>> CONTENTS September 2009
Issue No 329 www.artmonthly.co.uk
COVER Stefan Brüggemann Conceptual Decoration 2009 detail
01 FEATURES
Inside Out Dave Beech on the Fall of Public Art 05 The Future of Futurism
Christopher Townsend
12 COMMENT
EDITORIAL LETTERS
13 NEWS
ARTNOTES 17 OBITUARIES
18 REVIEWS
EXHIBITIONS PLOT09: This World & Nearer Ones Spencer Finch Kathy Battista 19 Boule to Braid
Mark Prince 20 EASTinternational
Martin Herbert 22 The Agency of Words
David Briers 23 Collage
London/New York Marcus Verhagen 24 Quiet Revolution
Pryle Behrman 25 United Technologies
Chris Clarke 27 Marina Abramovic
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Presents… Bob Dickinson 28 Source Codes
Sarah James 29 State of the Art:
New York David Trigg 30 New York Round-up
Michael Wilson 32 ARTISTS’ BOOKS
FILE Sally O’Reilly
33 BOOKS
The Practice of Public Art Paul Usherwood 34 FILM
Beatrice Gibson and Alex Waterman Maria Fusco
35 REPORT
Institute Andrew Stooke
36 SALEROOMS
Less is More Colin Gleadell
38 LISTINGS
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