WINTER 2009 - SOCIAL POWERLESSNESS - SOLD OUT

THE TASK OF ART ACCORDING TO BECKETT: TO EXPRESS THE POWERLESS AND OPPRESSED PARTS OF HUMANS, NOT THE POWER AND GLORY WHICH OFFICIALLY RECOGNISED ART HAS USUALLY OCCUPIED ITSELF

FAILING ATTEMPTING REALIZING SYMBOLIC VALUE (8 & 1/2 STORIES - 3 TRIES - 4 TEE-OFFS - 1 PITCH & 1/2 TIME)

‘ANY ENDEAVOUR TO EFFECT, THROUGH RECOURSE TO THE SPECIFIC INDIVIDUALITY EXPRESSED IN EACH WORK OF ART, ANY MEANINGFUL CHANGES IN THE STATE OF AWARENESS IN WHICH WE LIVE, LET ALONE THE STATE OF THE WORLD ITSELF, IS DOOMED TO FUTILITY’

CROSSING OUT THE SUBJECT: ‘CONSTRUCTION’ AS THE ATTEMPT TO SURRENDER COMPLETELY TO THE MATERIAL’

REVIEW: ‘POWERLESSNESS AND SHAME - THE STATE OF THE WORLD AND THE STANCE OF INDIVIDUAL WORKS TOWARDS IT (SOCIETIES OF INDIVIDUALISM SERIES)

THE ART OF GOVERNMENT - CORRIDORS OF POWER SERIES

A POST-MIMETIC REGIME OF FILM? ON MULLHOLLAND DR.

ED RUSCHA - HAYWARD GALLERY

EXHIBITION REVIEWS

PAULINA OLOWSKA - CAMDEN ARTS CENTRE

EVA HESSE / KATJA STRUNZ - CAMDEN ARTS CENTRE

NEWS: ‘THIS ISN’T MY WORK’ - ARTIST FINDS ADDITIONAL MATERIAL IN THEIR EXHIBITION: ROGUE PERFORMANCE INSERTIONS BY THE CAMDEN ART CENTRE KISSES

BEATING THE BOUNDS - TATE BRITAIN

GOSHKA MACUGA - WHITECHAPEL GALLERY

DEIMANTAS NARKEVICIUS - BFI SOUTHBANK GALLERY

OMER FAST - SOUTH LONDON GALLERY

FRANK AUERBACH - COURTAULD

ADVERT - THE HOPE THAT I CAN AFTER ALL EFFECT SOMETHING THROUGH PAINTING