Art In Conversation
TINA BARNEY
with Phong Bui
“I wanted big pictures because I wanted the viewer to be able to see all these little objects, the beauty of the fabric, the texture of someone’s skin, the clothes they wore, etc., and of course the specific environment they inhabit. It’s like a writer who describes every inch of a room. I wanted to invite the viewer to come in.”
Art In Conversation
BARRY MCGEE
with Jason Rosenfeld
“It’s what makes me think about art history as a stacking and stacking, or unstacking, or digging and burying, but to me it’s always stacked until like two minutes ago, when whoever just finished a painting—the most contemporary piece, newest, modern piece of art is being finished right now”.
Art In Conversation
LESLEY DILL
with Ann McCoy
“I believe language as song and as text possesses a kind of quietness, a space that allows words’ power to evoke and move emotions. I’m interested in the soft space behind language.”
Art In Conversation
The Art of Institutional Possibility:
CAROLINE WOOLARD
with Thyrza Nichols Goodeve
“I think this future of art will only be possible if artists in the academy reconcile the practiced ignorance—or epistemological violence—that has excluded community arts and cultural organizing from the art academy for so long. Luckily, my generation has been raised in Occupy Wall Street and in Black Lives Matter, so the transformation of the academy and of the arts ecosystem is already underway.”
Art In Conversation
PHILIPPE PARRENO
with Charles Eppley
I initially encountered the enigmatic artworks of Philippe Parreno (b. 1964) as a first-year graduate student of contemporary art history at Stony Brook University.
Art In Conversation
Relishing Spoils:
MICHAEL RAKOWITZ
with David Sprecher
Michael Rakowitz: Backstroke of the West is currently on view at the Museum of Contemporary Art in Chicago, through March 4th.
From the Publisher & Artistic Director
Dear Friends and Readers
By Phong BuiThese past few months the Rail has maintained a fluid momentum that has kept our enduring engine in perpetual motion right into 2018, with a greater sense of urgency and purpose than ever before.
Editor's Message Guest Critic
contingency, probability and the void
By Joan WaltemathIn an amalgam of ancient cultural memory there is a tiny thimble containing all the alternate universes, events, and possibilities that have not yet occurred, the majority of which may never occur though, in fact, one may never know what unknown occurrence will not occur.
Critics Page
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in reverse
– By AV Ryan -
that p may occur or not
– By Christine de Lignières -
Mess in Time
– By David Humphrey -
Limited only through whatever is impossible
– By Marjorie Welish -
Hold Fast
– By Molly Zuckerman-Hartung -
contingency: a montage
– By Sissi Tax -
LIKE WERE
– By Simone Kearney -
The Metaphysical Fairyland of Michelle Concepción
– By Thyrza Nichols Goodeve
ArtSeen
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Naeem Mohaiemen: There is No Last Man
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THOMAS NOZKOWSKI:
– By William Corbett
16 x 20 -
KATHARINA FRITSCH
– By Pac Pobric -
Josef Albers in Mexico
– By Benjamin Clifford -
JIMMIE DURHAM: At the Center of the World & LAURA OWENS
– By Hovey Brock -
MARTHA TUTTLE:
– By Alfred Mac Adam
I long and seek after -
Inside and Outside:
– By Andreas Petrossiants
Cady Noland and the Violence of the Everyday -
Negotiating Gender, Labor, and Authorship:
– By Banyi Huang
Thinking Machines: Art and Design in the Computer Age, 1959–1989 -
SERGIO PREGO:
– By Anthony Hawley
Rose-colored Drift/To the Students -
MARK DI SUVERO
– By David Rhodes -
ALFREDO JAAR :
– By Elizabeth Fullerton
The Garden of Good and Evil -
VINCENT DESIDERIO:
– By Jason Rosenfeld
Theseus -
EVE ACKROYD & KARA ROONEY: Group Motivation
– By Kaitlyn A. Kramer -
CHANNA HORWITZ
– By Ann McCoy -
GORDON MATTA-CLARK:
– By Kaegan Sparks
Anarchitect -
Unholding and other exhibitions of Native American art
– By Alan Gilbert -
Dream of Solentiname
– By Madeline Murphy Turner -
GEORG BASELITZ:
– By David Carrier
1977-1992 -
KÄTHE KOLLWITZ & SUE COE: All Good Art is Political
– By Jessica Holmes -
MIKA ROTTENBERG
– By Emily Watlington -
The Everywhere Studio
– By Steven Pestana -
CAROL SZYMANSKI:
– By Lynn Maliszewski
Pareidolia -
RICHARD HAWKINS:
– By Osman Can Yerebakan
Hotel Suicide -
CATHERINE MURPHY: Recent Work
– By Jason Rosenfeld -
HANS HARTUNG: A Constant Storm
– By David Rhodes -
NANETTE CARTER:
– By Jonathan Goodman
An Act of Balance -
JAMES CASTLE:
– By Jonathan Goodman
People, Places & Things -
To Signify Dreams on the Surface of the Body
– By Michela Moscufo -
Imperfect Tools for Navigation
– By Vijay Masharani -
JOHN NEWMAN
– By Tom McGlynn -
Spieltrieb: Polly Apfelbaum, Beverly Fishman, Ryan Mrozowski, Kathleen Ryan
– By David Rhodes -
BLINN & LAMBERT:
– By Alex A. Jones
New Grey Planet -
VANESSA GERMAN
– By David Carrier -
An Idea of a Boundary
– By Emily Watlington -
MICHAEL WELSH:
– By Allison Grimaldi-Donahue
When Wishes Are Horses, Beggars Will Ride -
ALVARO BARRINGTON & DAVID WEISS: A Different World
– By Gabriella Nugent -
SUSAN WIDES:
– By Hearne Pardee
this:seasons -
Fragmenticos: Memories of Colombia.
– By Adam Beal
Table of Contents
Publisher's Message
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Dear Friends and Readers
– By Phong Bui
Editor's Message
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contingency, probability and the void
– By Joan Waltemath
Art
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TINA BARNEY with Phong Bui
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The Art of Institutional Possibility: CAROLINE WOOLARD with Thyrza Nichols Goodeve
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BARRY MCGEE with Jason Rosenfeld
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LESLEY DILL with Ann McCoy
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JED PERL with Jarrett Earnest
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PHILIPPE PARRENO with Charles Eppley
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Relishing Spoils: MICHAEL RAKOWITZ with David Sprecher
ArtSeen
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Naeem Mohaiemen: There is No Last Man
– By Andreas Petrossiants -
THOMAS NOZKOWSKI: 16 x 20
– By William Corbett -
KATHARINA FRITSCH
– By Pac Pobric -
Josef Albers in Mexico
– By Benjamin Clifford -
JIMMIE DURHAM: At the Center of the World & LAURA OWENS
– By Hovey Brock -
MARTHA TUTTLE: I long and seek after
– By Alfred Mac Adam -
Inside and Outside: Cady Noland and the Violence of the Everyday
– By Andreas Petrossiants -
Negotiating Gender, Labor, and Authorship: Thinking Machines: Art and Design in the Computer Age, 1959–1989
– By Banyi Huang -
SERGIO PREGO: Rose-colored Drift/To the Students
– By Anthony Hawley -
MARK DI SUVERO
– By David Rhodes -
ALFREDO JAAR : The Garden of Good and Evil
– By Elizabeth Fullerton -
VINCENT DESIDERIO: Theseus
– By Jason Rosenfeld -
EVE ACKROYD & KARA ROONEY: Group Motivation
– By Kaitlyn A. Kramer -
CHANNA HORWITZ
– By Ann McCoy -
GORDON MATTA-CLARK: Anarchitect
– By Kaegan Sparks -
Unholding and other exhibitions of Native American art
– By Alan Gilbert -
Dream of Solentiname
– By Madeline Murphy Turner -
GEORG BASELITZ: 1977-1992
– By David Carrier -
KÄTHE KOLLWITZ & SUE COE: All Good Art is Political
– By Jessica Holmes -
MIKA ROTTENBERG
– By Emily Watlington -
The Everywhere Studio
– By Steven Pestana -
CAROL SZYMANSKI: Pareidolia
– By Lynn Maliszewski -
RICHARD HAWKINS: Hotel Suicide
– By Osman Can Yerebakan -
CATHERINE MURPHY: Recent Work
– By Jason Rosenfeld -
HANS HARTUNG: A Constant Storm
– By David Rhodes -
NANETTE CARTER: An Act of Balance
– By Jonathan Goodman -
JAMES CASTLE: People, Places & Things
– By Jonathan Goodman -
To Signify Dreams on the Surface of the Body
– By Michela Moscufo -
Imperfect Tools for Navigation
– By Vijay Masharani -
JOHN NEWMAN
– By Tom McGlynn -
Spieltrieb: Polly Apfelbaum, Beverly Fishman, Ryan Mrozowski, Kathleen Ryan
– By David Rhodes -
BLINN & LAMBERT: New Grey Planet
– By Alex A. Jones -
VANESSA GERMAN
– By David Carrier -
An Idea of a Boundary
– By Emily Watlington -
MICHAEL WELSH: When Wishes Are Horses, Beggars Will Ride
– By Allison Grimaldi-Donahue -
ALVARO BARRINGTON & DAVID WEISS: A Different World
– By Gabriella Nugent -
SUSAN WIDES: this:seasons
– By Hearne Pardee -
Fragmenticos: Memories of Colombia.
– By Adam Beal
Critics Page
-
in reverse
– By AV Ryan -
that p may occur or not
– By Christine de Lignières -
Mess in Time
– By David Humphrey -
Limited only through whatever is impossible
– By Marjorie Welish -
Hold Fast
– By Molly Zuckerman-Hartung -
contingency: a montage
– By Sissi Tax -
LIKE WERE
– By Simone Kearney -
The Metaphysical Fairyland of Michelle Concepción
– By Thyrza Nichols Goodeve
Books
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Per Aage Brandt's If I Were a Suicide Bomber
– By Tony Leuzzi -
Alan Drew's Shadow Man
– By Deena ElGenaidi -
Daša Drndić’s Belladonna
– By John Domini -
A Voice From the Pit: Brandon Hobson's Where the Dead Sit Talking
– By J.C. Hallman -
Neon in Daylight: HERMIONE HOBY with David Burr Gerrard
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László Krasznahorkai’s The World Goes On
– By Veronica Scott Esposito -
Thisbe Nissen's Our Lady of the Prairie
– By Yvonne C. Garrett -
Zachary Lazar's Vengeance
– By John Domini -
Paul Goldberg's The Château
– By David Burr Gerrard
Music
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All In Until it Stops: JOE CASEY with Dan Joseph
– By Dan Joseph -
Alan Bishop, Time Traveler
– By Christopher Nelson -
On Pointe: Alessandro Cortini, Richard Horowitz, Lapalux
– By Mik Pointe -
Outtakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky -
February Listings
Dance
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SUNSETTING COIL (AND PS122)
– By Ivan Talijancic -
"Are You Here for the Performance Piece?"
– By Jen George -
Pay to play: the costs of carving new space for dance
– By Benedict Nguyen
Film
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Western Unions: On Valeska Grisebach’s Western
– By Sarah Mankoff -
Vivisection of the Screen: Véréna Paravel and Lucien Castaing-Taylor’s somniloquies and Caniba
– By Zoe Meng Jiang -
YEAR ZERO: 2017 Pingyao Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon International Film Festival
– By Celluloid Liberation Front -
Breathing New Light: Reexamining Grove Press's Cinematic Legacy
– By Mitch Anzuoni -
The Hero with a Thousand Faces: Rick Prelinger’s Lost Landscapes of New York
– By Shelby Shaw
Theater
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Sound Explorers: Sound House and This is the Color Described by the Time
– By Andi Stover -
DAEL ORLANDERSMITH and MASHUQ MUSHTAQ DEEN with Diana Oh
Fiction
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Blindness
– By Cyril Wong -
Chapters 5 & 6 from The Solitary Twin
– By Harry Mathews -
inSerial: part fifteen Delusions of Being Observed
– By Lewis Warsh -
Highlights from the Life of Raymond Roussel #1: a thousand flaming pen-nibs
– By Tom Motley -
New Routes in Fiction: Julie Lekstrom Himes with Alec Niedenthal
Poetry
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Uncle Ho’s Poetry
– By Richard Tuttle -
from DIGIGRAMS
– By Barbara Henning -
from S + COP – E = Computational Topographical Fur
– By Brenda Iijima -
from Vestigial
– By Aja Couchois Duncan -
four
– By Michael Farrell -
nine
– By Kimberly Lyons -
five
– By Robert Hershon -
four
– By Celina Su -
Brenda Iijima with Aja Couchois Duncan
Verbatim
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Alexander Calder: To do the Circus
– By Jessica Holmes
Art Books
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Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme's And Yet My Mask Is Powerful
– By Phillip Griffith -
Hito Steyerl's Duty Free Art
– By Chloe Wyma -
Rediscovering an American Community of Color: The Photographs of William Bullard, 1897-1917
– By Andrew Holter -
Lee Lozano Private Books 1-3
– By Madeline Weisburg
In Memoriam
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Editor’s Note
– By Phong Bui -
Guy Goodwin
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Lydia Dona
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Odili Donald Odita
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David Reed
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Richard Shiff
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STANLEY WHITNEY with Phong Bui
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Ron Gorchov
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Phong Bui
Field Notes
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Fantasies of Secession: A Critique of Left Economic Nationalism
– By Jamie Merchant -
Inside the "Muslim Factory": NEDJIB SIDI MOUSSA with Felix Baum
– By Felix Baum -
Letter From Huntsville: "Look Out For One Another"
– By Curtis Price -
The "Soares Doctrine," or Who Gave Birth to Democracy in Portugal?
– By Raquel Varela -
Climate change: What is to be done? Part 3 Conclusion
– By José A. Tapia