A FIERCE Fight in the West Village
By Lucas MannIts cold on the Christopher Street Pier in the wintertimenot the kind of place you want to stand still after the sun sets and the wind whips off the Hudson. For a lot of New York City teenagers, however, the Greenwich Village waterfront is the best place to be in any weather.
What Kind of New Deal?
By Richard WellsAll the talk about a "new" New Deal raises the question of how the contradictory New York legacy of the original one might guide us in the months ahead.
Art In Conversation
Terry Winters with Phong Bui, David Levi Strauss, and Peter Lamborn Wilson
On the occasion of Terry Winters new exhibit Knotted Graphs, which comprises two new series of paintings and fourteen graphite drawings and will be on view at Matthew Marks Gallery on West 22nd street until January 24, 2009, the painter welcomed Rail publisher Phong Bui and consulting editors David Levi Strauss and Peter Lamborn Wilson on-site to talk about the new body of work.
Art In Conversation
Pipilotti Rist with Phong Bui
Just a day before the opening of her commissioned multimedia installation Pour Your Body Out (7354 Cubic Meters), organized by Klaus Biesenbach, chief curator, Department of Media, which remains on view till February 2, 2009 at the MoMAs atrium, Pipilotti Rist sat down with Rail publisher Phong Bui at the Museum Café to talk about her work.
Art In Conversation
Cordy Ryman with Phong Bui
In the midst of preparation for his one-person exhibit at DCKT Gallery, (January 10February 14, 2009) and a group show Organic Geometry at Nicole Klagsbrun (December 12January 10, 2009) painter Cordy Ryman took a break from his Sunset Park studio to pay a visit to the Rails headquarters to talk with Publisher Phong Bui about his life and work.
The Biggest Weapon in Northern Uganda
By Peter HolslinLucky Bosmic Otim, a popular musician from northern Uganda, is practically impossible to reach by phone. He has one, but its always turned off.
One Human Being at a Time: A Visit to Elizabeth Strebs S.L.A.M.
By April GreeneElizabeth Streb's company specializes in PopAction, a style she describes as "a mixture of slam dancing, exquisite and amazing human flight, and wild action sport."
Kane in Babel: notes
By Elana GreenfieldI was always aware that under similar circumstances at Sarah's age (she was 24) and so far from home I would not have been able to hold on to my equilibrium. It was too jarring: to be so misperceived for the work which is your heart.
Danielle and the Dyer
By Mark Du MezIt was snowing. It would always snow throughout the holidays. White billowing bluffs lined the village streets, while a glimmering of hoarfrost lay atop the sidewalk snow. Danielle slid her feet beneath the crispy coating.
Editor's Message
The Brooklyn Rails Person of the Year 2008
By Theodore HammTwo thousand eight was a rather momentous year, not least for the startling cast of characters on its political stage. The starring role was played by a certain senator from Illinois, but his entrance into the spotlight really began in 2004. Launched in 2005, the Rails Person of the Year award has gone to the political figure who provided the most surprising drama of the year.
ArtSeen
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Katia Santibañez New Work
– By Phong Bui -
Ad Reinhardts Emblematic Drawings In Their Moment
– By Joseph Masheck -
John Altoon: Paintings and Works on Paper 1963-1968
– By Craig Olson -
Josephine Halvorson
– By Litia Perta -
Tibor Freund: Motion in Paintings
– By Craig Olson -
Neo-Maternalism: Contemporary Artists Approach to Motherhood
– By Sharon L. Butler -
Ali Banisadr
– By Greg Lindquist -
Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton
– By Jeremy Sigler -
Nasreen Mohamedi: The grid, unplugged
– By John Yau -
Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone
– By Anne Byrd -
Who's in Charge?
– By Tessa DeCarlo -
Ronald Bladen: Sculpture of the 1960s and 70s
– By Ben La Rocco -
Chuck Webster
– By Shane McAdams -
Bettina Sellmann: Taina . cosmogony . make your own paper dragon
– By Cassandra Neyenesch -
Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 19271937
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Letter From London
– By Sherman Sam -
Michelangelo, the Man and the Myth
– By Brandt Junceau -
José Parlá: Layered Days
– By Joan Waltemath -
Zhang Xiaogang
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Rudy Burckhardt: New York, N. Why? 19371940
– By Roger Van Voorhees -
Lutz Bacher: ODO
– By Liz Wing -
Alfred Kubin: Drawings, 1897 1909
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Cutting Realities: Gender Strategies in Art
– By Kimberly Lamm -
George Tooker: A Retrospective
– By Maxwell Heller -
Kazimira Rachfal: ill go there, gladly
– By Laura Hunt -
Sa Suk-won
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Divine Retribution
– By Thomas Micchelli -
Does Invidiousness Go With The Territory?
– By Dore Ashton -
Reply to Irving Sandler
– By Michael Corris
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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The Brooklyn Rails Person of the Year 2008
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
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French Street Artist Dreams of New Starts in Brooklyn
– By Alexis Buisson -
Willamsburgs Poet Laureate: Yom Tov Ehrlich
– By Michael Casper -
A FIERCE Fight in the West Village
– By Lucas Mann -
Y-Act: Mexican-American Students Fight for Educational Equity
– By Eleanor J. Bader -
The Underground Economy
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Express
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What Kind of New Deal?
– By Richard Wells -
Dan Burleys Original Handbook of Harlem Jive (1944)
– By Theodore Hamm -
When You Are Locked in the Trunk of a 69 Bonneville
– By Emily DeVoti -
Still Doing It: Coming to a Sex Shop Near You
– By Michelle Memran -
From Laos to Brooklyn: Ellen Kuras and Thavisouk Phrasavath in conversation with Williams Cole
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Poland Here, and Poland Now
– By Alan Lockwood -
Andrzej Wajda: Poland and the Screens of History
– By Alan Lockwood -
Restoring the Republic, Bacevichs The Limits of Power
– By Becky Ohlsen -
Only the Beginning, Filkins The Forever War
– By Lester Pimentel -
Dershowitz at War: The Case Against Israels Enemies
– By Abby Margulies -
Superman from the South, Rodriguezs Che: A Graphic Biography
– By Nisa Qazi -
Memories of Great Books, Beams A Great Idea at the Time: The Rise, Fall, and Curious Afterlife of the Great Books
– By Ian Crouch -
A Forgotten Man of the Resistence, Paulhans On Poetry and Politics
– By Jessica Loudis -
Fair Play: Lilly Ledbetters Story and Workplace Discrimination
– By Alexis Clements
Art
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Terry Winters with Phong Bui, David Levi Strauss, and Peter Lamborn Wilson
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Pipilotti Rist with Phong Bui
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Cordy Ryman with Phong Bui
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A Tribute to Lawrence Fane 19332OO8
– By Marshall N. Price
ArtSeen
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Katia Santibañez New Work
– By Phong Bui -
Ad Reinhardts Emblematic Drawings In Their Moment
– By Joseph Masheck -
John Altoon: Paintings and Works on Paper 1963-1968
– By Craig Olson -
Josephine Halvorson
– By Litia Perta -
Tibor Freund: Motion in Paintings
– By Craig Olson -
Neo-Maternalism: Contemporary Artists Approach to Motherhood
– By Sharon L. Butler -
Ali Banisadr
– By Greg Lindquist -
Live Forever: Elizabeth Peyton
– By Jeremy Sigler -
Nasreen Mohamedi: The grid, unplugged
– By John Yau -
Mary Heilmann: To Be Someone
– By Anne Byrd -
Who's in Charge?
– By Tessa DeCarlo -
Ronald Bladen: Sculpture of the 1960s and 70s
– By Ben La Rocco -
Chuck Webster
– By Shane McAdams -
Bettina Sellmann: Taina . cosmogony . make your own paper dragon
– By Cassandra Neyenesch -
Joan Miró: Painting and Anti-Painting 19271937
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Letter From London
– By Sherman Sam -
Michelangelo, the Man and the Myth
– By Brandt Junceau -
José Parlá: Layered Days
– By Joan Waltemath -
Zhang Xiaogang
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Rudy Burckhardt: New York, N. Why? 19371940
– By Roger Van Voorhees -
Lutz Bacher: ODO
– By Liz Wing -
Alfred Kubin: Drawings, 1897 1909
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Cutting Realities: Gender Strategies in Art
– By Kimberly Lamm -
George Tooker: A Retrospective
– By Maxwell Heller -
Kazimira Rachfal: ill go there, gladly
– By Laura Hunt -
Sa Suk-won
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Divine Retribution
– By Thomas Micchelli -
Does Invidiousness Go With The Territory?
– By Dore Ashton -
Reply to Irving Sandler
– By Michael Corris
Books
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Marc Estrin with Ben Mirov
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FICTION: Nothing is Quite Forgotten Anywhere
– By Mac Barrett -
FICTION: Accidents Will Happen
– By Oisin Curran -
FICTION: The Art of Communication
– By Meghan Roe -
FICTION: On the Road Again?
– By Erin Heath -
Prose Roundup
– By Jim Feast, Clinton Krute, Jim Feast, and Kevin Riordan -
Poetry Roundup
– By David Varno, Jeffrey Cyphers Wright, and Roger Van Voorhees
Music
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The Biggest Weapon in Northern Uganda
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Punk, with Occasional Glockenspiel
– By Matthew Ozga -
Outtakes
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Chad and Jeremy: State of the Reunion
– By Dann Baker -
Is New York the New Second City?
– By Kurt Gottschalk -
Brought to You by the Letter G
– By Grant Moser -
Just a Singer in a Rock n Roll Band: Ryan Adams and the Cardinals: Cardinology (Lost Highway)
– By Julie Kocsis -
Mass Destruction at the Met: Dr. Atomic at the Metropolitan Opera
– By Ellen Pearlman
Dance
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Pina Bausch Returns to BAM with Bamboo Blues
– By Emily Macel -
Childhood Play as Wild as She Remembers
– By Beatrice Barbareschi -
Garth Fagans Phone Tag, Thanks, and Things? No, Thanks.
– By Dalia Ratnikas -
Puzzlingly True
– By Beatrice Barbareschi -
Dance Films Associations 37th Annual Dance on Camera Festival
– By Mary Love Hodges -
Epistolary Therapy: Sixty
– By Simone Larson -
One Human Being at a Time: A Visit to Elizabeth Strebs S.L.A.M.
– By April Greene
Film
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Stockholm Syndrome
– By Sarahjane Blum -
Tanned, Rested, Tormented, and Repressed
– By Tessa DeCarlo -
Hypnotized in Global Scenarios
– By Lu Chen -
Shine a Light
– By Mary Hanlon -
In Dire Straits
– By Camila de Onís -
Apoorva Lakhia with David Wilentz
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Melville, Assayas and a Box of Classics
– By David N. Meyer
Theater
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Kane in Babel: notes
– By Elana Greenfield -
A Planetoid of Self: Mac Wellman
– By Barbara Cassidy -
Rumble in Brooklyn: The Civilians Brooklyn at Eye Level
– By Aurin Squire -
Sibyl Kempson and the Secret Life of Potatoes
– By Amber Reed -
Acting Strangely: A Light Lunch with My Brother
– By Jed Lipinski
Fiction
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Danielle and the Dyer
– By Mark Du Mez -
The Only Mortal
– By Georges-Olivier Châteaureynaud
Poetry
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from De la Bronx
– By Greg Fuchs -
from Clock, Deck, and Movement
– By Rodrigo Toscano
LastWords
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Tragic Strip
– By T. Motley