Where Did Uptown Go?
By Rodney RobinsonYou been to Harlem lately? Yo, son, uptown is upside down! I know things change, but this is crazy.
Art In Conversation
PAT STEIR with Phong Bui
Just a few days after the opening reception of her recent exhibition Winter Paintings at Cheim & Read (February 17 March 26, 2011), the painter Pat Steir paid a visit to Art International Radio to talk with Rail publisher Phong Bui about her life and work.
Art In Conversation
MEL KENDRICK with Ben La Rocco
On the occasion of Mel Kendricks upcoming exhibitions Jacks (March 25 April 30, 2011) at Mary Boone Gallery and Works from 1995 to Now at David Nolan Gallery (March 17 April 30, 2011), Brooklyn Rail Art Editor Ben La Rocco visited the artist in his Lower East Side studio to discuss his life and work.
Art In Conversation
CAMERON MARTIN with Greg Lindquist
On the occasion of the painters exhibition Bracket at Greenberg Van Doren Gallery (February 23 April 23, 2011), Cameron Martin took a break at his Greenpoint, Brooklyn studio for Rail Art Books in Review Editor Greg Lindquist to visit and discuss his life and work.
BETTER RED THAN DEAD: Body-Snatched Prisoners of Comanche Mind Control
By J. HobermanFor over 30 years, J. Hobermans writing has been a fixture of New York film criticism.
The Bards Evangelist
By William S. NiederkornIn the 18th and 19th centuries, when the idolatrous cult of Shakespeare was born, grew up, and thrived, it was common to hear over-the-top praise of the Bard.
Cori Olinghouse of Ninja
By Patricia MilderCori Olinghouse is among a number of artists who appropriate existing underground forms in their contemporary art and performance works.
Four
By Prageeta SharmaPrageeta Sharma is the author of Bliss to Fill (Subpress Collective, 2000), The Opening Question (Fence Books, 2004, winner of the 2004 Fence Modern Poets Prize) and Infamous Landscapes (Fence Books, 2007). She is also the recipient of the 2010 Howard Foundation Grant.
From the Publisher & Artistic Director
Note of Thanks
By Phong BuiDue to the brilliant support of our artist friends we will continue to deliver the Rail on a monthly basis, free of charge to our devoted readership.
ArtSeen
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FOR THE BROOKLYN RAIL FROM DORE ASHTON Krzysztof Wodiczkos Out of Here: The Veterans Project
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CHUCK WEBSTER My Small Adventures
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JUDITH LINHARES Riptide
– By John Yau -
ROBIN WILLIAMS Rescue Party
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GILLIAN CARNEGIE
– By Jeremy Sigler -
MARY JUDGE Pop-Oculus: new works in pigment
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Staging Action: Performance in Photography Since 1960
– By Patricia Milder -
Winter @ The Kitchen
– By Kara L. Rooney -
Hard-Edgeness in American Abstract Painting
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Found in Translation
– By Cora Fisher -
MICHAEL PATTERSON-CARVER Loose Lips Do Sink Ships
– By Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata -
PATRICK JACOBS Familiar Terrain
– By Charles Schultz -
Letter from LONDON
– By Sherman Sam -
Letter from BERLIN
– By David Rhodes -
Letter from HONGKONG
– By Liz Rivière -
JOHN MCDEVITT KING: In Pursuit of Alien Perfection
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Dark Star: STEPHEN IRWIN, 19592010
– By Aimee Walleston -
ESTEBAN VICENTE Concrete Improvisations: Collages and Sculpture
– By Valery Oisteanu -
GEORGE CONDO Mental States
– By David St.-Lascaux -
Exit from the Overpass
– By Shane McAdams
Table of Contents
Publisher's Message
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Note of Thanks
– By Phong Bui
Local
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Where Did Uptown Go?
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REPORT CARD: Who Wants to be a Teacher Now?
– By Liza Featherstone -
The Luxury City
– By Julian Brash -
A Person of Prominence
– By Shulem Deen -
Home Is Where the Brew Is
– By Dave Kim -
Upsetting Brooklyn
– By Eleanor J. Bader -
CITY NOTES: Brooklyn Is Everywhere
– By Theodore Hamm
Express
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The Book Critics Circle Awards
– By Allyson Polsky McCabe -
RALLYING THE FREE (but not too Brave)
– By Michael Terry -
Breach the Contract
– By Jason Flores-Williams -
LOVE + RADIANCE Marie Curie in Lauren Rednisss Radioactive
– By Alan Lockwood -
Truth and the Documentary Form
– By Williams Cole -
Future of the Living Dead
– By Allen Wilcox -
THE PARTYS OVER: Welcome to the New Normal
– By David Rosen -
Against the Underdogs
– By Michael Terry -
Pet Politics
– By Brendan Carney Byrne
Art
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PAT STEIR with Phong Bui
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MEL KENDRICK with Ben La Rocco
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CAMERON MARTIN with Greg Lindquist
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ELLEN PHELAN Landscapes and Still Lifes: A Selection
– By Rex Auchincloss -
What Lies Beneath the Roses
– By Caroline Dumalin
ArtSeen
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FOR THE BROOKLYN RAIL FROM DORE ASHTON Krzysztof Wodiczkos Out of Here: The Veterans Project
– By Dore Ashton -
CHUCK WEBSTER My Small Adventures
– By John Yau -
JUDITH LINHARES Riptide
– By John Yau -
ROBIN WILLIAMS Rescue Party
– By Corina Larkin -
GILLIAN CARNEGIE
– By Jeremy Sigler -
MARY JUDGE Pop-Oculus: new works in pigment
– By Thomas Micchelli -
Staging Action: Performance in Photography Since 1960
– By Patricia Milder -
Winter @ The Kitchen
– By Kara L. Rooney -
Hard-Edgeness in American Abstract Painting
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Found in Translation
– By Cora Fisher -
MICHAEL PATTERSON-CARVER Loose Lips Do Sink Ships
– By Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata -
PATRICK JACOBS Familiar Terrain
– By Charles Schultz -
Letter from LONDON
– By Sherman Sam -
Letter from BERLIN
– By David Rhodes -
Letter from HONGKONG
– By Liz Rivière -
JOHN MCDEVITT KING: In Pursuit of Alien Perfection
– By Susan Yung -
Dark Star: STEPHEN IRWIN, 19592010
– By Aimee Walleston -
ESTEBAN VICENTE Concrete Improvisations: Collages and Sculpture
– By Valery Oisteanu -
GEORGE CONDO Mental States
– By David St.-Lascaux -
Exit from the Overpass
– By Shane McAdams
Books
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Rapid Transit
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The Bards Evangelist
– By William S. Niederkorn -
Holey Logic, Batman
– By Jeffrey Stanley -
EMILY FLAKE with Allegra Frazier
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MATVEI YANKELEVICH OF UGLY DUCKLING PRESSE with Jon Curley
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Monster Loneliness
– By Paul Charles Griffin -
Musical Thrills
– By Christopher Vola -
Makeshift Metropolis
– By Kianoosh Hashemzadeh -
At Risk
– By Maxine Case -
A Zero Named One
– By Patrick Gaughan -
Haywire
– By Jim Feast -
Newport Mirth
– By Gee Henry -
Filling in the Blanks
– By Dustin Cosentino -
Interpretations
– By Nicolle Elizabeth -
Dynamic Duo
– By Tatiaana L. Laine -
Of God and Anarchy
– By Randy Rosenthal
Music
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Third Stream Symphony: Mr. Hos Orchestrotica at Barbès
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In Which Prince at Last Wins the Battle Against Evil, and Yet Y'all Still Make Fun of Him
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BECAUSE LA NUIT Patti Smith Unplugged Dreams Cité de la Musique, Paris
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Anarchist Voices
– By Kate Silver -
Words Without Song
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Outtakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky -
Deserted Cities of the Heart
– By Dave Mandl
Dance
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FLICFest TRIPTYCH
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All That Jazz (Again) at the New York City Ballet
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danceFEED
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Cori Olinghouse of Ninja
– By Patricia Milder -
Voguing Against Tradition
– By Christine Hou -
Lost in Space
– By David St.-Lascaux -
Baby, Why You Gotta Treat Me So Bad?
– By Michelle Vellucci -
Self, Unending
– By Thom Donovan
Film
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Uncle Boonmee Who Can Recall His Past Lives
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BETTER RED THAN DEAD: Body-Snatched Prisoners of Comanche Mind Control
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XL IN ALL SHAPES AND SIZES: 2011 International Film Festival Rotterdam
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ART ON TAPE: Selections from MoMAs Documentary Fortnight 2O11
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Varieties of Documentary
– By Fred Camper
Theater
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LACING ON THE GLOVES: Beautiful Burnout Hits St. Anns Warehouse
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MAKING KIN: Bathsheba Doran with Jenny Schwartz
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You Are Now The Owner Of This Suitcase!
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No Lame Plays Please. Thank you!
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LET IT RAIN Director Daniel Talbott and Playwright Stephanie Janssen reopen The Umbrella Plays
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Aviones de Papel: From One City to Another, a Play Takes Flight
– By Christy Hutchcraft
Fiction
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The Unfaithful Dreamer
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Three Stories
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FÉDER or the Gilded Husband
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Character and Fitness: Chapters 5 and 6
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Tragic Strip
– By T. Motley
Poetry
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from Lightbox
– By Stephanie Anderson -
True Discourse on Power
– By Peter Gizzi -
Four
– By Prageeta Sharma -
man to manifesto with quote Change everything except your loves Voltaire
– By Nathaniel A. Siegel
Art Books
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Tao de France
– By John Ganz -
Made in China?
– By Eugenie Dalland -
Face to Face
– By Maxwell Heller