May 2014
The “May 2014” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on May 6, 2014.
Publisher's Message
Dear Friends and Readers,
– By Phong H. Bui
Art
PHILIPPE DE MONTEBELLO with David Carrier and Joachim Pissarro
SYLVIA PLIMACK MANGOLD with Alex Bacon
A Sonorous Subtlety: KARA WALKER with Kara Rooney
JOYCE ROBINS with Phong Bui
All Our Perverse Pleasures
TREVOR WINKFIELD with Jarrett EarnestWhat's more real, a dead tree or a drawing of a dead tree?
MICHAEL BERRYHILL with Nathlie ProvostyRemembering Gandalf Gavan (1975 – 2014)
– By Ishmael Randall WeeksSociety as Cosmos
ON ARIANE LOPEZ-HUICI AND ALAIN KIRILI– By Carter RatcliffBoring but Totally Fantastic: A Conversation with RAGNAR KJARTANSSON
– By Nicola RicciardiTHE HELD ESSAYS ON VISUAL ART
The Gold Standard– By David GeersOne Step Forward, Two Steps Back? Thoughts about the Donelle Woolford Debate
– By Coco Fusco
ArtSeen
TOM LEVINE New Paintings
– By William CorwinHEIDI BUCHER
– By Sara RoffinoHe-Who-Must-Be-Named is Sigmar Polke!
– By Terry R. MyersKEN CURRIE
– By Darren JonesLANDON METZ Michael Jackson Penthouse
– By Alex BaconPETER CAMPUS Dredgers
– By Robert BerlindKATHY BUTTERLY
– By Corina LarkinJennifer Bornstein, Judith Bernstein, and Frances Stark
– By David CarrierCONNIE FOX Sammy's Beach
– By Joyce BeckensteinRACKSTRAW DOWNES
– By Hearne PardeeFORREST BESS Seeing Things Invisible
– By Sara ChristophFRIEDRICH KUNATH The Temptation to Exist (May Contain Nuts)
– By Sarah GoffsteinJOANNE GREENBAUM Hallowed Laughter in a Hall of Mirrors
– By Joan WaltemathALLAN WEXLER Breaking Ground
– By Joyce BeckensteinBill Cunningham Facades
– By Oona HaasReport from Mexico City
– By Kara L. RooneyMagnificent Obsession: Joann Gedney, The Early Paintings, 1948 – 1963
– By Alessandro CassinLeslie Wayne, Rags
– By Jonathan GoodmanTEXTURA Y TRAMA Y ABSTRACCIÓN
– By David Rhodes
Books
Ceci N'est Pas Un Bateau
– By Ashley P. TaylorHow to Browse
– By J. C. HallmanLANCE OLSEN with John Domini
The Second Valerie Solanas Book You Should Read
– By T Clutch FleischmannYou Are Here
– By Casey MurphyHome Fires
– By Susan ButtenwieserA Dorm of One's Own
– By Katharina SmundakWhy Sebald Matters
– By Allen Guy WilcoxDemons of the State
– By Laila CaronFive Not Forgotten
– By Enrico BrunoThe Listmaker
– By Tyler KelleyWhat, Exactly, Would Lynne Tillman Do?
– By Brian GreskoTHOSE RAW IMPERFECT IMPULSES
BIANCA STONE with Matt BellSadness, An (Inevitable) History
– By Megan HansonA Detour for Odysseus
– By Beth AccomandoDavid Burr Gerrard with Scott Cheshire
PAMELA ERENS with Elizabeth Trundle
Music
Brooklyn Rail Highly Selective Music Events
Four Episodes from Robert Ashley's Vidas Perfectas
– By Jeff TompkinsContrapunctual Music for Spoken Words Only
– By Alessandro CassinOPUS POSTHUMOUS: On Robert Ashley
– By George GrellaLa Cumbiamba eNeYé at Roulette
– By Andrea GordilloSTRUMMING MUSIC: Charlemagne Palestine
– By Christopher NelsonThe Alexander Technique
– By Richard KlinAnd in the Margins, the Mad Scientists: Synth Nights at the Kitchen
– By Taylor DafoeOuttakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky
Dance
taisha paggett's Geography of We
– By Jaime Shearn Coan396 Words on Trisha Brown
– By Siobhan BurkeCollaboration as Creative Outlet
BARBIE DIEWALD, TREVOR GURECKIS, AND SUGAR VENDIL with Stephanie Joy Del Rosso
Fiction
Six stories
from Tight Belts and Other Skin (Agra, 2011)–Three stories
from Joke (Nefeli, 2012)–Austerity Measures
Three Poems translated from the Greek in response to the Crisis–The Cosmic City
–from Miransù
–A diary of mysterious difficulties...
– By Laura RaicovichSerena in the Afterlife
– By Lori Lynn Turnerfrom DNA
– By Johannah RogersOptical Allusions
– By Tom Motley and Buzz BuzzizykThe Watch
– By Liana Finck
Poetry
from Tonight This Is Our Last Song
– By Krystal LanguellThree
– By Tony LeuzziFive
– By Morgan VoFive
– By Matthew HenriksenFive
– By Hoa Nguyen
Art Books
Queer Zines Box Set, Volumes 1 & 2
– By Maya HarakawaAna Mendieta: Traces, text
– By Mary Mattingly
Field Notes
Editor's Note
– By Paul MattickEDUCATION REFORM Beneath the Surface
PART I: Motives and Methods– By John GarveyBaseball and Marxism
in Brooklyn (and Boston)– By Peter St. ClairFragments of Europe
– By Jacob Blumenfeld