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Contents November 2001 Issue No 251 COVER Doug Aitken New ocean 2001 Video still {01} FEATURES Surrealism 2001 Does Tate Modern’s exhibition represent yBa-era Surrealism asks David Hopkins {07} Japan 2001 Clare Manchester suggests that much contemporary Japanese art has its roots in Gutai {15} COMMENT Editorial {16} ARTNOTES {22} EXHIBITIONS Reviews Abigail Lane Maria Walsh {23} Nathan Coley Bas Jan Ader John Tozer {25} Grazia Toderi Ugo Rondinone Gilda Williams {26} Spencer Tunick Alison Green {28} Doug Aitken Mark Wilsher {29} Peter Friedl Michael Ellis {30} Jim Shaw Alex Farquharson {31} Graham Parker Martin Vincent {33} Doris Salcedo Sophie Ristelhueber Jose Davila Dan Smith {35} Fluid Emma Safe {37} Ars 01: Unfolding Perspectives Rebecca K Engmann {40} New York Round-up Michael Wilson {45} EDITIONS Artists’ Books Falling off bridges and other feats Mark Beasley {47} BOOKS Art & Feminism Artistical Narratives Cherry Smyth {48} NETWORKS Low-fi Indexes to Infinity Michael Gibbs {49} ARTLAW EU Directives Copyright & Resale Right Henry Lydiate {50} LISTINGS Exhibitions Art Monthly 4th Floor 28 Charing Cross Road London WC2H ODB United Kingdom Telephone 020 7240 0389 Fax 020 7497 0726 Email info@artmonthly.co.uk www.artmonthly.co.uk ISSN 0142 6702 Art Monthly is published 10 times a year Annual subscription rates INDIVIDUALS UK £32.50 Rest of Europe £41.00 Rest of World £53.00 N America US$55.00 INSTITUTIONS UK £39.00 Rest of Europe £49.00 Rest of World £63.00 N America US$60.00 Editor Patricia Bickers Managing Editor Letty Mooring Deputy Editor Andrew Wilson Editorial Assistant Frederika Whitehead Listings Claire Barrett Advertising Matt Hale Circulation Laura Moffatt Nell Wendler Publishers Jack &Nell Wendler Design Area 074470812661 Published by Britannia A rt Publications Ltd. All editorial, advertising and subscription enquiries to Art Monthly 4 th Floor, 2 8 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H ODB, T 0 2 0 7 2 4 0 0 3 8 9 , F 0 2 0 7 4 9 7 0 7 2 6 , info@ artmonthly.co.uk. Printed in Great Britain by Brown Knight & T ruscott, North Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3BW. Bookshop/Gallery Retail Distribution: Central Books Ltd, 9 9 Wallis Rd, London E9 5LN, T 0 2 0 8 9 8 6 4 8 5 4 , F 0 2 0 8 5 3 3 5 821 , email orders@ centralbooks.com ; Newstrade Distribution: Comag Specialist Division, Tavistock Works, Tavistock Road, West Drayton, Middx UB7 7QX, T 0 1 8 9 5 4 3 3 8 0 0 F 0 1 8 9 5 4 3 3 8 0 1 ; USA: Ubiquity Distributors, 6 0 7 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY 1 12 1 7 USA, 7 18 8 7 5 5 4 9 1 . USPS 0 0 9 8 5 7 . Bernhard DeBoer Inc, 1 13 East Centre St, Nutley, NJ 0 7 1 1 0 , USA, T 9 7 3 6 6 7 9 3 0 0 , F 9 7 3 6 6 7 0 0 8 6 . Trucatriche, 7 1 0 East San Ysidro Blvd # 1 5 6 0 , San Ysidro, CA 9 2 1 7 3 , USA, T 6 1 9 6 6 2 3766 , F 6 1 9 6 6 2 3782 , email in fo@ trucatriche.com . Periodicals postage paid at Middlesex, New Jersey. POSTMASTER: address changes to Art Monthly, c /o PO Box 177, Middlesex, New Jersey 0 8 8 4 6 , USA. US Agent: Pronto Mailers International, 2 00 Wood Avenue, Middlesex, NJ 0 8 8 4 6 USA. The views expressed in Art Monthly are not necessarily tho se o f th e Publishers o r Editors. A rtic le s subm itte d fo r possible publication and accompanied by SAE are welcom ed, but it is advisable to co n ta c t the Editorial D epartm ent beforehand. While every e f fo r t will be made to safeguard unsolicited m ss, photos and o ther material subm itte d , the Editors will not a cce p t responsibility fo r loss o r damage. Art Monthly is available on audio tape fo r the visually im paired fro m TNAUK, 0 1 4 3 5 8 6 6 1 0 2 . The e le c tron ic version o f Art Monthly is available on the Art Index h ttp : / /w w w .h w w i ls o n .c om . © No p a r t o f th is publication may be reprinted o r otherw ise rep roduced in any way w ith out perm ission.

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Contents November 2001 Issue No 251

COVER Doug Aitken New ocean 2001 Video still {01} FEATURES

Surrealism 2001 Does Tate Modern’s exhibition represent yBa-era Surrealism asks David Hopkins {07} Japan 2001

Clare Manchester suggests that much contemporary Japanese art has its roots in Gutai {15} COMMENT

Editorial {16} ARTNOTES

{22} EXHIBITIONS

Reviews Abigail Lane Maria Walsh {23} Nathan Coley

Bas Jan Ader John Tozer {25} Grazia Toderi

Ugo Rondinone Gilda Williams {26} Spencer Tunick

Alison Green {28} Doug Aitken

Mark Wilsher {29} Peter Friedl

Michael Ellis {30} Jim Shaw

Alex Farquharson {31} Graham Parker

Martin Vincent {33} Doris Salcedo

Sophie Ristelhueber Jose Davila Dan Smith {35} Fluid

Emma Safe {37} Ars 01: Unfolding

Perspectives Rebecca K Engmann {40} New York Round-up

Michael Wilson

{45} EDITIONS

Artists’ Books Falling off bridges and other feats Mark Beasley {47} BOOKS

Art & Feminism Artistical Narratives Cherry Smyth {48} NETWORKS

Low-fi Indexes to Infinity Michael Gibbs {49} ARTLAW

EU Directives Copyright & Resale Right Henry Lydiate {50} LISTINGS

Exhibitions

Art Monthly 4th Floor 28 Charing Cross Road London WC2H ODB United Kingdom Telephone 020 7240 0389 Fax 020 7497 0726 Email info@artmonthly.co.uk www.artmonthly.co.uk ISSN 0142 6702 Art Monthly is published 10 times a year Annual subscription rates

INDIVIDUALS UK £32.50 Rest of Europe £41.00 Rest of World £53.00 N America US$55.00 INSTITUTIONS UK £39.00 Rest of Europe £49.00 Rest of World £63.00 N America US$60.00 Editor Patricia Bickers Managing Editor Letty Mooring Deputy Editor Andrew Wilson Editorial Assistant Frederika Whitehead Listings Claire Barrett Advertising Matt Hale Circulation Laura Moffatt Nell Wendler Publishers Jack &Nell Wendler Design Area

074470812661

Published by Britannia A rt Publications Ltd. All editorial, advertising and subscription enquiries to Art Monthly 4 th Floor, 2 8 Charing Cross Road, London WC2H ODB, T 0 2 0 7 2 4 0 0 3 8 9 , F 0 2 0 7 4 9 7 0 7 2 6 , info@ artmonthly.co.uk. Printed in Great Britain by Brown Knight & T ruscott, North Farm Road, Tunbridge Wells, Kent TN2 3BW. Bookshop/Gallery Retail Distribution: Central Books Ltd, 9 9 Wallis Rd, London E9 5LN, T 0 2 0 8 9 8 6 4 8 5 4 , F 0 2 0 8 5 3 3 5 821 , email orders@ centralbooks.com ; Newstrade Distribution: Comag Specialist Division, Tavistock Works, Tavistock Road, West Drayton, Middx UB7 7QX, T 0 1 8 9 5 4 3 3 8 0 0 F 0 1 8 9 5 4 3 3 8 0 1 ; USA: Ubiquity Distributors, 6 0 7 Degraw Street, Brooklyn, NY 1 12 1 7 USA, 7 18 8 7 5 5 4 9 1 . USPS 0 0 9 8 5 7 . Bernhard DeBoer Inc, 1 13 East Centre St, Nutley, NJ 0 7 1 1 0 , USA, T 9 7 3 6 6 7 9 3 0 0 , F 9 7 3 6 6 7 0 0 8 6 . Trucatriche, 7 1 0 East San Ysidro Blvd # 1 5 6 0 , San Ysidro, CA 9 2 1 7 3 , USA, T 6 1 9 6 6 2 3766 , F 6 1 9 6 6 2 3782 , email in fo@ trucatriche.com . Periodicals postage paid at Middlesex, New Jersey. POSTMASTER: address changes to Art Monthly, c /o PO Box 177, Middlesex, New Jersey 0 8 8 4 6 , USA. US Agent: Pronto Mailers International, 2 00 Wood Avenue, Middlesex, NJ 0 8 8 4 6 USA. The views expressed in Art Monthly are not necessarily tho se o f th e Publishers o r Editors. A rtic le s subm itte d fo r possible publication and accompanied by SAE are welcom ed, but it is advisable to co n ta c t the Editorial D epartm ent beforehand. While every e f fo r t will be made to safeguard unsolicited m ss, photos and o ther material subm itte d , the Editors will not a cce p t responsibility fo r loss o r damage. Art Monthly is available on audio tape fo r the visually im paired fro m TNAUK, 0 1 4 3 5 8 6 6 1 0 2 . The e le c tron ic version o f Art Monthly is available on the Art Index h ttp : / /w w w .h w w i ls o n .c om . © No p a r t o f th is publication may be reprinted o r otherw ise rep roduced in any way w ith out perm ission.

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