>> CONTENTS July-August 2008
Issue No 318 www.artmonthly.co.uk
COVER Adam Chodzko Flasher no.22 (Light Levellers) 1996
01 INTERVIEW Bad Timing Adam Chodzko interviewed by David Barrett
09 FEATURES Slow Time Marcus Verhagen discusses globalisation and time 15 Things v Objects Rikke Hansen on the public life of things
20 COMMENT
EDITORIAL
LETTERS
22 NEWS
ARTNOTES 24 OBITUARY
26 REVIEWS
EXHIBITIONS Traces du Sacré é Michael Corris 27 The Object Quality of the Problem Les Inquiets: 5 artistes sous la pression de la guerre Anna Dezeuze 29 Home Lands – Land Marks: Contemporary Art from South Africa Amna Malik 30 Mitra Tabrizian Maria Walsh 31 Marine Hugonnier Stewart Home 32 Apartment Exhibition Sarah James 34 Sonsbeek 2008: Grandeur Sally O’Reilly 35 Psycho Buildings Martin Herbert 37 Stuart Croft: Drive In Jennifer Thatcher Mark Neville Martin Vincent 38 Lucy Skaer James Clegg 39 Aisha Khalid Eliza Williams 40 Andres Lutz & Anders Guggisberg Bob Dickinson 42 ARTISTS’ BOOKS Luca Frei
Pablo Bronstein Lucy Steeds 43 BOOKS Pop Art and Vernacular Cultures Alison Green Summer Reading Ian Hunt 45 FILM Franciszka & Stefan Themerson Rod Mengham
46 OPINION Considering Craft Peter Suchin
47 REPORTS Creative Industries Frederika Whitehead 48 Letter from Iceland Shumon Basar
49 ARTLAW Life After Art School Henry Lydiate
50 LISTINGS
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