May–June 2013
Flash Art International May–June features two covers—Andra Ursuta and Gelitin
News
In London, Agnieszka Gratza reviews Charles Atlas‘s installation MC9 as part of the BMW Tate Live Series which is now in its second year. Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy, director and chief curator of the 9th Mercosul Biennial in Porto Alegre, discusses her plans for this year’s edition. Curators of Project Biennial D-0 ARK Underground, Branko Franceschi and Başak Senova, tell Flash Art about this year’s project in Bosnia and Herzegovina. Umberta Genta interviews the art director of the Prix HSBC Pour la Photographie, Emmanuelle de l’Ecotais, about the prize’s significance. Nicola Trezzi reviews the 11th Sharjah Biennial, Re: emerge – Towards a New Cultural Cartography, curated by Yuko Hasegawa. Leading collectors Frank Cohen and Nicolai Frahm explain the mission of their recently launched non-profit art space The Dairy Art Centre in London. The curator of the upcoming 13th Istanbul Biennial, Fulya Erdemci, talks about her curatorial theme and title “Mom, Am I Barbarian?” Wendy Vogel reports on the triennale discursive event, Home Works, at Ashkal Alwan, the Lebanese Association for Plastic Arts in Beirut. Swiss artist, Fabian Marti, shares the background to his project, TwoHOTEL in Brazil. Daniela Ambrosio speaks with the artist Fiona Tan about her current solo exhibition, Inventory, at the National Museum of the 21st Century Arts (MAXXI) in Rome. Flash Art sheds light on the new Espace Culturel Louis Vuitton in Venice. Lucy Rees reveals the new plans and ambitions for the new Palestinian Museum and speaks with the director, Jack Persekian, about the challenges to be faced. In anticipation of this year’s edition of Pinta in London, the director Alejandro Zaia, reflects on the fair’s beginnings and divulges the countries that collector’s should keep an eye on.
Features
From their beginning through evolutions, fights and successes, New York-based artist Liam Gillick tells us the true story about Gelitin.
On the eve of presenting her projects at the Frieze Art Fair, New York and the Venice Biennale, Romanian artist Andra Ursuta is the next protagonist to be interviewed by Maurizio Cattelan.
Yongwoo Lee, founding director and chief executive officer of the Gwangju Biennale, interviews artist and political activist Ai Weiwei, who is currently under house arrest in Beijing.
The May–June issue features a questionnaire of a selected group of art professionals based in Hong Kong.
Through an exploration of the Chilean artist, architect and filmmaker Alfredo Jaar‘s recent survey shows in three Berlin institutions, New York-based writer Kathleen MacQueen highlights the political tone of the artist who’s representing Chile at the 2013 Venice Biennale.
The multifaceted practice of Chicago-born, New York-based artist Rashid Johnson is presented in a text written by his long-time friend and supporter Naomi Backwith, curator at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago.
Brand New / Spotlight
Candice Lin by Patrick Steffen.
New York 1993, Experimental Jet Set, Trash and No Star by Wendy Vogel.
Reviews
Wolfgang Laib; Rodney McMillian; Adel Abdessemed; Jack Pierson; Tell it to my heart: Collected by Julie Ault; Hu Qingyan; and Reina Saini Kallat.
