September 2008 / Issue No. 71
out now
“ARTISTS’ ARTISTS”
This issue of “Texte zu Kunst” is dedicated to the phenomenon of “artists’ artists”. The term designates largely unknown artists who are passed on as “insider tips” to dealers and curators by colleagues, or are integrated in artworks in the form of quotes or references. “Artists’ artists” have the aura of those recommended by experts but whom the market and the established art institutions have hitherto failed to notice. Nevertheless, “artists’ artists” are being increasingly marketed as of late. Against this backdrop, the current issue seeks to develop a genealogy of “artists’ artistry” and discussing it in view of current institutional and market-specific developments.
Plus reviews from New York, Berlin, Vienna, Zurich, Baden-Baden, Salamanca, Nürnberg, Wolfsburg, Hamburg and Barcelona
Exclusive new artists’ editions:
Thomas Bayrle, Tim Eitel, Paul Chan
ENGLISH CONTENT
PREFACE
PLEASE RECOMMEND US
A roundtable discussion on “referentialism” in contemporary art with Dirk von Lowtzow, Paulina Olowska, Stephen Prina and Adam Szymczyk, moderated by Isabelle Graw
DIEDRICH DIEDERICHSEN
SHOW-FREAKS AND MONSTERS
ANDRÉ ROTTMANN
REFLEXIVE SYSTEMS OF REFERENCE
Approximations to “referentialism” in contemporary art
REVISIONS – CONSTELLATIONS – INSPIRATIONS
Two Interviews on the relation between artists’ artists, the market and institutions by André Rottmann
SABINE BREITWIESER / DANIEL BIRNBAUM
MITCHELL ALGUS / JAY SANDERS
WE SALUTE YOU GENTLE ROUSSEAU
STEFANIE KLEEFELD
ON CREDIT / Notes on the vogue for the “artists’ artist”
SURVEY: FOR EVERY TIME ITS ARTISTS
COSIMA VON BONIN / TOBIAS REHBERGER / DANH VO / NINA KÖNNEMANN / CHRISTIAN PHILIPP MÜLLER / LAWRENCE WEINER / ROSALIND NASHASHIBI / MARC CAMILLE CHAIMOWICZ / FLORIAN PUMHÖSL
REVIEWS
SVEN LÜTTICKEN
TELEVISION AGAINST TELEVISION
On „Feedback. Television against Democracy” by David Joselit
BRANDEN W. JOSEPH
IN THE LIGHT OF SPECTACLE
On Olafur Eliasson at the Museum of Modern Art and PS1, New York
ADAM KLEINMAN
WOOL/WORTH
On Christopher Wool at Luhring Augustine, New York
JOSH SMITH
I, ROBOT
On Christopher Wool at Luhring Augustine, New York
MATT SAUNDERS
TO EVERYONE’S CHAGRIN
On Sean Landers at Galerie Giti Nourbkhsch, Berlin
ARTISTS’ EDITIONS issue 71:
THOMAS BAYRLE
“Tassen/Tassen 1968/2008″, 2008
TIM EITEL
“PROFIS”, 2008
PAUL CHAN
“After Oh Monica”, 2008
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