Monika Baer

09/09/11

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  Men Without Women by Collier Schorr

  Issue 49, November-December 1999

  '"As in the world of Henry James the feminine is held at bay. This is not so say it is not prodded and borrowed from..." This is a beautiful and brilliant text by Collier Schorr which seems to be speaking from within the worlds of Lukas Duwenhögger's paintings.'

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  Lukas Duwenhögger by Jan Verwoert

  Issue 84, June-July-August 2004

  'Most often in writing on paintings, the placing and functioning of the painting as such, the question of what it actually is as well as the observance of how the factual surface is structured remains unspoken of. Not so in Jan Verwoert’s review, which is a pleasure to read.'

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  Sarah Lucas by Collier Schorr

  Issue 23, June-July-August 1995

  'Collier Schorr absorbs the character of the work into her language as ink seeps into a sponge and then wrings it all out again. I admire the urgency of her writings here.'

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  Distant Relations by Dominic Eichler

  Issue 105, March 2007

  'Dominic Eichler does not take some kind of neutral position but has the uncanny ability to place his respective topic right into a subjectively animated space which then expands around it and with it. Actually I think his writing is about this: a space that he is able to orchestrate by integrating the work of someone else into it, enriching for both as they resonate.'

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  As We Speak by Jörg Heiser

  Issue 134, October 2010

  Christopher Williams in conversation with Willem de Rooij. 'Clarifying and astringent. Read it!'

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  Dorothy Iannone by Dominic Eichler

  Issue 119, November-December 2008

  'Trust Dominic Eichler to go into the details of the depiction of male and female genitalia in Dorothy Iannone's paintings, showing them throbbing with political agency.'

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  Parts & Labour by Matt Saunders

  Issue 133, September 2010

  Amy Sillman talks with Matt Saunders about dandyism, comedy and the legacy of Abstract Expressionism.

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  Colour Theory by Jennifer Allen

  Issue 120, January-February 2009

  'Bridging a photograph, a research and a political analysis, this is not only a thematically important text but in its economic style is impressive as well.'

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  Strange Fascination by Jan Verwoert

  Issue 71, November-December 2001

  'Jan Verwoert analyzes the concepts of the so-called hot and cool response to art and how we apply them as a matter of course. In this text he dissolves the oppositional positioning of these categories and illuminates their course of development, showing both as part of a cultural performance with a complex history. "As history repeats itself, it seems all the more appropriate to remember that concepts such as ‘rational distance’ and ‘emotional engagement’ are not just abstract theoretical categories but reflect on a troublesome history of social practices determined by class and gender hierarchies."'

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  Who Loves the Sun? by Jan Verwoert

  Issue 98, April 2006

  'Verwoert’s delight in seeing John Mekas’ "Mekas Films" for the first time shines through his essay. I’d describe it as flushed and glowing.'

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  The Collected Music Criticism of Ellen Willis by Anwyn Crawford

  Issue 141, September 2011

  'Reading Anwyn Crawford’s texts, I thought how rare specifically feminist voices in frieze seem to be.... and how necessary. Sharp, fresh, substantial and smart: we could do with a lot more of art criticism from this kind of position.'

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