spike art quarterly
issue 27 out now
We are pleased to announce our new issue of spike!
CONTENTS
TALK
Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev, artistic director of the next documenta, in conversation with curator Francesco Stocchi on lies, eurocentrism, curators as agents, polyhedral perception, the digital age, emancipation, and bees.
ESSAY
Within the scope of an increasingly commercialised and globalised art market, aesthetic curiosity and critical engagement can be stifled by an overly career-minded focus. But is it inevitable? By Raimar Stange
PORTRAITS
The New York artist Rob Pruitt is simultaneously a provocateur, patchworker, and organizer of flea markets and his own art award. A talk with Gianni Jetzer
Artist Margaret Salmon excavates the minor dramas of the everyday to transform fugitive moments into elongated and gestural cinema. Often using subjects from her own life, Salmon’s characters share a rare intimacy with the camera. By Isla Leaver-Yap
Joanna Fiduccia on the work of New York-based Austrian artist Ernst Caramelle, which has consistently aesthetically combined conceptualism and painting for over forty years
Sylvia Kouvali from Rodeo Istanbul chats with Berlin gallery owner Johann König about her plans to open a gallery in New York
Kadist Art Foundation in Paris catalyzes artists and curators at their moment of ascent and will soon be opening a branch in San Francisco. By Jennifer Teets
Jay Sanders, Co-Curator of the 2012 Whitney Biennial, on the film trilogy “Dr. Chicago” (1968–1971) by George Manupelli
Artist’s Favourites by Keren Cytter: Maria & The Mirrors, John Maus, Andrew Kerton, Roger Federer, Un Prophète
There’s a problematical beauty in poverty, says Nick Currie, who moved to Osaka’s worst slum, Nishinari
“Paul McCarthy’s Low Life Slow Life: Tidebox Tidebook” presents influences, interests and memorable moments but never the artist himself. By Francesco Stocchi
Matthew Post on Hyphy, a subgenre of San Francisco Bay Area Rap, and the political power of dumbness
Our new columnists, the Pfaff Brothers, on the poodle in the work of Jef Cornelis
Known for an art scene of remarkable vitality, Glasgow has spawned Turner Prize winners, influential bands and important writers. Sarah Lowndes on the rise of an art scene.
Reviews from New York, Mexico City, Lisbon, Paris, Frankfurt, Berlin, Hamburg, Karlsruhe, Zurich, Vienna, Linz, Graz
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Cover:
Rob Pruitt, Cardboard Monster: Corinna, 2010.