Contents October 2002 Issue No 260
{ 1 7 } COMMENT
Editorial
Letters
{ 1 8 } ARTNOTES
{ 37} Ugo Rondinone
Rachel Feinstein
Gilda Williams ... { 39} G reyscale/CM YK
Craig Richardson
{ 22} OBITUARIES
{ 24} PROFILE
Susan Philipsz
Niamh Ann Kelly
COVER Alfredo Jaar Skoghall Konsthall 2000
{ 0 1 } FEATURES
Painting & Photography Mark Prince discusses the increasingly blurred boundaries between the two media {0 6 } White Out
Michael Corris on Alfredo Jaar’s lament for lost images { 12 } Belleville or
Manhattan? Andrew Wilson tackles the battle for realism in painting today
{ 26 } EXHIBITIONS
Reviews
Sum of the Parts
Mark Wilsher
{ 27 } Oliver Herring
Mark Harris [ 28} Hayley Newman
Emma Safe [ 30} Alan Currall
Ben Judd [ 31} Joanne Tatham &
Tom O’Sullivan Sally O’Reilly { 32} Die First
Dan Smith [ 33 } Fabrications
Oncethemostdenselyp opulatedplaceonearth Martin Vincent [ 35 } Santiago S ie rra
Stephen Willats Swetlana Heger Roland Boden N ick Crowe Dave Beech
{ 41} EDITIONS
Artists’ Books
Enter the
Superheroine
Tony White
{ 42 } BOOKS
Realism
Adrian Lewis
{ 44 } Photography
David Chandler
{ 46 } LISTINGS
Exhibitions
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