Issue 84 of “Texte zur Kunst” inquires into the current state of feminism. The movement associated with the term has reached a precarious moment in its history. There is the assertion that the demands of feminism have been largely met through establishing gender mainstreaming programs and institutionalizing gender studies in universities. The mood has never been more “post-feminist” or “post-gender” than today. However, this zeitgeist is also the symptom of an ideology purporting to be “post-ideological”, according to which there is no social inequality but only individual failure. Just like it is allegedly up to each person which place they assume in society, it supposedly also lies with the individual women whether they are restricted by their gender or not. In the face of an ideology that obscures this situation, an ideology generously granting individuals liberty precisely to the degree to which the question of the social conditions of liberty is suppressed, one must call to mind feminism’s political stake. Feminism exposes the question of gender inequality as a social question. With issue 84 “Texte zur Kunst” surveys the state of feminism in arts and academics, in media and everyday life. Plus reviews from Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, Vienna, Cologne, Hamburg, Munich, Utrecht, Stuttgart, and Graz Exclusive new artists’ editions: Alex Hubbard, Douglas Gordon, and R.H. Quaytman ENGLISH CONTENT PREFACE JULIA VOSS GENTLEMEN’S CLUB OF MODERNITY, OR THE WOLF IN SHEEP’S CLOTHING PAMELA M. LEE POST-FEMINISM … POST-GENDER? SHE IS THE ONE SURVEY WITH CONTRIBUTIONS BY NAIRY BAGHRAMIAN, KERSTIN CMELKA, EVA GEULEN, CHARLOTTE KLONK, GERTRUD KOCH, ZOE LEONARD, MICHAELA MEISE, AMY SILLMAN, CHRISTIANE VOSS MARIE-LUISE ANGERER DSK AND THE CRISIS OF CURRENCY/IES ELAHE HASCHEMI YEKANI INTERSECTIONS AND OTHER DANGERS ON THE PATH TO EQUALITY MONIKA RINCK THE DIVA PRINCIPLE PICTURE SPREAD MONIKA BAER REVIEWS SVEN LÜTTICKEN WORLDS IN COLLISION On “Melancholia” by Lars von Trier JOHN BEESON MODE OF PRODUCTION On Blake Rayne at Capitain Petzel, Berlin CAROLINE BUSTA OCCUPATIONS On Ida Ekblad at Greene Naftali, Nikolas Gambaroff at the Swiss Institute, New York, and Occupy Wall Street (OWS) JONATHAN GRIFFIN CALIFORNIA ÜBER ALLES On “Under the Big Black Sun: California Art 1974–1981″ at The Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles ARTISTS’ EDITIONS ALEX HUBBARD “Letter Phase 59–60″ and “Letter Phase 66–67″, 2008/2011 DOUGLAS GORDON “Larger than life”, “Life size”, and “Smaller than life”, 2011 R.H. QUAYTMAN “Point de Gaze, Chapter 23″, 2011 For additional information, orders or subscriptions please contact TEXTE ZUR KUNST STRAUSBERGER PLATZ 19 10243 BERLIN Germany TEL +49 (0)30 – 30 10 453 45 FAX +49 (0)30 – 30 10 453 44 editionen@textezurkunst.de www.textezurkunst.de NEW: JOIN US ON FACEBOOK!