn NY November 17 · December 23, 2006) “Corpora: Bodies of Christ” by David Carrier (Salander-O’Reilly Galleries, New York NY October 10 · December 2, 2006) Michael James O’Brien by Carla Ruth Dunham (Hermès Madison Avenue, New York NY October 26 · November 22, 2006) Jeff Ono by Cameron Shaw (Feature Inc., New York NY September 30 · November 4, 2006) Amy Yoes by Andrea Liu (Michael Steinberg Fine Art, New York NY January 11 · February 10, 2007) Robert Pruitt by Lori Salmon (Clementine Gallery, New York NY November 30, 2006 · January 6, 2007) Fred Sandback / Robert Irwin by David Carrier (Zwirner & Wirth, New York NY November 22, 2006 · January 20, 2007 / David Zwirner, New York NY November 22 · December 22, 2006 / PaceWildenstein, New York NY December 9, 2006 ·January 27, 2007) Kiki Smith by Jill Conner (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY November 16, 2006 · February 11, 2007) Katie Pell by Jennifer Davy (Artpace San Antonio, TX November 16, 2006 · January 14, 2007) “The Modern West” by Frances Colpitt (The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX October 29, 2006 · January 28, 2007 / The Los Angeles County Museum of Art, CA March 4 · June 3, 2007)