Jobs and Traffic: What Ikea Would Bring to Red Hook
By Richard MyersAs the sun sets over the peninsula of Red Hook, the streets become dark and desolate, making it hard to envision what this quiet waterfront community would look like if filled with an endless flow of motorists.
The John Kerry Story: How a War Hero Did, or Did Not, Win the 2004 Election
By Theodore HammSenator John Kerry calls Democratic National Committee Chair Terry McCauliffe to talk about the campaign.
Art In Conversation
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
By Delia Bajo and Brainard CareyWe meet the Kabakovs on a cold February day in their installation The Empty Museum inside the Sculpture Center in Long Island City. It is a large room that looks like a classic nineteenth-century European museum gallery. The spotlights on the wall show there are no paintings being exhibited.
Lee Lozano: Drawn From Life: 1961-1971
By Nick StillmanIf P.S. 1s show of Lee Lozanos work from 1961-1971 would have seemed crass, elitist, and in bad taste three years ago, the recent revival of Philip Gustons late paintings spare Lozano from such a reading now. And, if Drawn From Lifes radicalism and ballsy fuck-off attitude dont inspire similar rah rahs from the critical establishment, it has got to be at least insinuated that it is either because she did not legitimize herself enough by previously working in a "high" method associated with emphasis on technique (AbEx namely), or merely because shes a woman.
ArtSeen In Conversation
Mary Hambleton with Ron Janowich
In anticipation of Mary Hambletons show Nothing By Mouth at Littlejohn Contemporary, Ron Janowich talked to the artist at her Brooklyn Studio in early February.
Jon Brion's World of Unpopular Pop
By Robert Y. RabieeYouve heard Jon Brion, whether you know it or not. Jon Brion, producer: Aimee Mann, Fiona Apple, Rhett Miller, Rufus Wainwright. Jon Brion, instrumentalist: Jellyfish, Elliott Smith, eels, Macy Gray, the Wallflowers, the Chemical Brothers. Jon Brion, composer:
From Buddha to Adam
By Hirsh SawhneyAfter first reading Hanif Kureishis new novel The Body, I thought it to be an anomaly in a career marked by iconoclastic writing. After all, the book is a work of science fiction and at times it reads like a thriller.
Editor's Message
A Crisis Without Management
By Theodore HammThe numbers are shocking. According to a new study by the Community Service Society, just 52 percent of New York Citys black males between the ages of 16 and 64 were employed in 2003.
ArtSeen
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Mary Hambleton
– By Ron Janowich -
Mary Hambleton with Ron Janowich
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Boccionis Materia
– By Jim Long
A Futurist Masterpiece and the Avant-garde in Milan and Paris
Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum -
Kim Jones
– By Joan Waltemath -
Outlaw Printmakers and Andrew Kearney
– By Jill Conner -
Brian Jungen
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Steven Thompson
– By Katie Stone -
Matt Leines and Keegan McHargue
– By William Powhida -
Marco Breuer
– By Farrah Karapetian -
Jean Lowe
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
The Neon Forest Is My Home
– By William Powhida -
Sharon Core
– By Chris Howard -
Cynthia Hartling
– By James Kalm -
Norwegian Black Metal
– By Sonya Shrier -
Mary Hambleton
– By Ben La Rocco -
Adam Simon
– By Ben La Rocco -
A Triple Alliance: de Chirico, Picabia, Warhol
– By Robert C. Morgan -
John Duff at Knoedler & Company
– By Tomassio Longhi
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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A Crisis Without Management
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
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Jobs and Traffic: What Ikea Would Bring to Red Hook
– By Richard Myers -
Sunday at Freddys: A Neighborhood Pulls Out the Stops
– By Brian J. Carreira -
The RNC and the Melting Pot
– By Patrick Mulvaney -
Harlem: Where the Citys Waste Flows Upstream
– By Jacquelene Acevedo -
From the County of Kings to the County of Queens: New Skool Journalism Travels Next Door
– By Meghan McDermott
Express
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Meet the Shia: They Could Make or Break the Future of Iraq
– By Robert S. Eshelman -
"The President is Not a 'Moron'..."
– By Theodore Hamm -
Rev. Als Scampaign 2004
– By Norman Kelley -
Armys V Corps Band Rocks Marines
– By Sgt. Troy Chatwin -
Echoes of Chicago 68? The City and Activists Gear Up for the RNC
– By Nazgol Ghandnoosh -
The John Kerry Story: How a War Hero Did, or Did Not, Win the 2004 Election
– By Theodore Hamm -
In Conversation: Creating Peaceful Tomorrows David Potorti with Mridu Chandra
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The Many Meanings of Mardi Gras
– By Andrew Grant Wood
Art
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Lee Lozano: Drawn From Life: 1961-1971
– By Nick Stillman -
Ilya and Emilia Kabakov
– By Delia Bajo and Brainard Carey -
From da Hood to da Whitney: 3 Artists from Williamsburg Make Good
– By Ellen Pearlman -
In MemoriamPierogi's Berry
– By Greg Stone
ArtSeen
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Mary Hambleton
– By Ron Janowich -
Mary Hambleton with Ron Janowich
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Boccionis Materia A Futurist Masterpiece and the Avant-garde in Milan and Paris Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum
– By Jim Long -
Kim Jones
– By Joan Waltemath -
Outlaw Printmakers and Andrew Kearney
– By Jill Conner -
Brian Jungen
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
Steven Thompson
– By Katie Stone -
Matt Leines and Keegan McHargue
– By William Powhida -
Marco Breuer
– By Farrah Karapetian -
Jean Lowe
– By Stephanie Buhmann -
The Neon Forest Is My Home
– By William Powhida -
Sharon Core
– By Chris Howard -
Cynthia Hartling
– By James Kalm -
Norwegian Black Metal
– By Sonya Shrier -
Mary Hambleton
– By Ben La Rocco -
Adam Simon
– By Ben La Rocco -
A Triple Alliance: de Chirico, Picabia, Warhol
– By Robert C. Morgan -
John Duff at Knoedler & Company
– By Tomassio Longhi
Books
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From Buddha to Adam
– By Hirsh Sawhney -
Ben Greenman with Darin Strauss
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Off the Shelves: Politics They Live
– By Eleanor J. Bader
Music
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Jon Brion's World of Unpopular Pop
– By Robert Y. Rabiee -
All Cage, All the Time (with a bit of Merce, Nam June, Shigeko, and Charlotte)
– By Ellen Pearlman -
Jonny Greenwood: Bodysong
– By Todd Simmons
Dance
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Dancing on the Rail
– By Vanessa Manko -
Still/There
– By MJ Thompson -
Reviews
– By Jessica Weiss
Film
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Waters's Formative Years: 1964-68
– By Nick Stillman -
English for Beginners
– By Lisa Rosman -
Hair Snarl: the Aesthetic Body in the Order of Things
– By Caroline Koebel -
Hollywood Out of NYC! The 11th New York Underground Film Festival
– By Williams Cole and Rachael Rakes -
Millennium Mambo Boogie
– By Douglas Singleton
Theater
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Foreman Gets Political
– By David Kilpatrick -
March into Spring Theater
– By Emily DeVoti -
Excerpt: from Roar
– By Betty Shamieh
Fiction
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New York, 1948 from Testaments
– By Paul Perilli -
This Is It
– By Will Fleming -
The Revenants
– By Colleen Quinn -
Excerpt: Ingrid Caven A Novel: The Sheet of Paper
– By Jean-Jacques Schuhl
Poetry
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32 Lbs.of Head
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excerpt: This Window Makes Me Feel
– By Robert Fitterman -
Three Songs for Vija Celmins
– By Mary Donnelly -
Letters
– By Mary Donnelly
LastWords
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9 to 5-7-5: Office Haikus
– By Annonie Mouse