Ratner Applies Full-Court Press on the Downtown Arena
By Brian J. CarreiraIn late October, Forest City Ratner mailed Brooklyn residents another of its glossy brochures intended to answer “Frequently asked questions about the Brooklyn Nets and Atlantic Yards.” Within it are the standard best-case scenarios regarding both the jobs potentially created by the project as well as its overall funding.
Agricultural Apocalypse: Eating Our Way to Oblivion
By Christopher D. CookYou are in the supermarket, exhausted after another wearying day at the office (or the factory). You just want to get home and eat, and now your senses are pummeled by the brightly packaged bounty all around you. You are at once awakened and overwhelmed. What will you pick from this vast corporate garden?
Art In Conversation
Bruce Conner with John Yau
"I decided it would be interesting to submit an article to ArtNews about Bruce Conner making a peanut butter sandwich, peanut butter being one of my favorite foods and main standbys during periods of economic distress. I also decided that it should be compulsively and precisely detailed."
Art In Conversation
Marsha Pels
By Megan HeuerOn a crisp fall afternoon in Greenpoint where she lives and works, Marsha Pels sat down to talk about her work.
Two Biennials, Two Models:
By Robert C. MorganSome will say that a biennial is a biennial, that no matter who you pick or what you choose, they are all the same.
Books In Conversation
Jonathan Ames
By James McCloskeyWell, like most writers I love to read, and so I’m a book lover. My parents were good to me, but the area where they were really generous to me was books. Everything else was secondhand: secondhand bicycle, secondhand ice skates, secondhand soccer cleats. Which is no big deal, but with books for some reason I was given carte blanche.
Hidden in Plain Sight: Garage Rock "Returns"
By Sharon MesmerI was about to take a bubble bath and wanted to find something good to listen to on commercial radio. That’s right: good on commercial radio.
Editor's Message
Empire of the Senseless
By Theodore HammI’m writing this on Wednesday morning, November 3, and, judging by the popular vote, our future looks extremely dim. Then again, perhaps this is because I’ve not yet seen the light. For those in red state America, that light clearly shines powerfully—so bright, in fact, that it has apparently caused epidemic blindness.
ArtSeen
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Rita McBride
– By Cynthia Cox -
Francesca Woodman
– By Megan Heuer -
Kutluğ Ataman
– By Katie Stone -
David Altmejd
– By Nick Stillman -
Rainer Gross
– By James Kalm -
Vincent Katz & Vivien Bittencourt
– By Ben La Rocco -
Cecily Kahn
– By Tomassio Longhi -
What The Book?
– By Sonya Shrier -
Rosson Crow
– By Ben La Rocco -
Cora Cohen
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Neue Sachlichkeit: New Objectivity in Weimar Germany
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Design ≠ Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread
– By Chris Howard
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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Empire of the Senseless
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
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Ratner Applies Full-Court Press on the Downtown Arena
– By Brian J. Carreira -
Confessions of a New Kid on the Block
– By Theresa Kimm -
Showdown over the North Brooklyn Waterfront
– By Williams Cole -
After Pier 57, an Expanded Role for the CCRB?
– By Janelle Nanos -
Graduate Student Workers Vow to Keep Up the Fight
– By Laura McGinley
Express
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Agricultural Apocalypse: Eating Our Way to Oblivion
– By Christopher D. Cook -
The Fire Manifesto
– By Mary Walling Blackburn -
Henri Lefebvre’s Youthfulness of Heart
– By Andy Merrifield -
Is there Life after Reality TV?
– By Antonio Lopez
Art
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Two Biennials, Two Models:
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Jennifer Pastor
– By Daniel Baird -
Bruce Conner with John Yau
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Marsha Pels
– By Megan Heuer -
Tribute to Annie Herron
– By James Kalm, Shari Mendelson, and Larry Walczak -
Railing Opinion
– By Claude Lioni -
The Rubin Museum of Himalayan Art
– By Ellen Pearlman
ArtSeen
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Rita McBride
– By Cynthia Cox -
Francesca Woodman
– By Megan Heuer -
Kutluğ Ataman
– By Katie Stone -
David Altmejd
– By Nick Stillman -
Rainer Gross
– By James Kalm -
Vincent Katz & Vivien Bittencourt
– By Ben La Rocco -
Cecily Kahn
– By Tomassio Longhi -
What The Book?
– By Sonya Shrier -
Rosson Crow
– By Ben La Rocco -
Cora Cohen
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Neue Sachlichkeit: New Objectivity in Weimar Germany
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Design ≠ Art: Functional Objects from Donald Judd to Rachel Whiteread
– By Chris Howard
Books
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Jonathan Ames
– By James McCloskey -
Zarathustra Speaks Again
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Off the Shelves
– By Book Staff
Music
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Hidden in Plain Sight: Garage Rock "Returns"
– By Sharon Mesmer -
Cuba and Its Music
– By Ellen Pearlman -
Brian Wilson Presents Smile
– By Tony Coulter
Dance
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WAX On, WAX Off
– By Lynn Crawford -
Conquering Greek Myth, the Bush-Kerry Debates, and Comas All at Once
– By Jessica Weiss -
Dancing on the Rail
– By Vanessa Manko
Film
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Into the Darkness
– By David N. Meyer -
When History Proves Too Provocative, Insert Emotional Waterfall
– By Elena Mancini -
The Whisper of the Whistling Water: Portrait of Louise Bourgeois
– By Phong Bui -
Don’t Believe the Hype
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The Right-Wing Docs
– By Williams Cole
Theater
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Same Difference: On Caryl Churchill’s A Number
– By David Kilpatrick -
Fractured Language: Ann Marie Healy
– By Jason Grote -
How to Build a Better Mousetrap: On Creating an Audience For New Work
– By Jeffrey M. Jones -
Shards of Beckett: Théâtre Trouvé’s Broken Window
– By Pamela Newton
Fiction
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from Wonder Wheel (a novel in progress)
– By Marie Carter Robin -
Verdia
– By Elizabeth Reddin -
F Train
– By David Hollander
Poetry
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Self-Help
– By Charles Bernstein -
3 Sections from TRUE TUNES
– By Hugh Seidman -
from Fantasies in Permeable Structures
– By Laura Elrick
