The Game
By William PowhidaGet recognition. Get the gallery. Get in museums. You'll need some help.
Learning From White Castle
By Dave KimFrom August 13 to 16, 2010, I ate at White Castle #100034 on 781 Metropolitan Avenue in East Williamsburg 11 times. I live around the corner from the restaurant and use it to guide friends to my apartment all the time (“pass the White Castle, make a right”), but have never actually eaten there prior to this undertaking.
The Spring Festival
By Xiaoda XiaoWhen I was 20 years old, and a college student, I defaced a portrait of Chairman Mao. For this act, and without a trial, I was declared a political prisoner and sent to a forced labor prison in Taihu Lake, where I served in a labor reform brigade—in this instance, a stone quarry—for seven years.
Art In Conversation
ART IS A POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY: Paolo Canevari with Francesca Pietropaolo
On the occasion of his forthcoming exhibition Odi et Amo at Galleria nazionale d’arte moderna e contemporanea in Rome (October 9 – November 7, 2010), Paolo Canevari met with art historian and curator Francesca Pietropaolo to discuss—among other things—art, superheroes, and simplicity.
Art In Conversation
ELEPHANTS AND HELICOPTERS: Dinh Q. Lê with Carolee Thea
Helicopters played a significant military role during the Vietnam War and became a resonant symbol for the Vietnamese. Now at MoMA, Dinh Q. Lê, the Vietnamese-American artist, is exhibiting a helicopter fashioned from scrap parts by two Vietnamese farmers.
Art In Conversation
John Elderfield with Phong Bui
On the occasion of Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913 – 1917 at the MoMA (July 18 – October 11, 2010), John Elderfield, who co-organized the exhibition, stopped by Art International Radio to talk with Rail publisher, Phong Bui, about the exhibit.
Art In Conversation
Deborah Kass with Terry R. Myers
Lecturer, critic, and independent curator Terry R. Myers recently spoke with artist Deborah Kass, whose forthcoming exhibition MORE feel good paintings for feel bad times will show at Paul Kasmin Gallery September 23 - October 30, 2010, about her life and work.
Books In Conversation
Frederic Tuten with John Reed
By John ReedI met Frederic Tuten at the diner we only managed to identify as, “that place a block down from the Strand,” where we talked about his essays, his short stories, and his five novels and his interest in the visual arts.
BERBER BANJOS AND GNAWA TOADS: Searching for the Sounds of Marrakech
By Kurt GottschalkThere are certain things we expect of common spaces, reliable markers to help us move through the public sphere. If we’re at a shopping mall, we expect signs telling us where the exits are.
Dark Charlie
By Laird HuntThe summer I returned from teaching English in Japan, my Grandmother bought me a spark-blue 1991 Isuzu Amigo with retractable canvas top and on-demand four-wheel drive.
Five for Kenneth Fearing
By Owen HillCrime novelist Owen Hill is trying to make a comeback as a poet. His new chapbook is Songs from the G.E. Collective (San Francisco).
Editor's Message From The Editor
Coming this Week
By Theodore HammThe Rail's extra-special 10th anniversary issue will be out by 10/7. Please join us in celebrating at one (or more) of our upcoming events.
ArtSeen
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Johns and Warhol (Again)
– By John Yau -
Alabama Picasso
– By Ben La Rocco -
Twilight of The Gods
– By Thomas Micchelli -
BRENDA GOODMAN Work 1990 – 2010
– By John Yau -
HEAT WAVES IN MY CORTEX Charles Burchfield, British Petroleum, and The Invisible Fire
– By Craig Olson -
SUZAN FRECON Recent Painting
– By Joan Waltemath -
KITSCH AND THE AVANT-GARDE How the Brotherhoods Set the Stage for Utopia
– By Robert C. Morgan -
RIVANE NEUENSCHWANDER A Day Like Any Other
– By Kara L. Rooney -
The Summer Ramp Down
– By Shane McAdams -
SARAH RAPSON Transcendental Materialism
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle -
The Game
– By William Powhida -
WORK OF ART TALK Critics on Bad TV
– By Patricia Milder -
RESTORATION PROJECT Work of Art
– By Sharon L. Butler -
BROOKLYN DISPATCHES: "Even the Truth Needs Propaganda"
– By James Kalm -
PAUL RAMÍREZ JONAS Key to the City
– By Cora Fisher -
The Ghost in the Dreamachine
– By Valery Oisteanu -
BABETTE MANGOLTE Presence, Movement and Stills
– By Cora Fisher -
JILL MAGID A Reasonable Man in a Box
– By Michael Straus -
YVES KLEIN With the Void, Full Powers
– By Greg Lindquist -
SITE SANTA FE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL The Dissolve
– By Phong Bui -
LIUBO BORISSOV crowdsource
– By Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata -
JENNIE C. JONES Electric
– By Sophie Landres -
THE DAWN OF MODERNISM: Early Twentieth-Century Mexican Photography
– By David St.-Lascaux -
HAUNTOLOGY
– By Liz Wing -
FRANCIS ALŸS A Story of Deception
– By Sherman Sam
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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Coming this Week
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
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Sunset Park Women’s Cooperative Says SI SE PUEDE!
– By Eleanor J. Bader -
City Notes
– By Theodore Hamm -
Learning From White Castle
– By Dave Kim -
A Windy Path
– By Katy Bolger -
The Staten Island Ferry Terminal
– By John Byron Kuhner -
Finding God in a Watering Hole
– By Erika Eichelberger
Express
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1984 2.0: Gary Shteyngart with Alessandro Cassin
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SIR FRANK KERMODE AND SHIGEO TOKUDA: Scholar and Porn Star
– By Christopher G. Moore -
The Spring Festival
– By Xiaoda Xiao -
ART ATTACK
– By John Reed -
A REAL FUTURE: Sam Green with Astra Taylor
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Art of Theft
– By Abby Margulies -
Wes Is Moore
– By Christopher Michel -
Ellison's Latest
– By Lester Pimentel -
Bourdain's Grill
– By Katie Rolnick -
The Imperfect Storm
– By Michael Terry -
Never Stop Writing
– By Allen Wilcox
Art
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ART IS A POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY: Paolo Canevari with Francesca Pietropaolo
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ELEPHANTS AND HELICOPTERS: Dinh Q. Lê with Carolee Thea
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John Elderfield with Phong Bui
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Deborah Kass with Terry R. Myers
ArtSeen
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Johns and Warhol (Again)
– By John Yau -
Alabama Picasso
– By Ben La Rocco -
Twilight of The Gods
– By Thomas Micchelli -
BRENDA GOODMAN Work 1990 – 2010
– By John Yau -
HEAT WAVES IN MY CORTEX Charles Burchfield, British Petroleum, and The Invisible Fire
– By Craig Olson -
SUZAN FRECON Recent Painting
– By Joan Waltemath -
KITSCH AND THE AVANT-GARDE How the Brotherhoods Set the Stage for Utopia
– By Robert C. Morgan -
RIVANE NEUENSCHWANDER A Day Like Any Other
– By Kara L. Rooney -
The Summer Ramp Down
– By Shane McAdams -
SARAH RAPSON Transcendental Materialism
– By Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle -
The Game
– By William Powhida -
WORK OF ART TALK Critics on Bad TV
– By Patricia Milder -
RESTORATION PROJECT Work of Art
– By Sharon L. Butler -
BROOKLYN DISPATCHES: "Even the Truth Needs Propaganda"
– By James Kalm -
PAUL RAMÍREZ JONAS Key to the City
– By Cora Fisher -
The Ghost in the Dreamachine
– By Valery Oisteanu -
BABETTE MANGOLTE Presence, Movement and Stills
– By Cora Fisher -
JILL MAGID A Reasonable Man in a Box
– By Michael Straus -
YVES KLEIN With the Void, Full Powers
– By Greg Lindquist -
SITE SANTA FE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL The Dissolve
– By Phong Bui -
LIUBO BORISSOV crowdsource
– By Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata -
JENNIE C. JONES Electric
– By Sophie Landres -
THE DAWN OF MODERNISM: Early Twentieth-Century Mexican Photography
– By David St.-Lascaux -
HAUNTOLOGY
– By Liz Wing -
FRANCIS ALŸS A Story of Deception
– By Sherman Sam
Books
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Declan Spring with Finn Harvor
– By Finn Harvor -
Frederic Tuten with John Reed
– By John Reed -
BLAZING SUNBURSTS AND HOWLING MONKEYS: David Winner with Andrea Scrima
– By Andrea Scrima -
Works on Paper
– By Johannah Rodgers -
Theater of Cruelty
– By Jeffrey Stanley -
Emerging from the Fog
– By Sarah Gerard -
Are You Sure Species Exist?
– By Miranda Mellis -
RAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Music
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BERBER BANJOS AND GNAWA TOADS: Searching for the Sounds of Marrakech
– By Kurt Gottschalk -
BAM Agonistes
– By George Grella -
NEWTOWN RADIO: Brooklyn's First Rock Radio Station
– By Mimi Luse -
Endless Summer
– By Kate Silver -
Outtakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky -
Persuasive Percussion
– By Julie Kocsis
Dance
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Capture It
– By Quinn Batson -
Editor's Note
– By Mary Love Hodges -
LETTER TO A CRITIC: Finding the Right Words to Say the Right Things
– By Mario A. Zambrano -
Mount Tremper Arts, A Patchwork Impression
– By Patricia Milder -
A Studio of One's Own
– By Mary Love Hodges
Film
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WANNA TALK MORE ABOUT FEUERBACH? A Near Century of Vampire Films
– By Sarahjane Blum -
Never Insignificant
– By Julia Sirmons -
Olivier Assayas’ Carlos
– By Sean Glass -
Muzzle Blasts, Cleavage, and Paddle Balls on the Repertory Circuit
– By Bruce Bennett -
An Interview with Benj Gerdes and Jennifer Hayashida
Theater
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Filling the Void: Indie Performance Publishing
– By Alexis Clements -
Gregory S. Moss Is Not A Prodigy
– By Mallery Avidon -
The Vision Disturbance of Christina Masciotti
– By Meghan Falvey
Fiction
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Dark Charlie
– By Laird Hunt -
from LOVE
– By Sarah French -
from LETTERS TO MADELEINE
– By Guillame Apollinaire and translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith -
Tragic Strip
– By T. Motley -
Tommy's Well
– By Bruce Seymour -
Shitty Mickey
– By John Reed and Michele Witchipoo
Poetry
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Five for Kenneth Fearing
– By Owen Hill -
Self-Portrait Wishing I Were Li Po
– By Benjamin Gantcher -
Two
– By Matt Reeck -
Two
– By Bakar Wilson
