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ANDRA URSUTA
words by Joanna Fiduccia
Never say Andra Ursuta didn’t pay homage to her forerunners. Ten feet tall and coated in black rubber like some improbable sex toy, Ass to Mouth (2010) is a double tribute:
SHANZHAI BIENNIAL
words by Kevin McGarry
“We lie a lot. We’re based on misrepresentation in many forms.” What could be a more honest disclaimer about Shanzhai Biennial than this, told to me by its co-president Babak Radboy? Radboy, the creative director who led the
HYPER-MATERIALITY
interview by Ruba Katrib
The work of artists Alisa Baremboym and Pamela Rosenkranz deals with the redistribution of what constitutes the organic and the inorganic—situations in which synthetic materials could look more like bodily substances, and the
MASSIMILIANO GIONI
interview by Francesco Manacorda
Francesco Manacorda: This is the fourth biennial that you have curated. In your opinion, what is the greatest potential that the biennial holds? What do you envision to be the future developments of these
AMALIA ULMAN
interview by Hans Ulrich Obrist and Simon Castets
Hans Ulrich Obrist/Simon Castets: Where does your catalogue raisonné begin? What is the first piece you no longer considered student work?
Amalia Ulman: I can’t pick only one because
CARRON meets CORNARO
interview by Gary Carrion-Murayari
Gary Carrion-Murayari: I’ve chosen to speak to you both because of the complex, evocative, or even disconcerting approach that you bring to familiar, everyday objects. Although the results you achieve are