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International Edition
June 19, 2013 Last Updated: 4:45:AM EDT

October 2008 Table of Contents

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October 2008 Table of Contents

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Catherine Opie, Portrait of Barack, 2008. Polaroid, 4 1/8 x 3 9/16 in. Created by the artist for Modern Painters.
Published: February 26, 2009
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INTRODUCING: ARTISTS TO WATCH
60 Ahmet Ög˘üt
By Steven Henry Madoff
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64 Katerina Šedá
By Sofía Hernández Chong Cuy
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FEATURES
68 Shepard Fairey
Why would Barack Obama invite a graffiti artist with a long rap sheet to launch a guerrilla marketing campaign on his behalf? Joshuah Bearman visits the creator of those iconic “Hope” posters to find out.
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74 Catherine Opie
On the eve of her retrospective at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, the acclaimed photographer talks to novelist A. M. Homes about what turns her on: politics, football, S&M, and Alaska
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80 Portfolio: Alec Soth
A new series by the photographer displays the weary America that is George W. Bush’s legacy
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86 All the President's Marketing Men
The 2008 race for the Oval Office has been criticized as a battle of the brands, but as George Pendle explains, candidates have been selling themselves since the days of William Henry Harrison
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DEPARTMENTS
26 Field Guide
Los Angeles / Lauri Firstenberg Read the Article
Eugene Carchesio Read the Article
Cinema Remixed & ReloadedRead the Article
Dark Continents Read the Article
Cildo Meireles/London Read the Article
Rivane Neuenschwander Read the Article
Franz West Read the Article
Open Read the Article
Lois and Franziska Weinberger Read the Article
Tadao Ando Read the Article
Le Futurisme á Paris Read the Article
The Tropics Read the Article
Nam June Paik Art Center Read the Article
Museums in the 21st Century Read the Article
34 Diary
More brutality from the Chapman brothers
By Matthew Collings
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40 Artist's Collection
Martin Parr
By Martin Coomer
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42 Report: Baghdad's Muralists
Iraqi artists combat the insurgents with pro-government paintings
By Charles Levinson
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46 Report: Walking in Memphis
Artist Glenn Ligon visits the city known for its two kings, Elvis and Martin Luther King, Jr.
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50 Working Practice
A team of artists re-create 105 of Sol LeWitt’s legendary wall drawings at Mass MoCA
By Claire Barliant
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52Architecture & Design: White House Redux
Some of the more outlandish entries from a recent competition to redesign the White House
By Geoff Manaugh
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56 Architecture & Design: Gardens in the Sky
Will P.S. 1’s summer avant-garden project inspire people to farm their rooftops?
By Michael Wang
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58 On Location: São Paulo Bienal

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By Lyra Kilston
112 Reviews
Manifesta 7 Read the Article
Jeff Koons Read the Article
Chantal Akerman Read the Article
Painting: Now and Forever, Part II Read the Article
Erkka Nissinen Read the Article
There is No There There Read the Article
Elaine Duigenan Read the Article
Kerry James Marshall Read the Article
Peter Saul Read the Article
John Massey Read the Article
Bridget Riley Read the Article
Pipilotti Rist Read the Article
Thomas Helbig Read the Article
Armando Andrade Tudela Read the Article
Gary Hume Read the Article
Marine Hugonnier Read the Article
120 Books
The Best Recent Releases in Photography
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128 Meeting of Minds
Johanna Billing puts five questions to Karl Holmqvist
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