Ingmar Bergman once said of his films: “I want to give [the public] a blow in the small of the back, to scorch their indifference, to startle them out of their complacency.” It is this intrepid spirit of artistry that marks Elephant’s sojourn to Stockholm this summer. We immerse ourselves in the hugely visionary, yet simple and functionalist aesthetic of the Swedish, bringing you insightful interviews with product creators such as Teenage Engineering and artists like Jonas Böttern and Emily Mennerdahl. Margherita Dessanay ventures further on to the Middle East, and explores the intersection between traditional and modernity that materialises itself in contemporary art from the region. Ben Eastham delivers a humorous critique of the art fair circuit with his work, rounding off a very eclectic issue.
Contents:
I – Open Files:
If Walls Could Speak, Sarah Morris, Matt Mullican, Klaas Kloosterboer, Chris Martin, Jim Shaw, Maurizio Cattelan, Yvonne Venegas
II – Showcase:
Cynthia Daignault, Guerra de la Paz, Yuken Teruya, Paloma Polo, Theo Altenberg, Toshimitsu Baba
III – Research:
Going East: Newer Horizons of Tradition featuring Simeen Farhat, Selma Gürbüz, Afruz Amighi, Ahmed Mater, Babak Kazemi, Nazgol Ansarinia, Faig Ahmed, Nja Mahdaoui, Hayv Kahraman, Ayad Alkadhi and Razan Sabbagh
IV – Encounters:
Los Carpinteros: Crisis? What Crisis?
Barnaby Furnas: Mind Riots
Words by Derek Birdsall
Christy Lee Rogers: Wonders of the Ocean
Michael Landy: Vandal in the Temple of High Art
V – Destination: Stockholm
Torbjörn Axelman
Mamma Andersson
Klara Källström
Björn Yttling
Carl Hammoud
Jonas Böttern & Emily Mennerdahl
Konst & Teknik
Otmar Thormann
Teenage Engineering
Dennis Eriksson
RBG6
VI – Journal
Money-Sexy-Social-Climbing-Fantastic! The Art Fair Caravan
Book Reviews: The Books that Shaped Art History and Rembrandt
VII – Curator’s-Eye View
Jonathan Watkins’s Welcome to Iraq
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