issue number 20 | winter 2007 artUS issue 20
 
 
 
 
 

LEAD
European Fairytale: Once Upon the Here and Now
by Kathryn Hixson

FIRST DEGREE
Politically Incorrect Art
by David Carrier

BOOK PASSAGE
Prosecuting the Cartography of Violence
by Ryan Griffis

THE THIRD DEGREE
Lift and Separate: The Absolution of Consent
by Nancy Jones

POSTMORTEM
Getting Over the Hoopla and Under the Art
by Sue Spaid
SIX DEGREES
Bundle Theory: Antony Gormley and Julian Barnes
by Brian Willems

Cover art by Louise Bourgeois

Reviews

Sigmar Polke by Aneta Georgievska-Shine (Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig Wien, AUSTRIA June 22 · October 7, 2007) Chen Zhen by Aneta Georgievska-Shine (Kunsthalle, Vienna AUSTRIA May 25 · September 2, 2007) Chuck Close by Nadja Sayej (Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto CANADA June 23 · October 7, 2007) Vlad Spicanovic by Nadja Sayej (Birch Libralato, Toronto CANADA August 9 · September 8, 2007) “In Praise of God” by David Carrier (Sakip Sabanci Museum, Istanbul TURKEY April 19 · August 19, 2007) Väino Tamm & Vello Asi by Simon Rees (The Museum of Estonian Architecture, Tallinn ESTONIA June 28 · September 2, 2007) “The Moment You Realize You Are Lost” by Jennifer Davy ( Johann König, Berlin GERMANY July 15 · September 1, 2007) Joseph Beuys by Maria Zimmermann Brendel (Hamburger Bahnhof, Museum für Gegenwart, Berlin GERMANY January 21 · April 23, 2006) “APORIA:APORIA” by Christopher Russell (Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, CA June 16 · August 19, 2007) “Degree Zero” by Gean Moreno (Richard Telles Fine Arts, Los Angeles CA June 30 · August 4, 2007) Ben Weiner / Ali Smith by Leslie Markle (Mark Moore Gallery, Los Angeles CA May 19 · July 7, 2007) Luc Delahaye by Mike Rogers (J. Paul Getty Museum, Los Angeles CA July 31 · November 25, 2007) Jody Zellen by Eve Wood (Paul Kopeikin Gallery, Los Angeles CA May 26 · August 18, 2007) “Eden’s Edge” by Katherine Satorius (Hammer Museum, Los Angeles CA May 13 · September 2, 2007) Nick Lawrence / Graham Hudson by Peter Frank (Raid Projects, Los Angeles CA May 5 · 26, 2007) “Shared Women” by Jacquelyn Davis ( Los Angeles Contemporary Exhibitions, CA February 28 · April 8, 2007) “Staying Alive” by Eve Wood (Winslow Garage, Los Angeles CA August 3 · September 5, 2007) Tom Scicluna by Gean Moreno (Twenty Twenty Projects, Miami FL July 14 · August 19, 2007) Jana Gunstheimer by Elijah Burgher (The Art Institute of Chicago, IL June 7 · August 26, 2007) “Circa 70” by Harry Jacob Weil (Cheim & Read, New York NY June 21 · August 31, 2007) “Substance & Surface” by Brendan Threadgill (Bortolami, New York NY June 26 · August 31, 2007) “The Artist & the Computer” by Adrian Anagnost (The Museum of Modern Art, New York NY July 7, August 30, September 2, 2007) Matthew Brannon by Katrina Kuntz (Whitney Museum of American Art at Altria, New York NY March 28, 2007 · August 26, 2007) “Optic Nerve” by Sue Spaid (Columbus Museum of Art, OH February 16 · June 17, 2007) Chiho Aoshima by Andrea Liu (The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston TX January 27 · October 21, 2007) Philip-Lorca diCorcia by Joanna Szupinska (The Institute of Contemporary Art, Boston MA June 1 · September 3, 2007) “Black Light/White Noise” by Frances Colpitt (Contemporary Arts Museum Houston, TX May 26 · August 5, 2007) Ron Mueck by Sue Spaid (Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, TX June 24 · October 21, 2007) Joyce Melander-Dayton by Edward Rubin (June Kelly Gallery, New York NY April 20 · May 19, 2007 / Gallery Shoal Creek, Austin TX June 15 · July 21, 2007 / Aaron Payne Fine Arts Gallery, Santa Fe NM September 28 · October 27, 2007) “Viewfinder” by Elizabeth Pence (Henry Art Gallery, Seattle WA July 14 · December 30, 2007)