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4Columns is taking a weeklong hiatus, but we’ll be back with new issues starting next Friday, April 4!
4Columns assistant senior editor Bolek and mascot Sparky take Spring Training very seriously.
Spring is in the air: sunshine, a barely there breeze, pollen, dirt and grass; and also fields and stadiums, active bodies, crowded arenas, balls thrown, March Madness and Spring Training! While 4Columns takes a week off to enjoy the extended daylight, we’ve assembled a roundup of five archival reviews featuring the heady confluence of arts and athleticism. We’ll be back with a new issue next Friday, April 4—in the meantime, warm up in the preseason with these sporty picks.
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NOAH CHASIN ON RAYMOND PETTIBON
Raymond Pettibon, No Title (Let’s Fungo. No), 2003. Pen and ink on paper; diptych, 59 ½ × 41 ½ inches (each).
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MELISSA ANDERSON ON BATTLE OF THE SEXES
Emma Stone as Billie Jean King in Battle of the Sexes. Courtesy Fox Searchlight Pictures. © Twentieth Century Fox Film Corporation.
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JEFFREY KASTNER ON MATTHEW BARNEY
Matthew Barney, Secondary, 2023 (production still). Five-channel video installation with sound, 60 minutes. Photo: Julieta Cervantes. © Matthew Barney.
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THOMAS BELLER ON BOYS AMONG MEN
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ARUNA D’SOUZA ON PAMELA COUNCIL
Pamela Council, Flo Jo World Record Nails, 2012–21. 2,000 acrylic fake fingernails, nail polish, rhinestones, metal, wood, 22 × 60 × 40 inches. Courtesy the artist and Denny Dimin Gallery.