>> CONTENTS December-January 09-10 Issue No 332
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COVER Superflex The Financial Crisis (Session I-IV) 2009 film still
01 INTERVIEW
Changing Spaces Vito Acconci interviewed by Freee
05 FEATURES
Crunch Time Jennifer Thatcher on the convergence of artistic and entrepreneurial values 11 Product Placement
Christopher Townsend on the link between Modernism and postmodernity in design
15 COMMENT
EDITORIAL 16 NEWS
ARTNOTES
20 REVIEWS
EXHIBITIONS Ed Ruscha: Fifty Years of Painting Patricia Bickers 21 Art of Two Germanys/Cold
War Cultures Sarah James 23 Deimantas Narkevicius
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Sally O’Reilly 24 Eva Hesse: Studiowork
Rosie Lesso 25 Sophie Calle
Maria Walsh 26 Jeremy Millar
Andrew Hunt 27 Jill Magid:
Authority to Remove Larne Abse Gogarty 28 Terry Smith:
The Foundling Peter Suchin 29 The Peckham Experiment
Dan Smith 30 Let’s Take Back Our Space
Martin Herbert 32 Chen Chieh-jen
Colin Perry
32 The Long Dark
Martin Vincent 34 ARTISTS’ BOOKS
Fair Use (Notes From Spam) Sally O’Reilly 35 BOOKS
Beauty Dave Beech 36 Winter Reading
David Barrett
38 REPORT
Letter from an Australian John Kelly
39 SALEROOMS
London Colin Gleadell
41 ARTLAW
Artlaw Online Henry Lydiate
42 LISTINGS
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