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ME AND THE GULLS
By Gary CansellHuddled together off the coasts of the Antarctic, North America, and Greenland, are glaciers weeping like meltwater widows. Stopping their tears is a global priority.
Like a Diamond in the Sky
By Shazia OmarDeen and AJ arrived at the mourning house a little before noon. There were forty cars parked along the street. Deen rang the doorbell.
Art In Conversation
Robert Bergman WITH JOHN YAU
On the occasion of his three one-person exhibitions, Selected Portraits at P.S. 1 Contemporary Art Center, (Oct. 25, 2009 to Jan. 4, 2010), Portraits, 1986-1995 at the National Gallery of Art in Washington DC. (Oct.11, 2009Jan. 10, 2010), and A Kind of Rapture at Yossi Milo Gallery (Nov: 5, 2009- Jan. 10, 2010), Robert Bergman welcomed Art Editor John Yau to his New York City studio to talk about his life and work.
Art In Conversation
Abby Leigh WITH THOMAS MICCHELLI
Managing Art Editor Thomas Micchelli paid a visit to Abby Leighs New York studio to talk about her life and upcoming exhibition at Betty Cuningham Gallery.
Art In Conversation
Mira Schor and Jason Andrew WITH PHONG BUI
On the occasion of the painter Jack Tworkovs retrospective Against Extremes: Five Decades of Painting and the publication of The Extreme of the Middle: Writings of Jack Tworkov, both curator, Jason Andrew, and editor, Mira Schor, paid a visit to Off the Rail Hour at Art International Radio to talk with Publisher Phong Bui about Tworkovs life and work.
Books In Conversation
MEGAN ABBOTT with Cullen Gallagher
Well-versed in the heritage of all things hardboiled and noir, Megan Abbott repositions the archetypical gender roles in a decidedly postmodern way.
Poetry In Conversation
ROBERT KELLY with John Yau, David Levi Strauss, and Phong Bui
On a late Saturday afternoon in August, Publisher Phong Bui and Art Editor John Yau drove up to High Falls, New York, to visit the poet and writer Robert Kelly at Consulting Editor David Levi Strausss library to discuss Kellys life and work.
RABBIT REDUX: The Music of Sufjan Stevens for String Quartet
By Daniel J. KushnerThe sound of an electronic organ swirls upward through a sludgy backbeat, as digitized woodwinds sparkle. The shimmering ambience soon gives way to a beat-driven din that inundates the listener.
Asking for It
By Tessa DeCarloIts a capitalist truism that we all have our price. In times of catastrophe thats not just a figure of speech.
The Provenance of Beauty: A TRAVELOGUE (OF A SOUTH BRONX TRAVELOGUE)
By Jake HookerWere in Harlem now, but were heading to the Bronx. Somewhere up north, weve heard. Were a group of strangers, and were standing on a street corner waiting for a bus. Not so unusual, maybe, for New Yorkers: the standing, the strangers, the waiting. But the street corner is. Strange.
Mark the Sun
By Joshua CohenThe curtain, lifted: A row of nine dancers came out, four stage left, four stage right, Nunci our star up from under the stage on a lift; eight of them with black hair long and straight, Nunci the prima a brunette in blonde wig, but over the wigs, bathingcaps.
Editor's Message From The Editor
A Time for "Real Results"
By Theodore HammMy mailbox is suddenly empty. Familiar public figures no longer bother to call.
ArtSeen
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The 11th International Istanbul Biennial: What Keeps Mankind Alive?
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Jack Tworkov: Against Extremes: Five Decades of Painting
– By John Yau -
Jeni Spota: Fools Small Victory
– By Terry R. Myers -
David Novros
– By John Yau -
Jack Whitten
– By Carrie Moyer -
Hector Leonardi
– By Lyle Rexer -
We Dont Need No Education Well, Maybe a Little
– By Shane McAdams -
Letter from BERLIN
– By David Rhodes -
Letter from LONDON
– By Sherman Sam -
The Makers Market at The Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn
– By Cora Fisher -
William Blakes World: A New Heaven Is Begun
– By Thomas Micchelli -
BROOKLYN DISPATCHES: Aesthetic Cleansing
– By James Kalm -
Maya Lin
– By Greg Lindquist -
Vasily Kandinsky
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Zipora Fried: Trust me. Be careful.
– By Kara L. Rooney -
Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya
– By Laura Hunt -
Max Pitegoff and Travess Smalley: Abstract Abstract
– By Roger Van Voorhees -
Joanne Greenbaum: Hollywood Squares, Elliott Green: Personified Abstraction
– By Cassandra Neyenesch -
Conrad Marca-Relli: The New York Years, 1945-1967
– By Craig Olson -
Alex Katz: Drawings
– By Phong Bui -
Irving Sandler, Abstract Expressionism and the American Experience: A Reevaluation
– By Jim Long
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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A Time for "Real Results"
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
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ME AND THE GULLS
– By Gary Cansell -
A Brave New Coney Island?
– By Eleanor A. Miller -
A View from Ocean Parkway
– By Eleanor J. Bader -
Archives: The Complaint of New Amsterdam
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Express
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Like a Diamond in the Sky
– By Shazia Omar -
An Ordinary Man and a Nobody
– By Rehan Ansari -
Berlin in Bed, or Three Cheers for Socialized Medicine
– By Emily DeVoti -
Capitalism and its Discontents: American Casino & Capitalism: A Love Story
– By Williams Cole -
Making Labor Legal
– By Spencer Woodman -
The Big Not-so Easy
– By Vincent Rossmeier -
Burning Down the House
– By Kaitlin Bell -
Inside the Fed
– By Ian Crouch -
A Violent Ride
– By Christopher Michel -
Area Man Interviews Humor Writer
– By James Arnett -
Welcome to the Book Club
– By Sarah Hromack -
The Learning Table
– By Kaitlin Bell -
In the Mirror
– By Elizabeth Monaghan
Art
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Robert Bergman WITH JOHN YAU
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Abby Leigh WITH THOMAS MICCHELLI
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Mira Schor and Jason Andrew WITH PHONG BUI
ArtSeen
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The 11th International Istanbul Biennial: What Keeps Mankind Alive?
– By Robert C. Morgan -
Jack Tworkov: Against Extremes: Five Decades of Painting
– By John Yau -
Jeni Spota: Fools Small Victory
– By Terry R. Myers -
David Novros
– By John Yau -
Jack Whitten
– By Carrie Moyer -
Hector Leonardi
– By Lyle Rexer -
We Dont Need No Education Well, Maybe a Little
– By Shane McAdams -
Letter from BERLIN
– By David Rhodes -
Letter from LONDON
– By Sherman Sam -
The Makers Market at The Old American Can Factory, Brooklyn
– By Cora Fisher -
William Blakes World: A New Heaven Is Begun
– By Thomas Micchelli -
BROOKLYN DISPATCHES: Aesthetic Cleansing
– By James Kalm -
Maya Lin
– By Greg Lindquist -
Vasily Kandinsky
– By Valery Oisteanu -
Zipora Fried: Trust me. Be careful.
– By Kara L. Rooney -
Icons of the Desert: Early Aboriginal Paintings from Papunya
– By Laura Hunt -
Max Pitegoff and Travess Smalley: Abstract Abstract
– By Roger Van Voorhees -
Joanne Greenbaum: Hollywood Squares, Elliott Green: Personified Abstraction
– By Cassandra Neyenesch -
Conrad Marca-Relli: The New York Years, 1945-1967
– By Craig Olson -
Alex Katz: Drawings
– By Phong Bui -
Irving Sandler, Abstract Expressionism and the American Experience: A Reevaluation
– By Jim Long
Books
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JOAN SILBER with Gabriel Brownstein
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MEGAN ABBOTT with Cullen Gallagher
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NONFICTION: Americaner and Americaner
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FICTION: Screamworthy
– By Michelle AuBuchon -
TIRELESS FLAMBOYANT SEQUENCE
– By Ben Mirov -
NONFICTION: The Slimy Bottom
– By Jon Curley -
TOKENS
– By John Yau, Bruce Seymour, Ray Abernathy, and Nicolle Elizabeth -
RAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright -
FICTION: It's a Miraquirk
– By Raina Lipsitz -
NONFICTION: Super Mindfulness Man
– By Paul Charles Griffin -
NONFICTION: Where are the Wild Things?
– By Jim Feast -
NONFICTION: Prison Cages, Death Rows
– By Jon Curley
Music
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SIMONE DINNERSTEIN with Alessandro Cassin
– By Alessandro Cassin -
RABBIT REDUX: The Music of Sufjan Stevens for String Quartet
– By Daniel J. Kushner -
I REFUSE TO LOSE! Comrade Fatso and Chabvondoka's Poetic Revolution
– By Peter Holslin -
THE NAKED HEROES with David Wilentz
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OUTTAKES
– By Steve Dalachinsky
Dance
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IN-I: JULIETTE BINOCHE AND AKRAM KHAN SEPTEMBER 15-20 AT BAM
– By Michelle Vellucci -
DANCENOW[NYC]: STILL PLAYFUL AFTER ALL THESE YEARS
– By April Greene -
CROSS POLLINATION: DANCE AND THE GREEN MOVEMENT
– By Mary Love Hodges -
SHE MUST BE DREAMING: REGINA NEJMANS SURREAL DELETE/HER SEPTEMBER 9-10 AT DIXON PLACE
– By David St.-Lascaux -
PRESS UP CLOSE
– By L.J. Sunshine -
DUTCH IN THE DARK: ANOUK VAN DIJKS SHOT AT THE NEW ISLAND FESTIVAL, SEPTEMBER 10-20
– By Dalia Ratnikas
Film
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When He Moved, It Mattered: PATRICK SWAYZE
– By Sarahjane Blum -
Asking for It
– By Tessa DeCarlo -
Too Much Moore
– By Malcolm Wyer -
DVD Culture
– By David N. Meyer
Theater
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The Provenance of Beauty: A TRAVELOGUE (OF A SOUTH BRONX TRAVELOGUE)
– By Jake Hooker -
O Glorious Creature!: HEIDI SCHRECK
– By David Adjmi
Fiction
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Mark the Sun
– By Joshua Cohen -
from FIREWORK
– By Eugene Marten -
The Creepy Girl
– By Janet Mitchell -
The Crumbs
– By Mina Pam Dick -
RERUNS REZOOMED: a serial novel
– By Jonathan Baumbach -
Tragic Strip
– By T. Motley -
Shitty Mickey
– By John Reed and Michele Witchipoo -
The Unimpressive Story
– By Janet Mitchell -
The Praying Mantis Appraised
– By Gherasim Luca -
My Name Escapes Me
– By Jessica Rogers -
Dinner and Opera (from Conversations over Stolen Food)
– By Jon Cotner and Andy Fitch
Poetry
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ROBERT KELLY with John Yau, David Levi Strauss, and Phong Bui
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what is determined disintegrates
– By Alli Warren -
from the spiritual life of replicants
– By Murat Nemet-Nejat