issue number 21 | new year 2008 artUS issue 21
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

LEAD
 The World Is Not Enough:
Art and Globalization
by Rex Butler

FIRST DEGREE
On the Carpet with
Oleg Grabar
by David Carrier

BOOK PASSAGE
 The Ambassadors: Satan,
Male Bliss, and The Filth
by Nathan Danilowicz

THE THIRD DEGREE
The Anarchitectures of
Gordon Matta-Clark and
Olafur Eliasson
by Laura Richard Janku
POSTMORTEM
Mourning Undead:
The Melancholy Zombie
by Brian Willems		 SIX DEGREES
Soma Holiday: An Interview
with Richard Shusterman
by Sue Spaid

Cover art by Folkert de Jong
Reviews

“Tear Down This Wall” by Maria Zimmermann Brendel (Allied Museum, Berlin GERMANY June 28 · December 31, 2007) “Against Time” by Jacquelyn Davis (Bonniers Konsthall, Stockholm SWEDEN September 12 · November 25, 2007) Frances Stark by Simon Rees (FRAC Bourgogne, Dijon FRANCE September 22, 2007 · January 12, 2008) “OPEN 10” by Edward Rubin (Lido, Venice ITALY 30 August · October 14, 2007) 10th International Istanbul Biennial by Joanna Szupinska (Istanbul TURKEY September 8 · November 4, 2007) Becca Mann by Eve Wood (Roberts & Tilton, Los Angeles CA October 13 · November 10, 2007) “This Then That” by Joanna Szupinska (Rodeo Gallery, Istanbul TURKEY September 9 · October 28, 2007) Sue de Beer by Paul Foss (Sandroni.Rey, Los Angeles CA October 20 - December 20, 2007) William Pope.L by Mike Rogers (Santa Monica Museum of Art, CA September 8 · December 23, 2007) Tatzu Nishi by Leslie Markle (Blum & Poe, Los Angeles CA September 15 · October 27, 2007) Tom Sachs by Katherine Satorius (Gagosian Gallery, Beverly Hills CA September 8 · October 13, 2007) Paige Wery by Christopher Russell (Gallery Revisited, Los Angeles CA September 15 · October 20, 2007) Yuriko Yamaguchi by Aneta Georgievska-Shine (The Art Gallery, University of Maryland, College Park MD September 26 · December 8, 2007) Nathan Redwood by Shannon Stratton (40000, Chicago IL September 7 · October 6, 2007) Connie Samaras by Matias Viegener (De Soto Gallery, Los Angeles CA October 6 · November 3, 2007) Folkert de Jong by Jill Conner (James Cohan Gallery, New York NY October 20 · November 24, 2007) Carol Bove by Adrian Anagnost (Maccarone, New York NY September 27 · October 27, 2007) “Encompassing the Globe” by David Carrier (Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution, Washington DC June 24 · September 16, 2007) “Straddling East and West” / “Zhang Huan: Altered States” by David Carrier (The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York NY September 15, 2007 · February 10, 2008 / Asia Society, New York NY September 6, 2007· January 20, 2008) “Fassbinder: Berlin Alexanderplatz” by Jill Conner (P.S.1 Contemporary Art Center, Long Island City NY October 21, 2007 · January 7, 2008) Jeppe Hein by Cara Jordan (SculptureCenter, Long Island City NY September 9 · November 25, 2007) Kenny Scharf by Katrina Kuntz (Paul Kasmin Gallery, New York NY October 18 · November 24, 2007) Seher Shah by Yaelle Amir (Momenta Art, Brooklyn NY September 7 · October 8, 2007) Adam Helms by Jody Zellen (Marianne Boesky Gallery, New York NY September 8 · October 6, 2007) “Summer of Love” by Sue Spaid (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY May 24 · September 16, 2007) Kara Walker by Harry J. Weil (Whitney Museum of American Art, New York NY October 11, 2007 · February 3, 2008) Katrina Moorhead by Brendan Threadgill (James Harris Gallery, Seattle WA October 4 · November 10, 2007) FASTWÜRMS by Nadja Sayej (Art Gallery of York University, Toronto CANADA September 26 · December 9, 2007) Olga Koumoundouros by Elizabeth Pence (Open Satellite, Bellevue WA August 29 · October 13, 2007) Caroline Lathan-Stiefel by R. Asher (Suyama Space, Seattle WA May 7 · July 27, 2007) Martín Ramírez by Gean Moreno (Milwaukee Art Museum, WI October 6, 2007 · January 13, 2008)