October 2017
The “October 2017” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on October 5, 2017.
Critics Page
Alt-Art Spaces and the Question of Identity Refusal: Introduction
– By Ysabel PinyolSara Raza
Yigal Ozeri
Alex Santana
Z Behl
Daniel Bejar
Threeasfour
Jamie Diamond
Sante D'Orazio
Sean Mellyn
The Trustees of the Milton Resnick and Pat Passlof Foundation
Antonio Murado
Gary Lichtenstein
Ben Keating
Karole Armitage
Ray Smith
Filippo Brunamonti
Shelter Serra
Karline Moeller
Richard Meier
Sue De Beer
Jessica Holmes
Yayoi Shionoiri
Carlito Dalceggio
Eugene Lemay
Publisher's Message
Dear Readers and Friends,
– By Phong H. Bui
Art
LARRY POONS with David Rhodes
ANDRES SERRANO with Eleanor Heartney
LIN TIANMIAO with Kang Kang
ANDREW ROSS with Jarrett Earnest
THE HELD ESSAYS ON VISUAL ART
I Didn't Like Sitting With the Rattle for Hours:
On the Motherhood Paintings of Paula Modersohn-Becker and Mary Cassatt– By Sheila HetiSubway Drawing: Guno Park, Animation, and the Line
– By Adam BealALEXANDER KARGALTSEV with Ivan Talijancic
On Ellen Cantor: JAMES BARRON with Barry Schwabsky
Architectures of Blue: Race, Representation, and Black and Brown Abstraction
– By Amber Jamilla MusserThe Cult of Creative Failure
– By Ernesto PujolMoving Towards Community Benefit: Shifting the Paradigm
– By Roberta Uno
ArtSeen
TREVOR PAGLEN: A Study of Invisible Images
– By Sadie Rebecca StarnesMERIEM BENNANI: Siham and Hafida
– By Jane CavalierTIFFANY JAEYEON SHIN: Like Water and Oil Never Assimilating
– By Jaclyn JaconettaMinimalism and Beyond
– By Benjamin CliffordLOIE HOLLOWELL: Point of Entry
– By Hearne PardeeKara Walker and the New History Painting
– By Allison Hewitt WardQueering Queer Abstraction
– By Joseph HenryMICHAEL BERRYHILL: A Window, Adore
– By Tom McGlynnSANFORD BIGGERS: Selah
– By Steven PestanaResurgent Histories, Insurgent Futures
– By T. D. TuckerLOUISE FISHMAN
– By Jan AvgikosWILLIAM WEGMAN: Dressed and Undressed
– By Pac PobricMIRA SCHENDEL: Sarrafos and Black and White Works
– By David RhodesHOLLY COULIS: Table Studies
– By Jason RosenfeldNAOTAKA HIRO: Gibbous
– By William WhitneyROSALYN DREXLER: Occupational Hazard
– By Colin EdgingtonALEX BRADLEY COHEN: Flat Top
– By Jane CavalierNSFW: Female Gaze
– By Jesse FirestoneKIKI SMITH: From The Creek
– By Steven PestanaPETER SAUL: Fake News
– By Hovey BrockAMIR NIKRAVAN: Rational Design
– By Ian CofréRAILING OPINION
– By Maura BrewerAnimal Farm, curated by Sadie Laska
– By Will FenstermakerANETA BARTOS: Family Portrait
– By Osman Can YerebakanMOUNIR FATMI: Survival Signs
– By Alan GilbertProof: Francisco Goya, Sergei Eisenstein, Robert Longo
– By Louis BlockRobert Motherwell: Early Paintings | Enormity of the Possible
– By Mary Ann CawsAD MINOLITI: G.S.F.C. (Geometrical Sci-Fi Cyborg)
– By Anthony HawleyLIZA BUZYTSKY and KAWITA VATANAJYANKUR: Stamina
– By Alexandra HammondAD REINHARDT: Blue Paintings
– By Eleanor RayAD REINHARDT: Blue Paintings
– By Alex BaconAD REINHARDT: Blue Paintings
– By Nathlie ProvostyFIAT#LUX
– By Mary Ann CawsELLIE GA: Strophe, A Turning
– By Kaitlyn A. KramerAMANDA ROSS-HO: My Pen is Huge
– By Hovey BrockDIANA AL-HADID: Falcon's Fortress
– By Steven PestanaMARK THOMAS GIBSON: Early Retirement
– By William Corwin
Books
Secret Societies from Bohemians to Bullies—ED HAMILTON with Elizabeth Smith
– By Elizabeth SmithEverything Lost Will Be Given a Name: SAFIA ELHILLO with Alex Dueben
Edges and Intestines
– By Elizabeth BlockSalman Rushdie's The Golden House
– By John DominiJenny Zhang's Sour Heart
– By Christine MiRefuge in Peril: LAURIE SHECK with Christine Sang
The Little Crack of Light: CHRIS MOORE with Peter Markus
Scott McClanahan's The Sarah Book
– By Eric NelsonThe Making and Unburying of Salem Poet Malcolm Miller: KEVIN CAREY, MARK HILLRINGHOUSE, ROD KESSLER, KEVIN CAREY JR., and R.G. EVANS with Elisabeth Weiss
Music
Untangling RATKING: Wiki comes into his own as a solo artist
– By Gary SullivanWhat Are They To You?
– By George GrellaMARC SABAT with Ondrej Vesely
Outtakes
– By Steve DalachinskyOctober Listings
– By The Editors
Dance
EDITOR'S NOTE
Pina Bausch:
Three Generations OnDeborah Jowitt
on Pina BauschClare Croft
on Pina BauschSariel Frankfurter
on Pina BauschNo Glitter Allowed On-stage
– By Mike StinavageThe Future Starts Now: A Night With Emily Johnson/Catalyst
– By Nicole Loeffler-GladstoneFaustin Linyekula—An Intensive
– By Susan Yung
Film
WANG BING with Zoe Meng Jiang
An Excerpt from Slow Writing: Thom Andersen on Cinema
With an introduction by Mark WebberBEN VAN METER with Andy Ditzler & Gregory Zinman
The Festival Beneath the Festival: Selections from Toronto International Film Festival 2017
– By Phil ColdironWatching READERS
– By Madison BrookshireAmerican Stalker: Nathan Silver's Thirst Street
– By Paul Felten
Theater
JAMES THIERRÉE with Ivan Talijancic
The Stakes of Exile: Arden/Everywhere: The As You Like It Project
– By Alison SmithThe Other White America: Poverty, Inclusivity, and the Ball Grant: JOSHUA YOUNG with Elisabeth Ng
Nine Questions for Diana Oh
– By Zhailon LevingstonBolaño in the Americas: Old Debates Demand New Language
– By Will FenstermakerThere is Always Room for Cream
– By Jessica Del Vecchio
Fiction
The Dogs That Kill Men
–Interment for Yard & Garden
– By Pamela RyderinSerial: part twelve
Delusions of Being Observed– By Lewis WarshLost and Found Animals Part 12: Constant Recognitions of Constancy
– By Sid GershgorenTragic Strip
– By Tom Motley
Poetry
JA Reprise
– By Ann LauterbachThe World Without John Ashbery
– By Ron PadgettShadow Behind Eclipse
for John Ashbery– By Anne WaldmanTwo John Ashbery Jokes
– By Alice Notleyfrom I Want to Write an Honest Sentence
– By Susan M. SchultzJohn Ashbery Intro at The Poetry Project 5/14/09
– By Charles NorthRemembering JA
– By Ben SloanThe Balloon is Ascending
(for JA ~ In memoriam)– By Cedar SigoDictionary of Insolid Things
To JA– By Marcella DurandSeeing John
– By Todd ColbyQuickish Answer
– By Rachel Levitsky
Art Books
Marie Darrieusecq: Being Here is Everything: The Life of Paula M. Becker
– By Jessica HolmesGregory Sholette: Delirium and Resistance: Activist Art and the Crisis of Capitalism
– By Gretchen CoombsStan Brakhage: Metaphors on Vision
– By Sadie Rebecca StarnesLieko Shiga: Blind Date
– By Sophie Barbasch
Field Notes
Editor's Note:
Party hats for Marx and Lenin– By Paul MattickSoft Shell, Hard Core: On the 150th Anniversary of the Publication of Karl Marx's Capital, Vol. 1
– By Ingo StützleLetter from Samos: The Last Fisherman
– By Leonhard BartussekIdentity and its Discontents
– By Adam Theron-Lee Rensch