Issues / #15 Autumn 2008
Andreas Dobler: Uncertain Scenes
Steven Cairns examines the fundamentals of painting in the work of Andreas Dobler
JG Ballard: Atrocity Exhibition
Sean Ashton explores the disjunction of art and aesthetics using the signposts provided by Zodiac 3000 and the metafictional writings of JG Ballard
Residency: Maria and Natalia Petschatnikov
This Russian-born duo has a joint practice that is inspired and driven by participation in residencies throughout Europe
Emerging: Alan Stanners
Darren Rhymes finds the work of this young Glasgow-based painter full of surreal intentions and growing towards abstract confidence
Emerging: Carla Scott Fullerton
Susannah Thompson finds weighty concerns in the work of this young sculptor who is establishing a reputation in Glasgow and further afield
Report: Contemporary Art Writing and it’s environs
Maria Fusco dips into Art Writing definitions and comes up with her own ideas
Duncan Campbell: Telling Stories
Ken Neil examines the existentialist core of Duncan Campbell’s prize-winning new film ‘Bernadette’
Back Page: Claire Fontaine
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Jordan Wolfson: In Search of the Whale
Hans Ulrich Obrist and Jordan Wolfson take a taxi to the Museum of Natural History, New York, to visit the whale. Time, travel, and time-travel come into their sights
Remarks: 2 Turin Triennial
Daniel Birnbaum, director of Portikus, Frankfurt, discusses the tasks of curating 2 Turin Triennial and the 53rd Venice Bienniale
Remarks: Visiting Spanish Curators
Javier Marroqui and David Arlandis are Spanish curators working this summer at Edinburgh Sculpture Workshop on the venue’s annual show, MAGAZINE 08. Here, they discuss why they have brought togther work by artists from Spain, Crotia, Austria, Denmark and France.
Remark: New Aberdeen Space
A new space for contemporary visual art in Aberdeen is scheduled to open by 2011. Lindsay Gordon, director of Peacock Visual Arts, is confident of its potential impact on culture in the north.
#15 Autumn - September 2008
Review
Mark Neville
11 May — 30 September 2008, Mount Stuart, Isle of Bute
Communication Suite
8 July–1 August 2008, Wolfson Building, Glasgow University, Glasgow
Lothar Hempel
30 May–21 June 2008, Stuart Shave/Modern Art, London
Chantal Akerman
11 July–14 September 2008, Camden Arts Centre, London
The Great Transformation—Art and Tactical Magic
7 June–7 September 2008, Frankfurter Kunstverein, Frankfurt
Aïda Ruilova
2 May–14 June 2008, Galerie Guido W. Baudach, Berlin
Books: All of a Sudden: Things that Matter in Contemporary Art
Jörg Heiser www.sternbergpress.com ISBN 978-1-933128-39-9
Books: Art Power
Boris Groys mitpress.mit.edu ISBN 978-0-262-07292-2
Books: The Sun, the Moon & Everything In Between
Emmett Walsh Hydra Press (edition of 50)