WALKING THE ROCKAWAYS
By Dave KimIt’s 9:30 a.m. on March 27, 2010. Matt Green of Bay Ridge straddles the shoreline of Rockaway Beach, shivering.
Letter from the Gulf: The View from Plaquemines Parish
By Vanessa TolinoWhile driving down from New Orleans to Venice, “ground zero” of BP’s Deepwater Horizon oil spill, I heard Parish President Billy Nungesser on a local radio show.
Art In Conversation
VIJA CELMINS with Phong Bui
On the occasion of her recent exhibit Vija Celmins: New Paintings, Objects, and Prints (April 29 – June 25, 2010) at David McKee Gallery, the painter welcomed Rail Publisher Phong Bui to her studio/loft in SoHo to talk about her life and work.
Art In Conversation
Robert Hullot-Kentor with Fabio Akcelrud Durão
The Brazilian literary theorist, Fabio Akcelrud Durão, returned to pay another visit to the home of Robert Hullot-Kentor in Manhattan to renew a conversation they began in the Rail in 2008.
The View from New Orleans
By Vincent RossmeierBy now, you’ve seen the photos, read the news stories, and heard the measured—and not so measured—opinions of experts focusing on the April 20 BP explosion at the Deepwater Horizon rig, where oil continues to gush into the Gulf of Mexico.
Art In Conversation
Margrit Lewczuk with Phong Bui
One Sunday afternoon in mid-May Rail Publisher Phong Bui paid a visit to the painter Margrit Lewczuk’s studio in Williamsburg, Brooklyn to talk about her life and work.
THE EARTH WILL DIE SCREAMING
By Sarahjane BlumIf you somehow have never seen Doctor Who since it debuted on November 23, 1963 (the day after the Kennedy assassination), now is a good time to start.
FICTION: THE WELLES WE DIG
By Jon Dozier-EzellWith an early history of fantastic projects like the radio broadcast of War of the Worlds and his directorial debut in Citizen Kane, Welles emerged as prodigy, genius, Hollywood darling.
THE MARKET HOTEL SHUTS DOWN, GROWS UP
By Mimi LuseLess than a month after the Market Hotel’s forced closing for serving alcohol without a license, the managers of the popular Bushwick DIY venue have announced plans to reopen the space as a nonprofit—an all-ages community space run partially by a board of governors that will include members of the New York-area arts community.
Two
By Aimé CésaireAimé Césaire published Soleil cou coupé (Solar Throat Slashed) with K éditeur in Paris in 1948. The collection contained 72 poems.
ArtSeen
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JILL MOSER New Paintings and prints
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High Plains Curators-IN CONVERSATION: Brendt Berger with Jim Long
– By Jim Long -
Railing Opinion: Right on Time
– By David Levi Strauss -
Artbooks in Review: TYPE A
– By Maxwell Heller -
A Bright Future and a Dark History
– By Shane McAdams -
Vilhelm Hammershøi
– By Anthony Rudolf -
Tracks: Expanding Utopia
– By Sharon L. Butler -
Carmen Herrera at Frederico Sève
– By Joan Waltemath -
EDWARD KIENHOLZ Roxys
– By Kara L. Rooney -
PENELOPE UMBRICO As Is
– By Patricia Milder -
Dorothea Tanning: Early Designs for the Stage
– By Valery Oisteanu -
KATHY BUTTERLY Pantyhose and Morandi
– By John Yau -
JASPER JOHNS Ink on Plastic
– By John Yau -
Miroslav Tichý
– By John Yau -
EVA AND FRANCO MATTES AKA 0100101110101101.ORG Reality is Overrated
– By Cora Fisher -
Feeling what no longer is
– By Sophie Landres -
ACT II: RIPE FOR REDISCOVERY
– By James Kalm -
SIGNS OF SEX WITHIN A SEXLESS (PHANTASMAGORICAL) VOID
– By Robert C. Morgan -
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON The Modern Century
– By David St.-Lascaux
Table of Contents
Local
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NEGES Foundation: Building a Brooklyn Bridge to Haiti
– By Eleanor J. Bader -
LETTER FROM THE BRONX: Authenticity and Arthur Avenue
– By Rosemary Sitler -
Iris Rides Away
– By Katy Bolger -
WALKING THE ROCKAWAYS
– By Dave Kim -
CITY NOTES: THE CUOMO AGENDA, LINDSAY’S NEW YORK
– By Theodore Hamm
Express
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Will I Have Anything to Re-say About Sports?: The NBA/NHL/MLS/World Cup and Cable TV
– By Jill Magi -
The View from New Orleans
– By Vincent Rossmeier -
Letter from the Gulf: The View from Plaquemines Parish
– By Vanessa Tolino -
WE AIN’T SEEN NOTHING YET: Gwynne Dyer, In Conversation with Robert S. Eshelman
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A New Lesson Plan
– By Richard Greenwald -
Vollmann Goes East
– By Adam P. Frederick -
ARCHIVES: Best of a Decade
– By Theodore Hamm and Williams Cole -
The Happiest Uprising on Earth
– By Ryan Grim -
Message from My Uncle Peter
– By Williams Cole -
Happy Trails, Sort of
– By Christopher Michel
Art
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Margrit Lewczuk with Phong Bui
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VIJA CELMINS with Phong Bui
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Robert Hullot-Kentor with Fabio Akcelrud Durão
ArtSeen
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JILL MOSER New Paintings and prints
– By Michael Straus -
High Plains Curators-IN CONVERSATION: Brendt Berger with Jim Long
– By Jim Long -
Railing Opinion: Right on Time
– By David Levi Strauss -
Artbooks in Review: TYPE A
– By Maxwell Heller -
A Bright Future and a Dark History
– By Shane McAdams -
Vilhelm Hammershøi
– By Anthony Rudolf -
Tracks: Expanding Utopia
– By Sharon L. Butler -
Carmen Herrera at Frederico Sève
– By Joan Waltemath -
EDWARD KIENHOLZ Roxys
– By Kara L. Rooney -
PENELOPE UMBRICO As Is
– By Patricia Milder -
Dorothea Tanning: Early Designs for the Stage
– By Valery Oisteanu -
KATHY BUTTERLY Pantyhose and Morandi
– By John Yau -
JASPER JOHNS Ink on Plastic
– By John Yau -
Miroslav Tichý
– By John Yau -
EVA AND FRANCO MATTES AKA 0100101110101101.ORG Reality is Overrated
– By Cora Fisher -
Feeling what no longer is
– By Sophie Landres -
ACT II: RIPE FOR REDISCOVERY
– By James Kalm -
SIGNS OF SEX WITHIN A SEXLESS (PHANTASMAGORICAL) VOID
– By Robert C. Morgan -
HENRI CARTIER-BRESSON The Modern Century
– By David St.-Lascaux
Books
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FICTION: THE WELLES WE DIG
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REDEEMING ACCESSIBLE
– By Cassandra Neyenesch -
FICTION: NOT CRYING
– By Raina Lipsitz -
The Letter from Death
– By Kseniya Melnik -
TOKENS
– By Nicolle Elizabeth, Tatiaana L. Laine, Michael Cohn-Geltner, and Jon Dozier-Ezell -
RAPID TRANSIT
– By Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Music
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FUTURE SOUNDS OF LONDON
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LIKE A BULLET LOVES THE SKY
– By Kate Silver -
THE MARKET HOTEL SHUTS DOWN, GROWS UP
– By Mimi Luse -
SUBLIMINAL SEDUCTION
– By Ellen Pearlman -
AIDE-MEMOIRE FOR CONTEMPORARY MUSIC LOVERS
– By Dave Mandl -
OUTTAKES
– By Steve Dalachinsky
Dance
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MASKED MAN Looking Behind George Stamos’ New Work
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THE CHOREOGRAPHER IS PRESENT: TRISHA BROWN AT DIA:BEACON
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TRIBHANGI, MUDRA, NATYAM, NAUTCH: A SOUTH ASIAN DANCE LEXICON
– By David St.-Lascaux -
CELEBRATING THE MAGIC OF NIK
– By Evan Namerow -
NECESSARY WEATHER IN REVIVAL
– By L.J. Sunshine -
UNDRESSING THE BODY
– By Christine Hou -
DANCE MY RELIGION: MELINDA RING’S X
– By Mary Love Hodges
Film
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Without Men, Without Women, Without Roots
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THE EARTH WILL DIE SCREAMING
– By Sarahjane Blum -
WILD BOARS RUN AMOK: THE 2010 NY ASIAN FILM FESTIVAL
– By David Wilentz -
NOT OF OUR TIME
– By Julia Sirmons
Theater
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The Elaborate Theater of Kristoffer Diaz
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THE SHIPWRECKED EXPERIMENTS OF MADELEINE GEORGE
– By Mallery Avidon -
Hudson to China: Toy Theater in a Concrete Temple
– By Amy Rose Marsh
Fiction
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MICROMOSAICS
– By Shira Dentz -
from EVENT FACTORY
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ASTRAY
– By Andrew Farkas -
Tragic Strip
– By T. Motley
Poetry
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– By Aimé Césaire -
Entries from Not An Exit
– By Bill Berkson
