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INTRODUCING: ARTISTS TO WATCH
52 Petra Trenkel
The Berlin-based artist takes anonymous urban landscapes as her subject, yet her photographs and paintings are anything but generic
By Ara Merjian
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56 Simone Leigh
Simone Leigh's sculpture effortlessly references the unexpected
By Quinn Latimer
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FEATURES
62 To Whom It May Concern
Jenny Holzer talks about her new paintings based on declassified documents
By Benjamin Buchloh
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70 Hors Livre
We invited Brian Dettmer to carve up a volume of Ruskin’s Modern Painters
By George Landow
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To watch Dettmer transform the book into a carved sculpture click here.
78 Radioactive
Lisa Ruyter paints the people whose job it is to prevent nuclear apocalypse
By Christopher Turner
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82 The Mathematical Sublime
Japanese artist Ryoji Ikeda designs megawatt installations and electronic music that test, if not surpass, the limits of the senses
By Martin Herbert
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86 Mr. Big Stuff
Anish Kapoor talks about his new projects, which include a giant scatological machine
By Sarah Kent
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DEPARTMENTS
16 Field Guide
24 Diary
God Save the Queen
Tracey Emin: failure+charisma=success
By Matthew Collings
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30 Artist Collection
34 Report
Wish You Were Here
Waterboarding, the ride, comes to Coney Island
By Steve Powers
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38 Report
Qatar's Crown Jewel
I. M. Pei builds an island-bound Museum of Islamic Art
By Jeff Byles
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40 On Location
42 Architecture & Design
Waterworld
Maritime dwelling isn’t just for houseboaters anymore
By Hans Venhuizen
46 Working Practice
Ufology
Peter Coffin explains the inspirations for the custom-made flying saucer he will soon launch over Miami
By Christopher Turner
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For video footage of Peter Coffin’s UFO in flight over Gdansk, Poland click here
94 Reviews
104 Books
112 Meeting of Minds
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