Dec/Jan 15–16
The “Dec/Jan 15–16” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on December 9, 2015.
Publisher's Message
Dear Friends and Readers,
– By Phong H. Bui
Art
ZENG FANZHI with Phong Bui
YOKO ONO with Laila Pedro
SEBASTIAN BLACK with John Ganz
DONALD KUSPIT with Alex Chowaniec
– By Alex ChowaniecTHE HELD ESSAYS ON VISUAL ART
The Bowery In Two Contemporary Differential Systems– By Terry SmithRASHID JOHNSON with Allie Biswas
JOSÉ PARLÁ with Laila Pedro
THE MIGRANT AS CONSCIENTIOUS OBJECTOR
JOSEPH NECHVATAL with Thyrza Nichols GoodeveWALID RAAD with Seth Cameron
ArtSeen
CAMILLE HENROT
– By Thyrza Nichols GoodeveALINA SZAPOCZNIKOW
– By Alexandra FowlePower of Pictures: Early Soviet Photography, Early Soviet Film
– By Yasi AlipourShow Me Something New
– By Holly GavinAlberto Burri, The Trauma of Painting
– By Anna TomeRico Gatson and Chris Larson
– By Sheila DickinsonFord Crull, New Paintings
– By Jonathan GoodmanTHE WORLDS OF MC ESCHER
Nature, Science, and Imagination– By Samuel FeldblumTHE CLAMOR OF REASON
Frank Stella: A Retrospective– By Tom McGlynnANGEL OTERO New Paintings
– By Jessica HolmesBerlin Metropolis: 1918 –1933
– By Virginia McBridePicasso Sculpture
– By Hovey BrockDAVID HOCKNEY Early Drawings
– By Margaret GrahamTHE DIVIDED CITY
STADT/BILD– By Michelle StandleyWALID RAAD and ANDREA GEYER
– By Phillip GriffithALEXIS SMITH History in the Making
– By Darragh McNicholasTHE SURREALIST IMPULSE
CORINNE WASMUHT Alnitak– By William CorwinJOHN LEES
– By Ed BreslinROBIN WINTERS Free Standing Sentence
– By Alexandra HammondGIORGIO MORANDI
– By Phong H. BuiGIOTTO L'Italia
– By David RhodesMARTIN WONG Human Instamatic
– By Ingrid DudekHIBA SCHABAZ Hanged with Roses
– By Jonathan GoodmanECHO AT THE MARGINS
MAPPLETHORPE + 25– By Kara L. RooneyWhere is Surrealism Now?
– By Mary Ann CawsBodies and Cities in Greater New York
– By Sarah GoffsteinSchool Daze
– By Taney RonigerDream Screens
– By Clarity HaynesMARY BETH EDELSON
My Favorite and Most Disturbing– By Ann McCoyGreater New York 2015 Edition
– By Tom McGlynnEDUARDO CHILLIDA
– By Phong H. BuiDONALD JUDD
– By Phong H. BuiJAMES HYDE: Ground
– By Hearne Pardee
Books
A Social Ecology
– By Jack FinneganThis Will Do
– By Artie NiederhofferSeeking Grace
– By Ashley P. TaylorUnholy Love
– By David WintersWINTER'S PICKS
Books on The Craft of Writing– By Catherine LaSotaTHE TALENTED MS. BRAVURA
JILL DEARMAN with Robert PolitoOn the Road
– By Katie RoginTO SHATTER AND CREATE
MATTHEW KRESSEL with Valya Dudycz LupescuNo House to Call My Home: Love, Family, and Other Transgressions
RYAN BERG with Melissa FebosThe Global and the Local
– By Tony LeuzziSpeculative Compilation
– By Brendan GarrisonQuite Close To Murder
– By David WinnerRevisiting Plato
PAUL CHAN with Diego GerardAMY KOPPELMAN with Lux Sommers
Don't Ever Change
– By J.T. PriceDogs As I See Them
– By J.T. PriceNew York Stories
– By John DominiWho's Your Daddy?
SORAYA SHALFOROOSH with Michael MontlackA Micro-study of Micro-fiction
– By Darley StewartA New Nation Where Words Line Up
– By Davy KnittleThe Odd Woman and the City
– By Christen CliffordBuilding Ships Out of Matchsticks
– By Yvonne C. GarrettTROUBLEMAKER:
MATTHEW VOLLMER with Rob Kenagy
Music
Brooklyn Rail Highly Selective Music Events
MIKE LADD with Boice‑Terrel Allen
All Music Fans Everywhere
– By Marshall YarbroughThe Ex at Monty Hall
– By Dan JosephOuttakes
– By Steve DalachinskyCécile McLorin Salvant: For One to Love
– By Adolf AlzupharAt Le Poisson Rouge, Three Voices Become One
– By Alessandro CassinDiary of a Mad Composer
– By George GrellaShostakovich Slips the Noose:
Quatuor Debussy and Circa– By Jeff Tompkins
Dance
A SHORT TRIP, UNPLANNED
Rebeca Medina's Paraíso– By Tara Sheena"I'M KIND OF FUCKED SHARING THIS"
Ralph Lemon's Scaffold Room– By Jaime Shearn CoanBALLETCOLLECTIVE
The Group as Power Source– By Susan Yung
Film
MIGUEL GOMES with Leo Goldsmith
History of the Thirteen Plus One
– By Colin BeckettGARDEN CITY REVISITED
Frederick Wiseman's In Jackson Heights– By Zach Lewis
Theater
William Kentridge Takes New York
– By Ann McCoyLove, in Exploded View
How to Get Into Buildings– By Liza BirkenmeierJackie, Blondi, and the Mooncats
Mac Wellman's The Offending Gesture– By Trish HarnetiauxMOTHERSTRUCK! STACEYANN CHIN with Jamie Maleszka
– By Jamie MaleszkaStill Imagining The Imaginary with Ruth Maleczech
– By Matthew Paul Olmos
Fiction
Lake
–from Kid Coole
– By M. G. Stephensfrom Graveyard of Bitter Oranges
–Communication with the Dead
– By Bianca Stone
Poetry
Three
–from Autobiography of Michael Nicoloff
– By Michael NicoloffSeven
– By Pattie McCarthyFour
– By Alan FelsenthalMy Statement is Material
– By Barb Smithfrom HYPERBANQUET
– By Alex Batkin
Art Books
Year in Review
Mark di Suvero
– By Jessica HolmesAgnes Martin: Her Life and Art
– By Erin Hinz
Field Notes
Editor's Note
– By Paul MattickHuntsville Notes
– By Curtis PriceRising Mortality of US Whites Around Age 50
An American Tragedy?– By Jose A. TapiaA Communist Life
– By Felix Baum