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INTRODUCING: ARTISTS TO WATCH
60 Ahmet Ög˘üt
64 Katerina Šedá
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
34 Diary
40 Artist's Collection
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
120 Books
128 Meeting of Minds
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