June 2016
The “June 2016” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on June 3, 2016.
Publisher's Message
Dear Friends and Readers,
– By Phong H. Bui
ArtSeen
MOYRA DAVEY: 7 Albums
– By Thea BallardAnna Mikhailovskaia and John Schacht
– By Diana McClurePainting as Modeling
– By Tom McGlynnLouisa Matthíasdóttir/Hildur Ásgeirsdóttir Jonsson
– By Hovey BrockJoe Zucker: Armada
– By Harrison TenzerMATT KLEBERG
– By Jonathan GoodmanCARMEN HERRERA
– By David RhodesMarcia Hafif: The Art of Distillation
The Italian Paintings, 1961 – 1969– By Joan WaltemathSHIMON ATTIE Facts on the Ground
– By Yasi AlipourGods and Mortals at Olympus: Ancient Dion, City of Zeus
– By Jason RosenfeldKATE TEALE I Am Not Empty, I Am Open
– By Taney RonigerMONA HATOUM
– By William CorwinDAVID REED / THORNTON WILLIS
– By David CarrierDAVID HAMMONS Five Decades
– By Alexandra FowleLUKAS DUWENHÖGGER Undoolay
– By Terence TrouillotFuture Fossil, Other Vessel
– By ANTHONY HAWLEYCAROL SZYMANSKI A Distance As Close As It Can Be
– By Jonathan GoodmanRODNEY MCMILLIAN Views of Main Street
– By Michelle StandleyADRIANA VAREJÃO Kindred Spirits
– By Sara ChristophReflections on Philip Guston
PHILIP GUSTON Painter, 1957 – 1967– By Kate LiebmanReflections on Philip Guston
The Generous Law: Philip Guston's Wobble– By Tom McGlynnReflections on Philip Guston
Philip Guston: Burning the Midnight Oil– By Nora GriffinReflections on Philip Guston
Verbal Equivalents (For Philip Guston)– By Greg LindquistRICHARD SERRA Grace Under Pressure
– By Phong H. BuiJEAN DUBUFFET Anticultural Positions
– By Phong H. Bui
Books
In the Interstices and the Lacunae
– By Katharina SmundakOne-State Dissolution
– By Joshua AlvarezNatural-Born Storytellers
– By John DominiWorry and the Mordant Wallow
– By J. C. HallmanPOST-LUNCH POEMS
JOE PAN with ANSELM BERRIGANPLAYERS:
JOHN MCCAFFREY with Jill DearmanDark Atrocities: DAVID WINNER with Tyler Gore
– By Tyler Gore
Music
Brooklyn Rail Highly Selective Music Events
The Player Piano
– By Ryan MeehanTHE RESIDENTS
The World's Most Mysterious Band Steps Out of the Shadows– By Kurt GottschalkDevastating Blues, Laugh-Out-Loud Funny
– By Dylan AngellOuttakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky
Dance
JEROBOAM BOZEMAN with Erica Getto
Mark Morris Up Close
– By Susan Yung
Film
NO ESCAPING THAT
Cheryl Donegan Takes the High Line– By Joe BuccieroWHAT DO YOU KNOW ABOUT IT?
Anna Rose Holmer's The Fits– By Brittany StiglerLAND OF LIBERTY
Roberto Minervini's The Other Side– By Erica PeplinIDEAS AS IMAGES
Thom Andersen's The Thoughts That Once We Had– By Joseph Pomp
Theater
SHIFTING PERSPECTIVES
Stage Designer Mimi Lien– By Marcina Zaccaria6 Translations, 4 Acts, and 11 Vanyas
New Saloon's Minor Character– By Ariel StessAmerica: A Performance in Five Miltons
– By Ben Gassman
Fiction
Transitions to the Up-Tempo Second Section, Called Tombohoneng (“Remedy for Yearning”)
– By Jesse Kohnfrom Games and Stunts
– By Albert MobilioFutures in Child Rearing
–from Kid Coole
– By M. G. StephensTragic Strip
– By Tom Motley
Poetry
A$$-ETS
– By Georgia FaustSix
– By Ann StephensonThree
– By Guillermo Filice CastroTwo
– By Alex DimitrovDodge-Verse-ity, New Jersey:
The Festival at the Heart of the Foundations
A Yelp Poem–
Art Books
Chris Killip
– By Adam BellJOHN E. SCOFIELD with Laila Pedro
Nato Thompson, Seeing Power: Art and Activism in the 21st Century
– By Holly Gavin
Field Notes
EDITOR'S NOTE
The Withering of the State– By Paul MattickTHE LAST CUT WAS THE DEEPEST:
Cuomo's Gamble and CUNY's Full-Throated Retort– By Samuel FeldblumNuit Debout:
The Longest Month–