February 2015
The “February 2015” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on February 5, 2015.
Publisher's Message
Dear Friends and Readers,
– By Phong H. Bui
Critics Page
Toward Polyphonic Criticism
– By Jarrett EarnestABOUT POLYPHONY: All in One
– By Bill BerksonTHE ENAMORED MAGE
Magic, Alchemy, and Esoteric Thought in Works by Robert Duncan and Jess*– By David Levi StraussLISA YUSKAVAGE on Nina Simone and Giovanni Bellini
Black Wedding
– By Aliza Shvarts"PUTTING YOURSELF IN A PLACE WHERE GRACE CAN FLOW TO YOU"
Nancy Goldring on Robert LaxDolly Parton's Songs
– By Dave HickeyTHE LAND WHERE YOU WANTED TO BE
Paul Bowles, Mohammed Mrabet, and 17-year-old Me– By Thyrza Nichols Goodeve
Art
AN-MY LÊ with Sara Christoph
SARAH LEWIS with Phong Bui
DEMYSTIFYING GERHARD RICHTER'S GESTURAL ABSTRACTION
Painting in the Gap between Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art– By Herbert R. Hartel, Jr.TAL R with Phong Bui
YAEL BARTANA with Sara Roffino
KRISTIN JONES with Ann McCoy
– By Ann McCoyDREAMLAND
Coney Island and the 20th Century Avant-Garde– By Kurt Hollander
ArtSeen
MARGRIT LEWCZUK Me, We
– By Tyler AkersALIZA NISENBAUM
– By Erin YerbySTUART SHILS because i have no interest in these questions...
– By Hearne PardeeWANG JIANWEI Time Temple
– By Tatiana IstominaSTURTEVANT Double Trouble
– By Christopher GreenAll Pores Open
– By Molly ElizaldeJOE FYFE make me one with everything
– By David RhodesSpeaking of People: Ebony, Jet and Contemporary Art
– By Charles SchultzDjordje Ozbolt More paintings about poets and food
– By William J. SimmonsSADIE BENNING Fuzzy Math
– By Terry R. MyersRUDY BURCKHARDT Subterranean Monuments: A Centenary Celebration
– By Robert BerlindThanks to Apple, Amazon, and the Mall
– By Maya HarakawaRough Cut
– By Kate LiebmanTAL R Altstadt Girl
– By Margaret GrahamSAUL MELMAN Central Governor
– By Shana Beth MasonJON SCHUELER 1975 – 1981, The New York Years
– By Mary Ann CawsRYAN MCNAMARA Gently Used
No Entrance, No Exit– By Kara L. RooneyLUCY SKAER
– By Ann McCoyNostalgia
for Jane Freilicher (1924 – 2014)– By Anne WaldmanA Tribute to
Jake Berthot
1939 – 2014Castles Burning
– By Michael Straus
Books
Fearing The Feral Carousels No More
– By Christopher MichelThe Long Way Around
– By Jill DehnertRecovering Churchill
– By Allen Guy WilcoxA New Look at New Delhi
– By Diksha BasuBound Together
– By Casey MurphyThe Morality of Landscape
– By Christopher X. ShadeThe Elemental Similarities That Unite Us
– By Weston CutterFICTION AS MAGIC, LANGUAGE AS SPELL
PETER MARKUS with Lily HoangTHE ELEMENT OF ESCAPE:
ATTICUS LISH with Dan Ostlund
Music
Brooklyn Rail Highly Selective Music Events
THE REAL FOLK BLUES
FERAL FOSTER with Stephanie Joy Del RossoA CONCERT, WITH FOOTNOTES
GABRIEL KAHANE, The Ambassador– By Marshall YarbroughAbout Last Night
– By Jeff TompkinsOuttakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky
Dance
Reflections on Seeing and Saying
– By Leslie AllisonELEMENTS OF ERASURE
Molly Lieber and Eleanor Smith's Rude World– By Cassie PetersonTHE BODY IN PIECES
Zoe | Juniper Examines Myths of Memory and Identity– By Madison MainwaringAMERICAN REALNESS: Move You/Move Me
New Works by Miguel Gutierrez, Jack Ferver, Keith Hennessy, and Luciana Achugar– By Jaime Shearn CoanSIX MONTHS LATER
Reflecting on Ferguson– By Ryan Kelly
Film
THEME AND VARIATIONS
The Royal Road, Phoenix, and The Dragon is the Frame– By Max GoldbergDIRTY PRETTY THINGS
David Cronenberg's Maps to the Stars– By Glenn Heath JR.SERIOUS GAMES: Film and video at play in Experimenta at the 2014 BFI London Film Festival
– By Herb ShellenbergerSURVEILLANCE AESTHETICS On Laura Poitras's 9/11 Trilogy
– By Ava KofmanPLENTY OF CAUSES FOR CONCERN
BAM's Migrating Forms– By Ben MendelsohnON REFLECTION
When Evening Falls on Bucharest or Metabolism– By David Gregory Lawson
Theater
Laundromat-Theater:
Where Every Fold Matters– By Ginny MohlerMAMA SAID KNOCK YOU OUT
Bareknuckle at Gleason's Gym– By Hannah BosTanya Barfield:
On the Space-Time Continuum– By Kathryn Walat
Fiction
Paranoia
–from Delusions of Being Observed
– By Lewis WarshConversation In The Palace Of Ch'ien-Lung
–from Miransù
–The "Game" of Cat and Mouse
– By Tom Motley
Poetry
Two
– By Sophie RobinsonFive
– By Rod Smithfrom Lovers in the Marquetalla Republic
– By Tim VanDykeThree from mary wants to be a superwoman
– By erica lewisEleven
– By Noelle Kocot
Art Books
LEARN TO READ ART: A Surviving History of Printed Matter
MAX SCHUMANN with Maya HarakawaNick Cave: Epitome
– By Holly GavinApril Gornik Drawings
– By Robert Berlind
Field Notes
Happy New Year!
– By Paul MattickIs it Possible to Win the War After Losing All the Battles?
– By Pavlos RoufosLetter from Paris
– By Charles ReeveAnger and Shame
We Should Say No to This Hypocritical Rally
– By Patric JeanAYOTZINAPA
Reasons of State--and EconomyWhy Now? Why in Guerrero?
– By Magdalena Galindo LedezmaAyotzinapa: The Rural Normal School and the Criminal Government Offensive
– By Jorge CázaresThe Criminal Economy
– By Sandy E. Ramirez Gutiérrez