June/July 2017 Modern Painters

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modernpainters JUNE/JULY 2017

MARKUS LÜPERTZ

A MEISTER MEETS AMERICA

EILEEN QUINLAN

AN EXCLUSIVE PORTFOLIO

+ Dineo Seshee Bopape, Shih Chieh Huang, Ali Banisadr

DEL KATHRYN BARTON

ORNATE OBSESSIONS

RACHEL MACLEAN

GIRLY GROTESQUE

WHITNEY BIENNIAL

NOW ON VIEW THROUGH JUNE 11

Whitney Biennial 2017 is presented by

Major support is provided by

From top to bottom: Celeste Dupuy-Spencer, Fall with Me for a Million Days (My Sweet Waterfall), 2016. Oil on canvas. Private collection; courtesy the artist and Mier Gallery, Los Angeles; Ulrike Müller, Some, 2017. Vitreous enamel on steel. Collection of the artist; courtesy the artist and Callicoon Fine Arts, New York; Sky Hopinka, still from Visions of an Island, 2016. Digital video, color, sound; 15 min. Courtesy the artist

Whitney Museum of American Art 99 Gansevoort Street whitney.org @whitneymuseum #WhitneyBiennial

grand palais petit palais hors les murs paris

19-22 octobER

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CONTENTS

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Markus Lüpertz with works in progress at his studio near Berlin.

Features

Showcase 34 38

Introducing

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Rachel Maclean

by Margaret Carrigan

by Margaret Carrigan

Spotlight

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Shih Chieh Huang by Margaret Carrigan

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Q&A

Dineo Seshee Bopape

Eileen Quinlan An exclusive portfolio

Markus Lüpertz At home with the German master by Rachel Corbett

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Comment 86

Reviews Ian Wilson’s empty galleries at KW Institute in Berlin, an exhibition drawing on the occult in Upstate New York, Paul Chan’s inflatables, and more

Del Kathryn Barton Elaborate bodies rendered in paint, pencil, and film

R . GA N A H L

by Juliet Helmke

ON THE COVER: Rachel Maclean, photographed by Patrick Rafferty.

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Exhibition 31 / 01 / 17 - 12 / 11 / 17

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m-ticket - FNAC Tick&Live - Fnac 0 892 684 694 (0,40 ¤/minute) www.fnac.com - Ticketmaster 0 892 390 100 (0,45 ¤/minute) www.ticketmaster.fr - Digitick 0 892 700 840 (0,45 ¤/minute) www.digitick.com Masque cimier © musée du quai Branly - Jacques Chirac, DR

Much/ Cecilie Bendixen, 2016/ PVDF (textile), PTFE (thread), light bulb/ D76x H80 cm/ Courtesy of Galerie Maria Wettergren

This exhibition is made possible by Major support is provided by

The Leadership Committee for Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim is gratefully acknowledged for its generosity, with special thanks to Trustee Chairs Denise Saul and John Wilmerding, Stefan Edlis and Gael Neeson, Bill and Donna Acquavella, Rowland Weinstein, Arnhold Foundation, Peter B. Brandt, Dorothy and Sidney Kohl, Mnuchin Gallery, Elizabeth R. Rea in honor of Michael M. Rea, Lyn M. Ross, Elliot and Nancy Wolk, and those who wish to remain anonymous. Funding is also provided by the William Talbott Hillman Foundation. Peggy Guggenheim at Art of This Century, New York, ca. 1942. Photo: AP Photos. Vasily Kandinsky, Composition 8 (Komposition 8), July 1923 (detail). Oil on canvas, 140 x 201 cm. Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum, New York, Solomon R. Guggenheim Founding Collection, By gift 37.262. © 2017 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York

Visionaries: Creating a Modern Guggenheim

More than 170 masterworks from the Guggenheim collection Through September 6 guggenheim.org/visionaries

CONTENTS

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RIGHT:

The KaviarFactory in Norway

BELOW:

Laurel Sparks Codex, 2016. Acrylic, ink, crayon, marker, paper mâché, glitter, collage, cutouts, dirt, beach glass, dental floss, linen on canvas, 23 x 23 in.

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F R O M L E F T: C A S E Y D O R O B E K , S H I H C H I E H H UA N G, A N D R O N A L D F E L D M A N F I N E A R T S , N E W YO R K ; J O H N S T E N E R S E N ; L AU R E L S PA R K S A N D S E P T E M B E R GA L L E R Y, H U D S O N , N E W YO R K

Shih Chieh Huang RTI-303 (power on), 2003. Mixed media, 29 x 21 x 24 in.

Portfolio 19 22

On Our Radar Art from the Arab League

Studio Tracks Tony Matelli

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Top Five Documenta highlights

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Reports 31

Ins & Outs Your cheat sheet for art world news

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Rooms of Their Own Six museum shows dedicated to writers

Departments 32

Biopic Ali Banisadr

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Top Galleries Last Laugh J. Morrison

by Rachel Corbett

In Focus The Marciano Museum opens

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