“LIFE AT WORK” This issue of “Texte zur Kunst” bears the programmatic title “Life at Work”. Admittedly, this means to take up quite a bit, for at issue is nothing less than revaluating a theoretical and historical relation that has determined the history of modern and contemporary art like almost no other: Since “around 1800″, the forms of art have been ascribed a quasi-organic life of their own. An important trend in modern aesthetics sought to evoke liveliness, with the aim of offering resistance to the commodified world of capitalism itself. But how does this problematic pose itself today? Is a critical reference to “life” in art and beyond at all possible after theories of biopolitics have insistently argued that capitalism has permeated all areas of life? Plus reviews from Berlin, Madrid, Zurich, Basel, Tel Aviv, Vienna, Barcelona, Munich, Cologne, Frankfurt am Main, Leverkusen, and Kraichtal Exclusive new artists’ editions: Louise Lawler, Thomas Scheibitz ENGLISH CONTENT SVEN LÜTTICKEN ACTS IN THE AGE OF VIRTUOSO PERFORMANCE BRANDEN W. JOSEPH LEE LOZANO’S DREAM OF LIFE ERIC C. H. DE BRUYN INTERMITTENT CONVERSATIONS ON LEAVING THE FACTORY PATENTED IDEALISM A Conversation between Sven Lütticken and Hito Steyerl SABETH BUCHMANN LIFE AS ALLEGORY On Joseph Beuys’s “La revoluzione siamo Noi” RACHEL HAIDU PERFORMANCE LIFE PAUL CHAN MIRACLES, FORCES, ATTRACTIONS, RECONSIDERED REVIEWS ALEXANDER ALBERRO THE SILVER LINING OF GLOBALIZATION On “The Potosí Principle” at the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte Reina Sofia, Madrid MICHAEL SANCHEZ A DOSE OF FEELING On Michael Krebber at Galerie Daniel Buchholz, Berlin ARTISTS’ EDITIONS LOUISE LAWLER “DISCERNIBLE DIFFERENCE”, 2010 THOMAS SCHEIBITZ “MASTERPLAN”, 2010 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