Immigration Hysteria Hits Gotham
By Gabriel ThompsonWhen Minutemen founder Jim Gilchrist recently brought his message to Columbia University, he didn’t have to worry about dramatic backdrops like border fences or nighttime operations—all he needed was a group of screaming students, who graciously obliged.
Picasso as Anti-Fascist
By Dore AshtonMost of the commentary about Picasso, and most especially about his activism once the Spanish Civil War broke out, seems to suggest that this political action was unusual. But Picasso was a born anti-fascist; it was in his blood.
Express In Conversation
Iraq in Fragments: James Longley with Williams Cole
James Longley talks to Williams Cole about his new documentary, the experience of working as a filmmaker in a war–zone, and the disastrous impact of the American invasion on ordinary Iraqis.
Art In Conversation
T. J. Clark with Kathryn Tuma
T. J. Clark is George C. and Helen N. Pardee Professor of Modern Art at the University of California at Berkeley. Since the appearance in 1973 of his first two books, The Absolute Bourgeois: Artists and Politics in France, 1848-1851 and Image of the People: Gustave Courbet and the 1848 Revolution, Clark has been one of the most influential and challenging voices in the field of art history.
Art In Conversation
Squeak Carnwath with John Yau
This past July, art Editor John Yau visited Squeak Carnwath in her studio in Oakland, ca, to discuss her upcoming show at Nielsen Gallery, Boston (October 21 – November 25, 2006).
Art In Conversation
Kim Jones with Stephen Maine
A few days before the installation of his traveling retrospective (currently on view at the University of Buffalo Galleries till Dec. 17th), Kim Jones, the celebrated performance artist, paid a visit to the Rail’s headquarters to talk about his life and work.
Outernational: Rockin’ in the Unfree World
By Matthew OzgaLast October, Marxist agit-rappers the Coup headlined a show at Southpaw that also included Livesavas, Tom Morello, and an unsigned band that I’d never heard of called Outernational. ...
A Royal Pain
By Tessa DeCarloMarie Antoinette and The Queen examine the world of monarchical excess from opposite perspectives — and with disparate results.
War Hammer
By Susan DaitchOn the day one thousand people were killed when a bridge collapsed in Baghdad and Hurricane Katrina caused the word refugee to be invoked when referring to American citizens who lived in its path on the Gulf of Mexico, Elyse became a high elf. ...
Editor's Message From The Editor
Fun While it Lasted...
By Theodore HammHalloween both came early and lasted long for the Democrats this year, as they donned the costumes of an antiwar party. ...
ArtSeen
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The Filipino Roots of Minimalism
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Louise Bourgeois
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Raoul De Keyser
– By Shane McAdams -
Charles Garabedian
– By Thomas Micchelli -
Eva Zeisel at 100: A Lifetime of Masterwork in Design
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Elizabeth Murray
– By Tomassio Longhi -
Picasso and American Art
– By Ben La Rocco -
Dennis Oppenheim
– By Chris Howard -
Sam Easterson
– By Lynn Love -
Joseph Kosuth
– By Matthew L. McAlpin -
Joseph Kosuth – a labyrinth into which I can venture
– By Joan Waltemath -
Report from London
– By Sherman Sam -
Sean Scully
– By Craig Olson -
Jessica Stockholder
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Brice Marden
– By Ben La Rocco -
Alfred Jensen
– By Ben La Rocco -
John Baldessari
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle -
Gustav Klimt: Five Paintings from the Collection of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer
– By Hrag Vartanian -
Stanley Whitney
– By John Yau -
Mary Temple
– By Shane McAdams -
George Schneeman
– By Eric Holzman
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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Fun While it Lasted...
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
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Immigration Hysteria Hits Gotham
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Sweat Equity Pays Off
– By Paula Crossfield -
NYC's Big ReStore
– By Shelley Pasnik -
The Chronicles of a Lost New York
– By Jen Itzenson -
Art for Life: Starts Off with a Rush in Brooklyn
– By Eleanor J. Bader
Express
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Picasso as Anti-Fascist
– By Dore Ashton -
Middle Passage: White Ships, Black Cargo
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Iraq in Fragments: James Longley with Williams Cole
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Woodward at War
– By Nicholas Jahr -
From Mexico City to Brooklyn: Carmen Boullosa
– By Alina Reyes -
Remembering Brad Will
– By Kate Crane -
Excerpt from The Uncomfortable Dead
– By Subcomandante Marcos and Paco Ignacio Taibo II -
Memories of Sontag: From an Ex-Pat’s Diary
– By Harriet Sohmers Zwerling
Art
ArtSeen
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The Filipino Roots of Minimalism
– By Jim Long -
Louise Bourgeois
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Raoul De Keyser
– By Shane McAdams -
Charles Garabedian
– By Thomas Micchelli -
Eva Zeisel at 100: A Lifetime of Masterwork in Design
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Elizabeth Murray
– By Tomassio Longhi -
Picasso and American Art
– By Ben La Rocco -
Dennis Oppenheim
– By Chris Howard -
Sam Easterson
– By Lynn Love -
Joseph Kosuth
– By Matthew L. McAlpin -
Joseph Kosuth – a labyrinth into which I can venture
– By Joan Waltemath -
Report from London
– By Sherman Sam -
Sean Scully
– By Craig Olson -
Jessica Stockholder
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Brice Marden
– By Ben La Rocco -
Alfred Jensen
– By Ben La Rocco -
John Baldessari
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle -
Gustav Klimt: Five Paintings from the Collection of Ferdinand and Adele Bloch-Bauer
– By Hrag Vartanian -
Stanley Whitney
– By John Yau -
Mary Temple
– By Shane McAdams -
George Schneeman
– By Eric Holzman
Books
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POETRY: For the Fat of Mind
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FICTION: This Book
– By Sabrina Seelig -
The New Psychedelia
– By Ellen Pearlman -
CULTURE: Big girls on campus
– By Erica Wetter -
Typecasting: A History of Stereotype
– By Maxwell Heller -
POETRY: Act and Aftermath
– By William Corbett -
FICTION: Inventing personal history
– By Eleanor J. Bader
Music
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A Perpetual Geyser of Pus
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James Angell: The Making of The Pandemic Symphony
– By Todd Simmons -
Outernational: Rockin’ in the Unfree World
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Dimensions in Music: Soft Power: Jazz Meets the Subcontinent
– By Alan Lockwood -
Moving Waves: Listening to Tony Conrad’s Early Minimalism
– By Drew Gardner -
Gayle Force
– By Carol Wierzbicki
Dance
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Wrestling Dostoyevsky: Betontac
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Jeremy Nelson’s Accent Elimination and Mean Piece (premiere) at Dance Theater Workshop
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Rags and Riches: Caitlin Cook at the Kitchen
– By Claudia La Rocco -
The Particulars of Being Human: A review of MOB Production’s Mammal at Dance New Amsterdam
– By April Biggs
Film
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The Brutal Futurism of Godard’s Past
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A Royal Pain
– By Tessa DeCarlo -
Old Fashioned Gore and Familiar Tropes: The 2006 NYC Horror Film Festival
– By David Wilentz -
DOCS IN SIGHT
– By Williams Cole -
KAWAII Unchained: Sailor Suit & Machine Gun
– By David Wilentz -
DVD Culture
– By Matt Peterson -
JIGOKU (Criterion Collection)
– By David Wilentz
Theater
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Between the Lines: Light, Music, Theatre, Spirit
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Brendan Connelly Clicks and Pops, Brendan Connelly with George Hunka
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The Dramatist and The Designer
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The Imperceptible Mutabilities of Susan-Lori Parks in 365 Plays And As Many Days Across The Whole Kingdom
– By Barbara Cassidy and Suzan-Lori Parks -
The Five Sams Emerge from Samantha: Wicked Alchemy
– By Sheila Callaghan
Fiction
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Lydie Salvayre with Yann Nicol, translated by Mireille Vignol
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War Hammer
– By Susan Daitch
Poetry
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The Transcendent Brow, Another Quiet Emergency
– By Corrine Fitzpatrick -
A Thing Defined
– By Craig Morgan Teicher -
After Richard Pryor
– By Roberto Tejada
LastWords
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Staying Power
– By Lynn Crawford
