No. 7 June 2011
We are happy to share with you the June 2011 issue of RES, which features stimulating artist conversations, exhibition reviews, interviews and essays. RES is welcoming back contributing authors to its previous edition: Burcu Yuksel sits down to talk with Gary Hume in his studio, while Didem Yazıcı catches up with Daniel Birnbaum and Donatien Grau.
At this critical time for the Arab world RES includes two contributions that focus on artists from Egypt: Hans Ulrich Obrist interviews Wael Shawky during his Edgeware Residency at the Serpentine Gallery in London and H.G. Masters’ presents his critical take on Hassan Khan’s work in “Basically Your Mentality is the Mentality of Servants;” in addition art critic Rachel Withers talks with Abraaj Capital Art Prize 2011 winner Jananne Al-Ani
Other essays include Grit Weber’s view of Harun Farocki’s work, artist Erdag Aksel travels to Belgium to chat with Wim Delvoye, and director of the 2010 film The World According to Kapoor, Heinz Peter Schwerfel prepares a special essay for RES on Anish Kapoor.
RES also features DVD and book reviews as well as a very special piece by Barbara J. Scheuermann on the two video art exhibitions Paradise Lost at Istanbul Modern and Big Picture at Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen.
You can subscribe for a hard copy of RES or access the PDF version of the current issue as well as previous issues by visiting the website www.resartworld.com
We hope you enjoy the read.
CONTENT:
CONVERSATION WITH WAEL SHAWKY HANS ULRICH OBRIST
CONVERSATION WITH WIM DELVOYE ERDAG AKSEL
CONVERSATION WITH JANANNE AL-ANI RACHEL WITHERS
THE ULYSSES SYNDROME – ANISH KAPOOR IN INDIA HEINZ PETER SCHWERFEL
ARCHITECTURE VERSUS ART? ÖZGE ERSOY
FRITZ HAEG ON GARDENS, EDIBLE ESTATES AND SALT RES
INTERVIEW WITH GARY HUME BURCU YÜKSEL
HARUN FAROCKI AND THE RELATIONSHIP OF WAR, THE MEDIA AND ART GRIT WEBER
BASICALLY YOUR MENTALITY IS THE MENTALITY OF SERVANTS H.G. MASTERS
CONVERSATION WITH DANIEL BIRNBAUM AND DONATIEN GRAU DiDEM YAZICI
BEAUTY PESSIMISM HOPE BARBARA J SCHEUERMANN
DVD REVIEW: EXIT THROUGH THE GIFT SHOP ASLI ÇAVUŞOĞLU
BOOK REVIEW: NANCY SPERO: THE WORK NAZLI GÜRLEK
ME, MYSELF AND MY COLLECTION JULIA STOSCHEK
TWILIGHT OF THE GALLERISTS J. EMIL SENNEWALD
RES Issue 7 is available in Istanbul’s Dirimart Gallery. www.dirimart.org
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Image above:
COVER (detail)
Wael Shawky
Cabaret Crusades: The Horror Show File 2010
Courtesy Galerie Sfeir-Semler, Beirut & Hamburg
