Words for Art
By Barbara RoseBarry Schwabsky is a poet who writes art criticism regularly for the Nation. His recent book Words for Art compiles his reviews of essays by historians, philosophers, curators, critics, artists, and journalists published in English (some in translation) over the past two decades.
Into a Future of His Choice: Catching Up with Frank O’Hara
By Tim KeaneFrank O’Hara invented a form of poetry about the instant communication of overwhelming experience. He captures life’s excruciating immediacies so directly that they flow and flood into his reader, like an interpersonal nervous system.
ISA GENZKEN Retrospective
By Terry R. MyersAt first, this retrospective of Isa Genzken’s career seemed to come together as a heterogeneous yet unyielding portrait of the artist. Later, however, I realized that portraiture is a limitation that this work refuses without regret, as piece by piece, I came to the complicated conclusion that Genzken’s works are full-bodied recreations of herself, not mere symbolic representations, and definitely not depictions of anything autobiographical.
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN!
MEL BOCHNER Strong Language
By Richard Kalina
Mel Bochner, one of the founders of the Conceptual Art movement of the mid-’60s, and quite possibly the most inventive, clear-headed, and thought-provoking artist of that group, is showing his language-based paintings and drawings this spring and summer at the Jewish Museum.
Remembering Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014)
By Catherine RendónEvery couple of months a brown package would arrive at our home in Philadelphia filled with Mexican stamps and neatly tied up. It came from the Libreria Madero in Mexico City. I still remember their bookplate and distinct inscription even though the bookstore ceased to exist a long time ago.
OBERHAUSEN TURNS SIXTY
International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
By Aily Nash
With six decades under its belt, the International Short Film Festival Oberhausen continues to present short form works that subvert and astonish. Nestled in the western corner of Germany, the quiet town of Oberhausen and its neighboring post-industrial cities in the Ruhr valley are referred to as the Detroit of Germany.
Dance In Conversation
THIERRY THIEÛ NIANG with Ivan Talijancic
On May 11, 2014, Invisible Dog Art Center’s founder, Lucien Zayan, invited French dancer and choreographer Thierry Thieû Niang to stage his response to “The Rite of Spring” with a cast of local senior citizens.
EDUCATION REFORM Beneath the Surface
Part II: Marketizing School Reform
By John Garvey
I ended the first article in this series by discussing the Department of Education’s focus on closing old and opening new schools. I’ll begin this second article by discussing the complementary focus on the marketization of school selection.
From the Publisher & Artistic Director
Dear Friends and Colleagues,
By Phong BuiWhat a beautiful day! Just yesterday afternoon (Sunday, June 1st) a good friend and fellow artist Will Ryman invited me to join him on an art pilgrimage to North Brooklyn.
Editor's Message Guest Critic
Wellsprings Reconsidered
By Ann McCoyThe idea for this issue of the Brooklyn Rail came from a conversation I had with Donald Kuspit regarding his book The End of Art, as well as discussions I have had with artist Michael Zansky, whose art begins with a Freudian perspective and travels into uncharted realms.
Critics Page
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The Cracks in the Pavement
– By Marina Warner -
Cubist, as in Cuba
– By Enrique Pardo -
Dreamscripts in the Waking World
– By William Kiesel -
No More Hidden Order of Art
– By Donald Kuspit -
Cindy and Andy on the Ancient Unconscious
– By Richard Fletcher -
A NEW JERSEY WITCH IN JOHN CALVIN’S COURT
– by Linda Weintraub
Excerpts from an interview with Khem Caigan, conducted, edited, and composed -
To Plow the Sea: A Note on the Unconscious
– By Carter Ratcliff -
Everything’s All Right
– By Lesley Dill -
“Vespers Pool” (1999 – 2000)
– By Carolee Schneeman -
Sigmar Polke’s Photographic Unconscious
– By Maika Pollack -
The Unconscious
– By Lenore Malen -
The Matriarch’s Rhapsody
– By Jacolby Satterwhite -
VISUALIZING MADNESS
– By Mieke Bal and Michelle Williams Gamaker
A Long History of Madness, 2012 – Present -
MICHAEL ZANSKY
– By Michael Zansky
(Documentation for the Works of Art) -
RICHARD SMITH
– By Steven Poser -
This is Not the Article, Just Coffee Talk…
– By Barnaby Ruhe -
…Saying These Things, I Went to Sleep…
– By Brian Cotnoir -
The Warp and the Woof
– By Mira Schor -
SUSAN BEE
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KIKI SMITH
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NALINI MALANI
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Mutable and Immutable Divides
– By Joan Waltemath -
Faith & the Devil
– By Lesley Dill -
Artists-of-the-Dream: Harbingers of Social Change
– By Patricia Ariadne -
Why I Went from the Visual Arts to Theater
– By Michael F. Bergmann -
Sometimes it takes an Outsider artist to remind us how the unconscious serves not only as a powerful source of inspiration but the only source that results in truly compelling art…
– By Peter Hastings Falk -
“Even the Dumbest Dream Can Astound Us with its Art”
– By Nor Hall -
Kris-Crossing
– By Ellen Handler Spitz -
FORREST BESS
– By Steven Poser
A Visionary Artist’s Journey into Madness -
Psyche
– By Anita Sieff
ArtSeen
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Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino: Diverging Paths of Mannerism
– By David Carrier -
THOMAS HIRSCHHORN: Flamme éternelle (Eternal Flame)
– By Julie Higonnet -
CLINT JUKKALA Cosmic Trigger
– By Hearne Pardee -
HOWARDENA PINDELL Paintings, 1974-1980
– By Jessica Holmes -
LEBBEUS WOODS Architect
– By Jonathan Goodman -
JORINDE VOIGT Codification of Intimacy: Works on Nikolas Luhmann
– By Alana Shilling-Janoff -
ISA GENZKEN Retrospective
– By Terry R. Myers -
KIM JONES mountain girl door
– By Tom McGlynn -
KATIE HOLTEN and MARIATERESA SARTORI Linea
– By William Corwin -
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
– By Sara Roffino -
LISI RASKIN Recuperative Tactics
– By Juliet Helmke -
HED: FRAGMENTED HISTORY
– By Heather Corcoran
ZHANG HUAN Evoking Tradition -
– By Richard Kalina
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN!
MEL BOCHNER Strong Language -
GUILLERMO KUITCA This Way
– By Georgia Phillips-Amos -
LYGIA CLARK
– By The Editors
The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988 -
Martin Kippenberger Raft of the Medusa
– By Anna Tome
Table of Contents
Editor's Message
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Wellsprings Reconsidered
– By Ann McCoy
Publisher's Message
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Dear Friends and Colleagues,
– By Phong Bui
Art
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Living Under Sick Machines PETER LAMBORN WILSON /HAKIM BEY with Jarrett Earnest
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SAM MOYER with Alex Bacon
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Into a Future of His Choice: Catching Up with Frank O’Hara
– By Tim Keane -
ROBERT FEINTUCH with Phong Bui
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What Will Have Been: Interviews on A People's Archive of Sinking and Melting
– By Dana Kopel -
My Heart is Full of Futurity MIGUEL GUTIERREZ with Jarrett Earnest
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THINK HARDER An exchange between David Ostrowski and Alex Bacon
ArtSeen
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Pontormo and Rosso Fiorentino: Diverging Paths of Mannerism
– By David Carrier -
THOMAS HIRSCHHORN: Flamme éternelle (Eternal Flame)
– By Julie Higonnet -
CLINT JUKKALA Cosmic Trigger
– By Hearne Pardee -
HOWARDENA PINDELL Paintings, 1974-1980
– By Jessica Holmes -
LEBBEUS WOODS Architect
– By Jonathan Goodman -
JORINDE VOIGT Codification of Intimacy: Works on Nikolas Luhmann
– By Alana Shilling-Janoff -
ISA GENZKEN Retrospective
– By Terry R. Myers -
KIM JONES mountain girl door
– By Tom McGlynn -
KATIE HOLTEN and MARIATERESA SARTORI Linea
– By William Corwin -
ADRIANA VAREJÃO
– By Sara Roffino -
LISI RASKIN Recuperative Tactics
– By Juliet Helmke -
HED: FRAGMENTED HISTORY ZHANG HUAN Evoking Tradition
– By Heather Corcoran -
STOP, LOOK AND LISTEN! MEL BOCHNER Strong Language
– By Richard Kalina -
GUILLERMO KUITCA This Way
– By Georgia Phillips-Amos -
LYGIA CLARK The Abandonment of Art, 1948–1988
– By The Editors -
Martin Kippenberger Raft of the Medusa
– By Anna Tome
Critics Page
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The Cracks in the Pavement
– By Marina Warner -
Cubist, as in Cuba
– By Enrique Pardo -
Dreamscripts in the Waking World
– By William Kiesel -
No More Hidden Order of Art
– By Donald Kuspit -
Cindy and Andy on the Ancient Unconscious
– By Richard Fletcher -
A NEW JERSEY WITCH IN JOHN CALVIN’S COURT Excerpts from an interview with Khem Caigan, conducted, edited, and composed
– by Linda Weintraub -
To Plow the Sea: A Note on the Unconscious
– By Carter Ratcliff -
Everything’s All Right
– By Lesley Dill -
“Vespers Pool” (1999 – 2000)
– By Carolee Schneeman -
Sigmar Polke’s Photographic Unconscious
– By Maika Pollack -
The Unconscious
– By Lenore Malen -
The Matriarch’s Rhapsody
– By Jacolby Satterwhite -
VISUALIZING MADNESS A Long History of Madness, 2012 – Present
– By Mieke Bal and Michelle Williams Gamaker -
MICHAEL ZANSKY (Documentation for the Works of Art)
– By Michael Zansky -
RICHARD SMITH
– By Steven Poser -
This is Not the Article, Just Coffee Talk…
– By Barnaby Ruhe -
…Saying These Things, I Went to Sleep…
– By Brian Cotnoir -
The Warp and the Woof
– By Mira Schor -
SUSAN BEE
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KIKI SMITH
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NALINI MALANI
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Mutable and Immutable Divides
– By Joan Waltemath -
Faith & the Devil
– By Lesley Dill -
Artists-of-the-Dream: Harbingers of Social Change
– By Patricia Ariadne -
Why I Went from the Visual Arts to Theater
– By Michael F. Bergmann -
Sometimes it takes an Outsider artist to remind us how the unconscious serves not only as a powerful source of inspiration but the only source that results in truly compelling art…
– By Peter Hastings Falk -
“Even the Dumbest Dream Can Astound Us with its Art”
– By Nor Hall -
Kris-Crossing
– By Ellen Handler Spitz -
FORREST BESS A Visionary Artist’s Journey into Madness
– By Steven Poser -
Psyche
– By Anita Sieff
Books
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A Crisis of Faith
– By Brian Gresko -
Many States of America
– By Jack Finnegan -
Noble Deceit
– By Geoffrey Young -
Through the Body of the Storm
– By Joyelle McSweeney -
This Instance of Entrance
– By Steve Fellner -
The Writer and the Raptor
– By Casey Murphy -
Anatomization of a Marriage
– By Elizabeth Eslami -
Enlarging the Perception of Beauty
– By J. C. Hallman -
All of us in the Gutter: D. FOY in conversation with Matt Bell
– By Matt Bell -
An Unexpected Collaboration: KENAN TREBINCEVIC and SUSAN SHAPIRO in conversation with Rob Williams
– By Rob Williams -
Mrs. Brown's Furniture
– By Ashley P. Taylor -
Occasional Instances of Confession: TONY LEUZZI with David Groff
– By David Groff
Music
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Call it Punk Rockhausen: Excepter
– By Taylor Dafoe -
Brooklyn Rail Highly Selective Music Events
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Steve Lehman Makes History
– By George Grella -
MATA YOUTH, 2014 EDITION
– By George Grella -
MATA April 16, 2014 Uusinta
– By Jeff Tompkins -
MATA April 17, 2014 That Which Remains
– By Stephanie Del Rosso -
MATA April 18, 2014 Lives in Miniature
– By George Grella -
MATA April 19, 2014 Oscar Bianchi’s Matra
– By Christopher Nelson -
MATA April 20, 2014 Neue Vocalsolisten American Premieres
– By Marshall Yarbrough -
MATA April 21, 2014 Of Circles and Motions of the Others
– By Susan Scheid -
Outtakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky
Dance
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In Rehearsal with DD Dorvillier
– By Stormy Budwig -
THIERRY THIEÛ NIANG with Ivan Talijancic
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a Natural dance
– By Jaime Shearn Coan
Film
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Interior Life: Place in the Films of Joanna Hogg
– By Rachael Rakes -
Docs in Sight: A Plague of Money: Citizen Koch’s Concrete Tale of Cash and Politics
– By Williams Cole -
OBERHAUSEN TURNS SIXTY International Short Film Festival Oberhausen
– By Aily Nash -
SHAINA ANAND with Xin Zhou
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THE THIRST FOR ANNIHILATION William Friedkin’s Sorcerer
– By Jason LaRivière -
PAWEL PAWLIKOWSKI with Joshua Sperling
Theater
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A Different Invitation Queer Performance on the Road
– By Alexis Clements -
The Howls and Sounds of our Little-Kiss Lives: Ariel Stess’s I’m Pretty Fucked Up
– By Ben Gassman
Fiction
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Blue is a cold number #1
– By Matt Nelson -
On Von Chiffon
– By Alec Niedenthal -
Our Mother, Come to Find
– By J. A. Tyler -
from Miransù
– by Monica Sarsini, translated from the Italian by Maryann De Julio -
Remembering Gabriel García Márquez (1927-2014)
– By Catherine Rendón -
The Selected Correspondence of Louis-Ferdinand Céline
– translated from the French by Mitch Abidor, with an introduction by Pascal Ifri -
Arrowschmitt!!!
– By Arryan Decatur -
To Make This Thing With Better Flow or: One of the Ones Who Got Away
– an OKComix collaboration by Molly Roth -
Aline the Alien
– By Tom Motley -
Keeping Time
– by Alexander Rothman -
Avenge Me, Eavesdropper
– by Paul K. Tunis
Poetry
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from Daydreams
– By James La Marre -
from Back on Earth
– By Brent Cunningham -
Three
– By Rae Armantrout -
Vaporative
– By Layli Long Soldier -
Das Wirbelsäulen Orakel für Meret Oppenheim / The Vertebrae Oracle for Meret Oppenheim
– By Rebecca Horn -
from sleep as information/the fountain is a water feature
– By Ed Steck -
In Conversation with Ed Steck
Art Books
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Words for Art
– By Barbara Rose
Field Notes
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Much Ado About Something
– By Paul Mattick -
EDUCATION REFORM Beneath the Surface Part II: Marketizing School Reform
– By John Garvey -
BITCOIN A Digital Alternative?
– By Tony Norfield -
BOXING COMBINATIONS Rocky on Broadway
– By David Hancock Turner -
NOTES FROM TEXAS This is What Oligarchy Looks Like
– By Stephen Amberg
