CONTENTS May 2017 www.artmonthly.co.uk
Issue No 406
40th year
COVER Maeve Brennan The Drift 2017 video
22 PROFILE Maeve Brennan Isobel Harbison
1 INTERVIEW Portrait of the Artist Rodney Graham interviewed by Elisabetta Fabrizi
6 FEATURES Looping the Loop Brian Hatton proposes a theory of the loop that predates its popular usage in film and video art theory 11 (Mis)translation Sophie J Williamson argues that cultural translation can both help and hinder understanding
16 COMMENT EDITORIAL 17 LETTERS Paul Carey-Kent . Peter Suchin . Michael Hampton
18 NEWS ARTNOTES
24 REVIEWS EXHIBITIONS Queer British Art 1861-1967 Huw Lemmey 25 Perverts Mark Prince 26 Adrian Piper: The Probable Trust Registry Melissa Canbaz 27 Jimmie Durham: At the Centre of the World Lee Foley 29 These Rotten Words Niki Russell 30 Remko Scha Tom Emery 31 Sharjah Biennial: Tamuwuj Nadia Quadmani 33 North-East Round-up: MIMA . Baltic . Workplace Paul Carey-Kent 34 William E Jones Catherine Spencer 35 London Round-up: The Sunday Painter .
Narrative Projects . Kunstraum Kathryn Lloyd 38 FILM Courtisane Festival: Notes on Cinema Herb Shellenberger 39 Ian White Multiplexing II Naomi Pearce 41 PERFORMANCE Ten Days Six Nights Niki Russell 42 BOOKS Michael Gibbs: All or nothing and other pages David Briers
43 REPORT Letter from Kathmandu Skye Arundhati Thomas
45 ARTLAW A Landmark Case? Henry Lydiate
46 LISTINGS
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