(Volume 100/Number 6)
ARTnews | June 2001
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Modified, magnified, dissected, and erected, the body takes on unexpected shapes when sculptors use it as a metaphor for emotions
Also in this Issue
Stain Power Deidre Stein Greben
With pieces of dyed velvet, Polly Apfelbaum transforms painting into sculpture and beauty into strength
The Battle Over Arp Nicholas Powell
The artist wanted his legacy protected but left no instructions as to how. Now many of his works are in storage as legal battles are raging in three European countries
For Sale: A Troubled Legacy Jonathan Petropoulos
The German government and the Bavarian state quietly auctioned artworks acquired by Hitler, Goering, and other Nazi leaders without revealing their history
MakingProgress Ann Landi
Paul Ramírez Jonas takes pencil sharpeners, a vacuum cleaner, a clock radio, a drum, and some tubing—and transforms them into a music-playing automaton
Departments
Art Talk
Greil Marcus, Paul Kaiser, Lawrence Rinder, Tim Burton, Nigo, Bjarne
Melgaard, Leah Gilliam, Steve Martin, Grace Glueck, Dave Hickey, Bill Owens, Charlie White, Kara Cressman, Gregory Crewdson, Sophie Calle, Paul Auster
National News
New York Hine case settled; "Not a
decency committee"; Museums grateful for "dead" painting; The Khidekel case: Partly resolved New Orleans Tempest over The Pepper Pot Miami Stella off the waterfront
International News
Warsaw Polemics in Poland Berlin Blue Horses may rear its head; Hubbub over zigzag Vienna Imperial landmark becomes MuseumsQuartier Kiev Masochists miss out on Venice New York Beyond the
Buddhas Madrid Goya's misattributed milkmaid? Paris "Printemps" in autumn São Paulo Brazil may get four Guggenheims
Art Market
New York Taubman and Tennant
indicted; Tennant states his case; Taking
on the tax code; The IRS: Approving
appraisals; Strong sales for Scully
City Focus: Detroit
A Cause to Celebrate: Commemorating its tricentennial, Detroit renovates its museum and welcomes more galleries, while
outlying venues continue to play a vital
role in the area's art scene
By Marsha Miro
The Edge
Still Life with Phone and Gun: Using computer-aided design programs, Robert Lazzarini sculpts today's totems into tangible reminders of mortality
By Nicole Krauss
Design
Why Mies? And Why Now?
Design
Once scorned for being cold, Miesian Modernism is getting a fresh look at two New York museums
By Carter Wiseman
Studio
Man of Steel: Behind the controls of a crane, veteran sculptor Mark di Suvero coaxes tons of metal to curve and bend
By Blake Eskin
Looking at Art
Snow Motion: A 1904 mountain
landscape by the Swiss artist Cuno Amiet comes close to being the first all-white painting
By George Mauner
Perspective
Improving with Age: A new book
explains why artists got better as they
got older
By Milton Esterow
Reviews
New York
"BitStreams";
William Blake;
Kiki Smith;
Philip Pearlstein;
"Committed to the
Image";
Marcel Duchamp;
Terry Winters;
Marjetica Potrc;
Bruce Pearson;
Joan Witek;
Benny Andrews;
Aziz + Cucher;
Mariana Cook;
Sook Jin Jo
Beverly Hills
Jeff Koons
Los Angeles
Alfredo García Revuelta
Berkeley
Joe Brainard
San Francisco
David Ireland
Dallas
George Segal
Washington, D.C.
William Kentridge;
Jacob Kainen
Richmond
Martin Puryear
Memphis
"American
Impressionism"
London
"Give & Take";
Roger Ballen
Paris
"Picasso érotique";
Ruth Thorne-Thomsen
Brussels
Jan Vercruysse
Zurich
Thomas Ruff
Cologne
"Vintage Photography
of the 1920s and
1930s"
Vienna
"Et in Arcadia Ego"
Mexico City
Alfredo Gavaldón
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