It used to be a much-debated topic with a buzzword all its own: individual mythologies. The works of Monica Bonvicini, Alex Katz, Richard Prince, and Urs Fischer * unmistakably demonstrate how fluid the exchange between collective and individual, between subculture, elitist culture and mainstream has become. But these artists also show that myths may be found and artistically enhanced in the most unexpected places. Also in this issue is an Insert by *Loredana Sperini.
Table of Content
Matthew Buckingham by Anselm Franke
20 Years of Parkett
Essay by Boris Groys, 2 interviews with Alex Katz by Ena Swansea and Bruce Hainley
Monica Bonvincini
Monica Bonvincini’s Fetish Art by Juliane Rebentisch
Crash Course in Architectural Matter by Lars Lerup
Secrets of Sentence Building by Jörg Heiser
Urs Fischer
Postcard from America – Down the Rabbit-Hole in Zurich by Brenda Richardson
Wanted to turn the music on but it was already playing by Beatrix Ruf
Garden of Earthly Hates by Benjamin Weissman
Richard Prince
A Reflection or Two by Dike Blair
How I Learned to Stop Worrying and Love the Joke (Painting) by Douglas Fogle
Richard Prince’s Second House by Alison M. Gingeras
Richard Prince – A Reader by Vincent Pécoil
Loredana Sperini, Insert
Wind and Fire Rising Within – Silvie Defraoui by Daniel Kurjakovic
Variations on a Theme – Christina Jankowski by Marc Glöde
Promise Pieces, Cumulus from America by Stephanie Smith
Global Scrabble, Cumulus from Europe by Hans Rudolf Reust