Issues / #13 Spring 2008
Commission: Alasdair Gray
To commemorate the life of Alasdair Gray, we also republish his MAP commission. “As he prepares for his Glasgow International solo exhibition at Sorcha Dallas, artist and celebrated author of Lanark, Alasdair Gray publishes for the first time his Prologue to The Tragedy of Faust” MAP, Spring Issue, 2008
Remarks: International Detours
Katrina Brown on The Common Guild’s new talks series
Remarks: The Changing Room
Kirsteen Macdonald on The Changing Room’s new premises
Craig Mulholland: Viral Transmissions
Craig Mulholland talks to Susannah Thompson in the run-up to a series of exhibitions showcasing a major new body of work, Grandes et Petites Machines. A re-edited version of his new film ‘Peer to Peer’ has been commissioned for MAP and can be viewed in the Commission pages of the website or by clicking below
Report: Customising the New Monument
With the advent of exhibitions underscoring the instability of the monument in contemporary art, Isla Leaver-Yap asks what form monumentality takes in the 21st century
#13 Spring - March 2008
Wilhelm Sasnal: Deluxe Punk
‘You are telling me things, but what do you actually mean by that? Whats your point? Lukasz Ronduda digs deep into the work of Polish artist Wilhelm Sasnal
Torsten Lauschmann: Play it Again
Elisa Kay discovers a spirit of personal adventure in the work of Glasgow based artist/inventor/producer Torsten Lauschmann
#13 Spring - March 2008
Elena Filipovic and Adam Szymczyk: Q + A
Steven Cairns talks to 5th berlin biennial (bb5) curators Elena Filipovic and Adam Szymczyk about the city, the biennial concept and the philosophies and ideas around this edition
#13 Spring - March 2008
Back Page: Donelle Woolford
FROM: DONELLE WOOLFORD, SUBJECT: DOUBLE AGENT, ICA, LONDON, TO: MAP
Residency: Nick Evans
Sarah Smith talks to Nick Evans about his work at home and away
Music: Sound Art: Beyond Music, Between Categories
Alan Licht www.rizzoliusa.com ISBN: 978-0847829699 £25
Focus: Unmonumental: The Object in the 21st Century / Lawrence Weiner
1 December 2007–30 March 2008, New Museum, New York/15 November 2007–10 February 2008, Whitney Museum of American Art, New York
#13 Spring - March 2008
Review
Thomas Houseago
24 November 2007–5 January 2008, The Modern Institute, Glasgow
Thomas Zipp
16 November 2007–13 January 2008, South London Gallery, London
Strange Events Permit Themselves the Luxury of Occurring
7 December 2007–10 February 2008, Camden Arts Centre, London
Carol Rhodes
1 December 2007–24 February 2008, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, Edinburgh
Phillip Lai
10 November 2007–15 January 2008, Galleria Franco Noero, Turin
Ulla von Brandenburg
18 January–24 February 2008, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam
Rosa Barba
18 November 2007–6 January 2008, Stedelijk Museum Bureau, Amsterdam
Gabriel Kuri
17 November 2007–26 January 2008, Esther Schipper, Berlin
Live Undead
29 January–23 February 2008, Transmission Gallery, Glasgow