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Raymond Pettibon
Interview by Rudolf Reust. Text by Thomas Mie gang, Gerald Matt, Edward Dimendberg.
Punk. No One is Innocent
Text by Thomas Miessgang.
Semantics
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Queer Art Camp Superstar
The first book-length study of Trecartin’s artistic genealogy, evolving aesthetics, radical approach to digital and Internet culture, and impact on contemporary art, film, and media. Hailed as “the most consequential artist to have emerged since the nineteen-eighties,” American artist and filmmaker Ryan Trecartin has received numerous accolades for his kaleidoscopic, multilayered movies and multimedia installations. However, there exists to date no comprehensive study of this prolific artist’s work. Queer Art Camp Superstar compensates for this absence of sustained critical analysis of Trecartin’s work by looking closely at a selection of his most significant movies in order to dis...
Street and Studio
Edited by Catherine Hug, Gerald Matt, Thomas Miessgang. Text by Glenn O'Brien, Dieter Buchhart. Interviews with Rita Ackermann, Charlie Ahearn, Tamra Davis, Ari Marcopoulos, Glenn O'Brien.
Raymond Pettibon
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Robert Muntean
Robert Muntean, who lives and works in Berlin, rejects the notion that his paintings might be read like stories. To him, the visual aspect of the work is much more important, as are the representations of figures and the feelings that are triggered in observers upon seeing his paintings. In his visually complex works, Muntean deals meticulously with color and creates carefully considered color configurations that offer numerous possibilities for interpretation. In his works, abstracted representations of the human figure appear in various, contrasting stages of abstraction. The course the work will take is not clear at the start of the painting process; the artist generally begins with the execution of one or more figures, which are then further developed. Nevertheless, the images cannot be seen as portraits, but instead as representations of situations, which develop through the actions of the figures in the space. Furthermore, Muntean?s creativity is inspired by pop culture: some of the images? titles are direct musical or literary references to Sonic Youth, Nick Drake, Ken Kesey and William Blake.
Reel Politics
In the mid-1980s, Neil Postman claimed that television made entertainment the natural format for the representation of all experience. While Postman’s argument still is pertinent to a description of contemporary television shows, it also seems increasingly more accurate to argue that “reality-based” entertainment is quickly becoming the referential format for televisual representations of our experience in the 21st century. Chapters in this edited volume explore reality television’s place within contemporary media landscape in terms of its potential for political engagement. The authors engage with a variety of issues such as politics of authenticity and performance, audience recepti...
Flash Afrique!
Terra incognito? Heart of darkness? How about "stylish continent," as one magazine once wrote? The gigantic landmass that is Africa, over which a colonial shadow still looms, is a territory of projections and misunderstandings. The West African photographers presented in Flash Afrique!, including Philip Kwame Apagya, Dorris Haron Kasco, Seydou Keita, Boubacar Touré Mandémory, Bouna Medoune Seye and Malick Sidibé, tell stories about the tension between dreams and reality. Elaborately arranged studio portraits reveal how Africa sees itself. Documentary images comment on the sheer craziness of overpopulated cities, and conversations with the photographers open up an art scene only recently begun to emerge from the shadows.
