The summer issue of frieze d/e is out now, with features on Alexandra Bachzetsis, Michael Beutler, and the controversial history of public art in former West Germany, plus reviews of the 56th Venice Biennale.
New York-based writer Laura McLean-Ferris discovers Dionysian forces and socio-economic pressures in the dance performances of Swiss artist Alexandra Bachzetsis.
Coinciding with his large-scale installation Moby Dick at Berlin’s Hamburger Bahnhof, contributing editor Kirsty Bell explores the sculptural machines of Michael Beutler.
Also featuring: Noemi Smolik visits the sculptor Inge Mahn, a former student of Joseph Beuys, in her countryside home; artist Jimmy Robert talks to Jan Kedves about paper and performance; and Pablo Larios looks at the role of self-presentation in recent art and writing.
