08 Apr 2009

SPIKE ISSUE 19 OUT NOW!

We are pleased to announce our new issue of spike!

CONTENTS

ME AND MY ASS PONY
»Scandal In The Wind?« Fritz Ostermayer searches for the perfect accompaniment to the grave.

ARTIST'S FAVOURITES
by Polish video artist Artur Żmijewski: Amir Yatziv, Yael Bartana, Joanna Rajkowska, Jacek Adamas, Jacek Malinowski

ESSAY
Whatever Happened to Reality? Mika Hannula on Vladimir Putin, Tom Cruise and the future of documentarism.

CURATOR'S KEY
Gianni Jetzer, Head of the Swiss Institute in New York, about one of his favourite works, the performance »Manon presents Man« (1976)

ARTIST'S DIARY
Love is the end of art. Nick Currie about his cooperative work with the Japanese artist Aki Sasamoto at Zach Feuer's in New York.

TALK
Farewell to the Days of Plenty? Raimar Stange and Christian Kobald on American art critic Clement Greenberg, the financial crisis, and the crisis in the art world.

PORTRAIT STEPHEN PRINA
Innocence and Dirty Hands. Hans-Jürgen Hafner on the American Conceptual artist.

PORTRAIT BARBARA T. SMITH
Californian Barbara T. Smith belongs to the group of radical, and forgotten, pioneers of performance art. An interview with Daniel Baumann.

PORTRAIT MARKUS SCHINWALD
Birgit Sonna visited »Vanishing Lessons«, Markus Schinwald's solo show in Bregenz where he transformed the Kunsthaus into a TV sitcom studio.

FASHION
Light is back in fashion photography. Von Joachim Bessing

MUSIC
Chicago House still rules the international dancefloors. By Hans-Jürgen Hafner

ART SCENE BUCHAREST
Bucharest, »City of Records«. By Raluca Voinea.

REVIEWS
Reviews of international exhibitions.

and more!

Please visit our booths at ART COLOGNE (April 22–26) and VIENNAFAIR (May 7–10)!