» CONTENTS June 2004
COVER
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Mel Bochner Nothing 2003 detail --------------------------------------------- 25 FEATURES Minimalism: LA Michael Archer has seen 26
the future and finds it crowded 28 Minimalism: NY Minimalism - the master 30 style of the 20th Century asks Joseph Masheck 31
COMMENT
EDITORIAL LETTERS
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NEWS
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ARTNOTES
______________________ 36 PROFILE
International
Necronautical Society Marcus Verhagen
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REVIEWS EXHIBITIONS Expo 21: Strategies of Display Paul Usherwood Like Beads on an Abacus Designed to Calculate Infinity David Barrett With Hidden Noise: Sculpture, Video and Ventriloquism Martin Herbert Whitney Biennial of American Art 2004 Michael Wilson Public Art Fund Projects Maria Fusco EV+A 2004 Niamh Ann Kelly Terry Atkinson Peter Suchin Louise Lawler Andrew Wilson Sherrie Levine John Slyce Isa Genzken Maud Capelle Mona Hatoum Axel Lapp Helen Chadwick Morgan Falconer Supra caput esse enthronement gifts Pablo Lafuente
SOUND Radio Radio Sally O’Reilly a r t i s t s ’ b o o k s Stuart Brisley Paul Claydon BOOKS Cultural Devolution Dave Beech The Contingent Object Jonathan Harris NET WORKS Dia Web Michael Gibbs
POLEMIC Curating Mark Hutchinson
ARTLAW Ownership and Authorship Henry Lydiate
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