“ABSTRACTION”
March 2008 / Issue No. 69
In cooperation with Sven Lütticken
Investigating “Abstraction” both as visible form and as hidden social structure, both in artistic practices and in the increasingly “culturalized” economy in general, the contributions gathered in this issue attempt to go beyond established critical and art-historical parameters by exploring and exploiting — rather than negating — the specifics of modern and contemporary art production, distribution and reception.
Plus reviews from New York, Berlin, Paris, Vienna, London, Zurich, Baden-Baden and Düsseldorf
Exclusive new artists’ editions:
Rachel Harrison, Jörg Sasse
ENGLISH CONTENT
SVEN LÜTTICKEN
LIVING WITH ABSTRACTION
SEBASTIAN EGENHOFER
FIGURES OF DEFIGURATION
Four Theses on Abstraction
MELANIE GILLIGAN
DERIVATIVE DAYS
Notes on Art, Finance and the Unproductive Forces
ISABELLE GRAW
THE DOUBLE ABSTRACTION OF THE ART COMMODITY
On the interference between symbolic and market values
SABETH BUCHMANN
ABSTRACT CHARACTERS?
Reference and Formalism in the Works of Florian Pumhösl
INA BLOM
THE LOGIC OF THE TRAILER
Abstraction, Style and Socialiity in Contemporary Art
ALICE CREISCHER / ANDREAS SIEKMANN
POLITICAL CONSTRUCTIVISM
REVIEWS
CONVERSATION PIECES
Tom McDonough on “The Artwork Caught by the Tail. Francis Picabia and Dada in Paris” by George Baker
BEAUTIFUL ROUGH
Felicity D. Scott on the New Museum for Contemporary Art, New York
NEW PREMISES
Matt Saunders on the Re-Structuring of the Berlin Gallery Scene
ARTISTS’ EDITIONS issue 69:
RACHEL HARRISON
“Apple Multiple”, 2008
JÖRG SASSE
“TZK-Block”, 2008
This spring we will be present at the following art fairs: at ART COLOGNE (April, 16th – 20th, 2007) and at the VIENNAFAIR (April 24th – 27th, 2007). We are looking forward to your visit at our booths!
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