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Two Biennials, Two Models:
by Robert C. MorganArt
Some will say that a biennial is a biennial, that no matter who you pick or what you choose, they are all the same.
Rita McBride
by Cynthia CoxArtSeen
Exemplary of post-structuralist writing that has been published on Rita McBrides work thus far is Catherine Ingrahams: McBrides well-mannered donkeyism also doubles back now and then in order to remind us of the original maligned donkey of modernism, the one that introduced elements (to the city, to architecture) that refused assimilation; small reminders of the bodies that occupy space, the color yellow perhaps, or the tendency of the whole theatrical assembly to dance because of the looping pattern produced by the modules, or the peculiarity of the oval, or the sandwiched construction technique.
Ratner Applies Full-Court Press on the Downtown Arena
by Brian J. CarreiraLocal
In 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.
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 powerfullyso bright, in fact, that it has apparently caused epidemic blindness.
- Rita McBride by Cynthia Cox
- Francesca Woodman by Megan Heuer
- Kutlug 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
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Local
- Ratner Applies Full-Court Press on the Downtown Arena by Brian J. Carreira
- 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
- Agricultural Apocalypse: Eating Our Way to Oblivion by Christopher D. Cook
- The Fire Manifesto by Walling Blackburn
- Henri Lefebvres Youthfulness of Heart by Andy Merrifield
- Is there Life after Reality TV? by Antonio Lopez
Art
- Two Biennials, Two Models: by Robert C. Morgan
- Jennifer Pastor by Daniel Baird
- Bruce Conner with John Yau by John Yau
- 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
- Rita McBride by Cynthia Cox
- Francesca Woodman by Megan Heuer
- Kutlug 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
- Jonathan Ames by James McCloskey
- Zarathustra Speaks Again
- Off the Shelves by Book Staff
Music
- 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
- 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
- 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
- Dont Believe the Hype by Gregory Zucker
- The Right-Wing Docs by Williams Cole
Theater
- Same Difference: On Caryl Churchills 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 Trouvés Broken Window by Pamela Newton
Fiction
- from Wonder Wheel (a novel in progress) by Marie Carter Robin
- Verdia by Elizabeth Reddin
- F Train by David Hollander
Poetry
- Self-Help by Charles Bernstein
- 3 Sections from TRUE TUNES by Hugh Seidman
- from Fantasies in Permeable Structures by Laura Elrick
Streets
- Confessions of a New Kid on the Block by Theresa Kimm
Editor's Message
- Empire of the Senseless by Theodore Hamm









