June 2008 / Issue No. 70
Out now
“WRITING FOR STEFAN GERMER”
The new issue pays homage to Stefan Germer, the co-founder of this journal, who died in 1998 — that is ten years ago. It was the distinctive strength of Germer’s writings that they were always both meeting academic standards and the criteria of journalism. Today these competencies have severed virtually all ties. Shedding light on the reasons behind this questionable development was one aim of the current issue as well as to revive a problem-oriented form of art-critical writing — not least in memory of Stefan Germer.
Plus reviews from New York, Berlin, Santa Monica, London, Munich, Baden-Baden, Vienna, Bologna, Düsseldorf, and Castellón
Exclusive new artists’ editions:
Raymond Pettibon, Gerhard Richter, Annette Kelm
ENGLISH CONTENT
PREFACE
MARTIN SAAR
THE ART OF DISTANCING
Considerations regarding the logic of social critique
CHRIS KRAUS
STICK TO THE FACTS
TOM HOLERT
EXPANSION OF PRAXIS OR THE ENDS OF WRITING
PETER GEIMER
OUT TO THE OPEN SEA
Three remarks about Stefan Germer’s writings
DOUGLAS CRIMP
SUCCESS IS A JOB IN NEW YORK
ONCE A DANCER ALWAYS A DANCER
An interview with Yvonne Rainer by Michaela Meise
SABETH BUCHMANN
SENTIMENTAL EDUCATION
On “feelings are facts: a life” by Yvonne Rainer
DIETMAR DATH
CRITIQUE OF SELF-CRITIQUE: THE NEXT ROUND
ULRICH GUTMAIR
GOOD TEXTS, BAD TEXTS
JOSEPH IMORDE
TO FAIL BECAUSE OF MICHELANGELO
A short view of the history of art historical writing
REVIEWS
ERIC DE BRUYN
PRESSURE POINTS
On “Beyond the Dream Syndicate: Tony Conrad and the Arts After Cage” by Branden W. Joseph
WALEAD BESHTY / MARK GODFREY
PARALLAX VIEWS
Two comments on Michael Asher at the Santa Monica Museum of Art
DANIEL EMMANUEL
GOLDEN AGE
On John Miller at Metro Pictures and Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
COLIN LANG
BUT THE NOTHING SHOWS THROUGH
On Sergej Jensen at Galerie Neu, Berlin
JALEH MANSOOR
MATTERS THAT MATTER
On the Whitney Biennial, New York
BENJAMIN H. D. BUCHLOH
COUNTER-PROPAGANDA
On John Knight at the Espai d’art contemporani de Castellón
SURPLUS
Marina Vishmidt on “Double Agent” at the Institute of Contemporary Arts, London / Sarina Basta on Blake Rayne at Miguel Abreu Gallery, New York
ARTISTS’ EDITIONS issue 70:
RAYMOND PETTIBON
“No Title (He could not)”, 2008
GERHARD RICHTER
“40000”, 2008
ANNETTE KELM
“Finanzamt Kreuzberg, Mehringdamm 22”, 2008
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