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COVER STORY: British-born artist Simon Starling's sculptures—homemade replicas of Eames chairs, a functioning model airplane, a reconfigured Fiat—"always look good," observes Artforum contributing editor Daniel Birnbaum. For Starling, however, objects are just the final outcome of a process that encompasses research, travel, and self-delegated tasks like purchasing balsa wood in Ecuador or transporting rhododendrons from Scotland to Spain. In works that investigate the failed progressive ideals of twentieth-century design and in more recent projects that directly address issues of politics and nationality, Starling maps complex, interconnected physical and cultural histories.
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PASSAGES
Homi K. Bhabha on Edward Said
BOOKS
Richard Meyer on Robert Rauschenberg
NEWS
Gregory Williams on Documenta 12 curator Roger M. Buergel
FILM
Gary Indiana on Leni Riefenstahl
SLANT
Theresa Duncan on Lost in Translation and Kill Bill
PERFORMANCE
Bob Nickas on Leigh Bowery
SOUND
Bennett Simpson on art and pop music
ARCHITECTURE
Kevin Pratt on green design
TOP TEN
Kori Newkirk
Transporting Visions: The Art of Simon Starling
Daniel Birnbaum
1000 Words: Marc Camille Chaimowicz
Michael Archer
In Theory & Practice: A History of the Whitney Independent Study Program
Howard Singerman
Diane Arbus: Surface Tension
Judith Butler
The Eyes Have It: Gillian Wearing on Diane Arbus
Barry Schwabsky
Flesh & Blood: Sex and Violence in Recent French Cinema
James Quandt
Artist Curates: DIY
Joe Scanlan
Openings: Emily Jacir
Tom Vanderbilt
Bettina Funcke on
James Turrell
David Deitcher on
"The Last Picture Show"
T.J. Demos on
"Work Ethic"
Christian Rattemeyer on
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