September 19, 2007

Architecture in Art

Architectural forms keep cropping up in contemporary art, from Andrea Zittel's utopian designs to Monika Sosnowska's tilted rooms and Vera Lutter's haunting photographs. In this issue, we explore whether artists just want to be architects, or whether they are using architecture as a new language for social criticism. We interview Dan Graham about his disorienting public installations, and we spotlight Sarah Oppenheimer, who creates algorithm-generated plywood structures. A book on the playful Dutch studio Atelier Van Lieshout is our media pick, and we recommend new shows by Joachim Schmid and Neo Rauch.