Breaking the Frame: Subversion from Within looks at artists who undermine institutional conventions, and frequently institutional space, to pose a challenge to authority. But it also takes into consideration the fact that “subversive art — like subculture in general — is perpetually at risk of being maneuvered into the cultural mainstream.” With an editorial by Angela Bartholomew and articles by Susan Power, Catalina Imizcoz, Rachel Schwartz, Alida Jekabson, Isabelle Sully, Eva Fotiadi, Rosa te Velde, and Luna Goldberg, and including artist’s contributions by Gian Luigi Biagini, Patricia Kaersenhout, and Dick Verdult.

Vol. 38, 2017 no. 1/2, Breaking the Frame: Subversion from Within

Breaking the Frame: Subversion from Within looks at artists who undermine institutional conventions, and frequently institutional space, to pose a challenge to authority. But it also takes into consideration the fact that “subversive art — like subculture in general — is perpetually at risk of being maneuvered into the cultural mainstream.” With an editorial by Angela Bartholomew and articles by Susan Power, Catalina Imizcoz, Rachel Schwartz, Alida Jekabson, Isabelle Sully, Eva Fotiadi, Rosa te Velde, and Luna Goldberg, and including artist’s contributions by Gian Luigi Biagini, Patricia Kaersenhout, and Dick Verdult.

p. 6 EDITORIAL / Angela M. Bartholomew

p. 14 1 MB COMMUNICATIONS Dick Verdult

p. 18 PASSIONAL FUSION/ EMAIL CORRESPONDENCE Gian Luigi Biagini

p. 26 BERTRAND LAVIER PRESENTS / Susan L. Power

p. 34 EL PINTOR GORDÍN EN EL ICI Catalina Imizcoz

p. 44 “THERE IS NO ROOM IN LONDON LIKE IT”: JAMES MCNEIL WHISTLER’S PEACOCK ROOM Rachel E. Schwartz

p. 55 AT THE EDGE OF THE FRAME: ON THE ARTWORK AS LOBBY AND FIONA CONNOR’S A LETTER, OFFICE MOVE AND A BOOKIsabelle Sully

p. 65 SOCIAL STRUCTURES: HÉLIO OITICICA’S PARANGOLÉ Alida Jekabson

p. 76 PATRICIA KAERSENHOUT: REVEALING BLACK SPOTS IN THE RADIANT WHITE CUBE Rosa te Velde

p. 81 REASSEMBLING A RUIN: COMMISSIONING CONTROVERSY Rosa te Velde

p. 91 FROM AUTONOMOUS TO GENERALLY APPLICABLE ART Eva Fotiadi

p. 105 CATCH-22: CONTEMPORARY ART AND POLITICAL INFLUENCE IN ISRAEL Luna Goldberg

p. 116 PASSPORT FOR THE INVISIBLE Gian Luigi Biagini

p. 124 ABSTRACTS