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The Latest issue by Other Edition of The Art in America Magazines with the best article by Nancy Princenthal's. Exclusive issue.
- (1888PressRelease) July 10, 2011 - Nancy Princenthal's article on the American-born artist Susan Hiller is one of the key articles of this issue. And a timely thing it is too. On the occasion of a career survey show of her work at Tate Britain - Hiller has long been resident in the UK- Princenthal gets to grips with the work of an artist whose work, though highly regarded in all the right places, has perhaps been allowed to be overlooked. Or perhaps more accurately, Susan Hiller herself has not really been one of those singled out for the bright glare of the spotlight turned on contemporary artists by the international media. This is perhaps a little ironic given that glaring light, auras and other paranormal visions feature largely in much of the work of this accomplished artist. As was evident in her recent solo show at Timothy Taylor in London -and indeed as is touched on by Princenthal in her article- this is not because Hiller is herself a crystal-bearing hippie, but rather that these striking visual forms often act as an intro to complex considerations of the relationship between what is perceived as formal and what is perceived as spiritual. At its most exciting, Hiller cuts to the dichotomy within Modernism by juxtaposing these metaphysical notions with those readily encountered in the canon of art's twentieth century history; underling the evidence of the rational ideology of Modernism embracing the metaphysical and good old fashioned superstition. This article alone is a reason to get this particular issue.
However, there is naturally also plenty of other satisfying food for thought on offer. Amongst the items at the feast, is Faye Hirsch's 'The Everyone Artwork' that revisits the perennially anxious territory of the edition and the multiple in contemporary art with some fresh - obliquely amusing - insights on the topic. And Steel Stillman visits the studio of Kara Walker, one of the most successful and popular American artists of her generation.
As always, there are all the usual incisive reviews and updates on key international gallery and museal shows and advice on exactly which beautiful art books newly out on the market are essential to own.
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