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TEXTE ZUR KUNST
September 2007 / Issue No. 67:
“CONVERSATIONS”
Time to talk — discussing documenta 12 and the new popularity of contemporary “Art” / You’ve asked for
it — interview formats in theory and practice / Contesting communication — the artist interview
as a critical genre
Reviews from Kassel, Muenster, Berlin, New York, Los Angeles, London, Vienna, Zurich, Hamburg, Cologne, Basel, Karlsruhe, and Oberhausen
Exclusive new artists’ editions:
Cerith Wyn Evans, Mike Kelley, David Lieske
ENGLISH CONTENT
ENJOYING THE ESSENCE?
A roundtable discussion on the “substance” and popularization of
contemporary art with Helmut Draxler, Christoph Menke, Willem de Rooij, and
Julia Voss, moderated by Isabelle Graw
ULF WUGGENIG
A SOCIETY OF THE INTERVIEW
Techniques of the interview in sociology, art and market research
JOHN MILLER
TALK IS CHEAP?
On artist interviews between legitimation and reflection
FAMILY OF STRANGERS
An interview with Paul Chan by André Rottmann
RHEA ANASTAS
HER KINDLING VOICE
The artist interview according to Louise Lawler
WE NEED TO TALK
A roundtable discussion on documenta 12 with Monika Baer, Jörg Heiser,
Branden W. Joseph, and Susanne Leeb, moderated by André Rottmann
REVIEWS
BY THE END OF THE PATH
Alexander Alberro on “Skulptur Projekte Münster 07″
RICHARD SERRA: “TO CUT”, “TO DROP”, “TO PROP”
Rosalind E. Krauss on Richard Serra at the Museum of Modern Art, New York
DAVID HOCKNEY, 1971
Merlin Carpenter
MAXIMUM SECURITY
Claire Bishop on Damien Hirst at White Cube, London
AFTER THE MERMAIDS
Johanna Burton on “Wack! Art and the Feminist Revolution” at the MOCA, Los
Angeles and “Global Feminism: New Directions in Contemporary Art” at the
Brooklyn Museum, New York
ARTISTS’ EDITIONS issue 67:
CERITH WYN EVANS
“Light Trespass (100 Brightest Stars/100 Footnotes – “The Day at Florbelle”
by D. A. F. Sade)”, 2007
SPECIAL EDITION:
MIKE KELLEY
“Lot’s Wife. Salted Soap on a Rope”, 2007
YOUNG EDITION:
DAVID LIESKE
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