CONTENTS MAY 2011

Issue No 346 www.artmonthly.co.uk

COVER Ai Weiwei Sunflower Seeds 2010 detail photo © Andy Kirby 2011

01 INTERVIEW Corpus Mary Kelly interviewed by Maria Walsh

07 FEATURES Criticism v Critique JJ Charlesworth

11 COMMENT editorial 12 letters

13 NEWS artnotes

16 profile Ellie Harrison Martin Herbert

18 reviews exhibitions Fred Wilson:

Works 1993-2011 David Trigg Laurie Anderson

Trisha Brown Gordon Matta-Clark: Pioneers of the Downtown Scene New York 1970s Morgan Quaintance 20 Found in Translation Katie Kitamura 21 The Department of

Wrong Answers Laura Allsop 23 Studies for an

Exhibition Chris Fite-Wassilak 24 Walls Peter Suchin 25 Ant Macari Paul Usherwood 26 Margaret Salmon Gail Prentice 27 Janice Kerbel Eliza Williams 28 Katerina Sedá:

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Lísen Profile David Briers 29 Structure and Material Laura McLean-Ferris 30 Sharjah Biennial 10:

Plot for A Biennial Kathy Battista

33 performance The Pedestrians Rikke Hansen 34 books High Price: Art Between the Market and Celebrity Culture

Maja and Reuben Fowkes A Guide to the New Ruins of Great Britain Colin Perry 36 film Arab Cinema from the

1960s to Now Omar Kholeif 37 report March Meeting:

Sharjah Biennial Kathy Noble 38 listings exhibitions

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