issue number 30 | 2010/11 -3-2
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
FEATURES
Diet of Worms: On Reading Benjamin as Pure Medium
by Viola Kolarov
ESSAYS
Sight Unseen
by Allison Somers

The Cosmic American
by William Rauscher

The Mackeys: Performance
by Stephan Lugbauer

Mourning Gut: Shamanism in Contemporary Art
by Lisa Paul Streitfeld

Devil’s Disciple: Franchise Fatherhood in Saw
by Martin Rosenstock

PROFILE
John Baldessari
by Katherine Satorius
Crypts of Cahawba
by Michael Seth Stewart
Charles LeDray
by Ivan Gaskell
Bride of the Un-Dad
by Laurence A. Rickels
Julian Schnabel
by Edward Rubin
VENUE
Urs Fischer
by Paul Carey-Kent

Cover art by Catherine Opie

Reviews

Andrea Bowers Susanne Vielmetter Los Angeles Projects
Jean-Léon Gérôme
The Getty Center, Los Angeles
Catherine Opie
LACMA, Los Angeles
Jonathan Seliger
Angles Gallery, Culver City CA
Gregory Hayes
Robin Rule Gallery, Denver
Dan Oki
Museum of Modern & Contemporary Art, Rijeka, Croatia
Christo and Jeanne-Claude
The Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington DC
Allen Ginsberg
National Gallery of Art, Washington DC
Arthur C. Danto
The University Museum, Southern Illinois University Carbondale
Tony Tasset
Van Buren & State Streets, Chicago
Cecilia Paredes
Galería Germán Krüger Espantoso, Lima, Peru
Mike Nelson
Tate Britain, London
Charles Sandison
Peabody Essex Museum, Salem MA
Laurie Anderson
Harvey Theater, Brooklyn Academy of Music, NY
Julie Blackmon
Robert Mann Gallery, New York
Recipes for an Encounter
Dorsky Gallery, Long Island City NY
Shio Kusaka
Anton Kern Gallery, New York
Christian Marclay
Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
The Last Newspaper
New Museum, New York
Jonathan Weinberg
Leslie-Lohman Gallery, New York
Ronnie Bass Portland
Institute for Contemporary Art, Oregon
Jennifer Levonian
Fleisher/Ollman Gallery, Philadelphia/
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Shanshui--Both Ways
AroundSpace, Shanghai
Garth Weiser
White Flag Projects, St. Louis
Alex Katz
The Albertina, Vienna