April 2011
The “April 2011” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on April 5, 2011.
Editor’s Message
On Trump and "The Blacks"
– By Theodore Hamm
Local
CITYNOTES: Mod Times
– By Theodore HammWhere Did Uptown Go?
– By Rodney RobinsonREPORT CARD: Reform via Gentrification
– By Liza FeatherstonePROFILE OF A TEEN MOM: Yaskaira Benitez
– By Jessica CampbellSEEDING LOCALLY Brooklyn Community Foundation
– By Eleanor J. BaderDiary of a Street Art Culture Warrior
– By Robin GrearsonI Drink to You: Anthology Film Archives's 40th Birthday and Benefit
– By Jarrett Earnest
Express
My Years With Guns
Cul-de-Sac In Context
– By Christian ParentiInside Cul de Sac
– By Ian OldsThe splendid asylum of impersonating Kris Kringle
– By Joshua MohrA Buenos Aires Memory
– By Steven RossKraków Here and There
– By Alan LockwoodCyber Wars 2.0
– By David Rosen and David RosenA Night in the Foxwoods
– By Karl GreenbergIn Dubious Battle
– By Allen WilcoxAddicted to Polymers
– By James ArnettAmongst the Ruins
– By Michael TerryStill Looking For a Cure
– By Christopher MichelBEHIND THE IRON CURTAIN: ROBIN HESSMAN in Conversation with Williams Cole
Art
Leo Steinberg (1920 - 2011)
– By Robert Storr, David Levi Strauss, and Nancy GoldringTOM BURCKHARDT with John Yau
ROCHELLE FEINSTEIN with Phong Bui
ROBERT WHITMAN with Joan Waltemath
JUAN USLÉ with John Yau
ARTISTS' EYES: Children's Art from Studio In A School
– By Phong H. BuiBy Night
– By Richard Tuttle
ArtSeen
Some Thoughts, Possibly Related, on Time, Criticism, and the Nature of Consciousness
– By Claudia La RoccoUnpainted Paintings
– By Shane McAdamsJANE FREILICHER Recent Paintings and Prints
– By John YauJIM NUTT Coming Into Character
– By Terry R. MyersPowders, a Phial, and a Paper Book
– By Anne Sherwood PundykDAVID WOJNAROWICZ Spirituality
– By Kara L. RooneyVALTON TYLER'S OTHERWORDLY ART: From the Heart of Texas
– By Edward M. GómezA Tribute to Alan Uglow
– By Medrie MacPhee, Stephen J. Morse, and Olivier MossetPROJECTS 94: HENRIK OLESEN
– By Valery OisteanuMARK LOMBARDI Index
– By Cassandra NeyeneschEugène Leroy and the Fle(mi)sh Figure
– By Gwenaël KerlidouTIPI: Heritage of the Great Plains
– By Josh Garrett-DavisThe Days of This Society Are Numbered
– By Gail Victoria Braddock QuagliataDANA SCHUTZ Drawings & Prints
– By John YauBEYOND "WHAT YOU SEE": Rethinking Abstract Painting as a Signifying Process
– By Robert C. MorganEMILY MASON Recent Paintings
– By Phong H. BuiJAMES SIENA
– By John YauJEAN CROTTI Inhabiting Abstraction
– By John YauCORRECTION
Books
The Shakespeare Chronology Recalibrated
– By William S. NiederkornOf Mice and Despots
– By Hope E. EwingThe Secrets of Gaza
– By Randy RosenthalHome Truths and African Magic
– By Matthew FinchShe That Bore Thee
– By Marie BacigalupoDo For Love
– By Maxine CaseHappiness is a Short-Short
– By Justin CourterForeign Relations
– By Vladislav DavidzonNechvatal's Immersive Noise Theory
– By Yuting ZouRapid Transit
– By Jeffrey Cyphers WrightA Sexual Revival?
– By Rayyan Al-Shawaf
Music
Sonics in the Wildernesses--A Justification
– By Dan WilsonAn Auspicious Beginning for Elliott Sharp's Seventh Decade
– By David St.-LascauxLife After Turntablism
– By Dominic UmileSpacewalking Together, Under the Vault
– By David St.-Lascaux"Thank You For Waiting"
– By Todd Simmons
Dance
Obeying = Acting Out in Brother of Gogolorez
– By Siobhan BurkeFacing the Music
– By Christine HouCome One, Come All...
– By Jeremy FinchWandering Along a Dreamscape
– By Christine HouUnforgettable
– By L.J. SunshineCurator's Letter
– By David Parker"AS NIGHTFALL DOES NOT COME ALL AT ONCE...": Yvonne Rainer's Politics of Pathos
– By Thom DonovanA MERCE CUNNINGHAM DANCE COMPANY QUICKIE (with an extended Trisha Brown Parenthetical)
– By Claudia La RoccoMy Schreibstück
– By Karen SchuppTHOMAS LEHMEN with Claudia La Rocco
Film
"WE'VE COME TO A TERRIBLE PLACE": Kelly Reichardt's Meek's Cutoff
– By Paul FeltenVarieties of Documentary
– By Fred CamperART-HOUSE MIXTAPE 2011: Selections from New Directors/New Films
– By Colin BeckettWELCOME TO THE DEPARTMENT OF KICKASS: VANESSA RENWICK with Penny Lane
– By Penny Lane
Theater
The Shame of Theater
– By Alex KilgoreLaurel Haines and her Anxiety, soon on display at the Flea
– By Trista BaldwinAviones de Papel: From One City to Another, a Play Takes Flight
– By Christy HutchcraftLET IT RAIN
Director Daniel Talbott and Playwright Stephanie Janssen reopen The Umbrella Plays– By Crystal Skillman
Fiction
Crown of Thorns
– By Douglas GloverFÉDER or the Gilded Husband
– By Stendhall , translated from the French by Brian EvensonChapters 1, 2, & 8 from Fatale
– By Jean-Patrick Manchette, translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-SmithCharacter and Fitness: Chapters 7 and 8
– By Jason Flores-WilliamsTragic Strip
– By T. Motley
Poetry
Ed Smokes, Stares Moodily
– By Ed Friedmanhow the sculpture is made
– By Priscilla Becker
Art Books
A Collection of Personal Accounts
– By Stephanie BuhmannGood-Bye To All That
– By John Ganz
LastWords
BLACK METAL TROY or, How to Drink Online
– By Robert Moor