February 2020
Featuring interviews with Christian Boltanski, Y.Z. Kami, Thomas Kovachevich, and Helen Pashgian. Guest Critic Alvin Hall: “The Death Issue.”
The “February 2020” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on February 5, 2020.
ArtSeen
Merlin Carpenter: Paint-it-Yourself
– By Barbara A. MacAdam9th St. Club
– By Chloe StavrouMelissa McGill
RED REGATTA: riflessi– By Mengna DaLucas Samaras: Me, Myself and …
– By Phillip GriffithSally J. Han: Foreplay
– By Everett NarcisoCatherine Telford Keogh: Nervous System
– By Blake OettingJoris-Karl Huysmans Art Critic
– By William CorwinNina Hartmann: FOGBANK
– By Nicholas HeskesJosephine Halvorson: On the Ground
– By Alfred Mac AdamAlma Allen
– By Jonathan GoodmanTeresa Margolles: El asesinato cambia el mundo / Assassination changes the world
– By Susan BreyerNoah Davis
– By Jessica HolmesHannah Levy: Pendulous Picnic
– By Nina WolpowRobert Grosvenor
– By William WhitneyTiffany Jaeyeon Shin: Microbial Speculations on Our Gut Feelings
– By Simon WuCONDO London 2020
– By Bartolomeo SalaDoreen Garner:The Remains
– By Amber Jamilla MusserDan Walsh
– By David RhodesAcquired on eBay (and from other surrogate sources)
– By David CarrierBecca Albee
– By Hồng-Ân TrươngMadeline Hollander: Heads/Tails
– By Madeleine SeidelLuis Camnitzer: Towards an Aesthetic of Imbalance
– By Lyle RexerJackie Saccoccio: Femme Brut
– By Barbara A. MacAdamMichael Rakowitz: The invisible enemy should not exist
– By Amanda GluibizziKen Grimes: Alien Variations
– By Lyle RexerJR: Chronicles
– By Hovey BrockMarlene McCarty: Into the Weeds
– By Marie CatalanoMax Ernst Collages
– By Mary Ann CawsA Wonder to Behold: Craftsmanship and the Creation of Babylon's Ishtar Gate
– By Ann McCoyFiona Tan: Archive / Ruins
– By Will FenstermakerDavid Reed: New Paintings
– By Charlotte KentKent Monkman: mistikôsiwak (Wooden Boat People)
– By Ann C. CollinsSpecific Forms
– By Mary Ann CawsTaking Shape: Abstraction from the Arab World, 1950s–1980s
– By Sahar KhraibaniZilia Sánchez
– By Tausif NoorLynda Benglis: In the Realm of the Senses
– By Daniel PatemanGraham Lambkin
– By Zeny May RecidoroSusan Rothenberg
– By Alfred Mac AdamPat Steir: Color Wheel
– By Susan HarrisThe Life and Times of Alvin Baltrop
– By Francesco GagliardiHock E Aye Vi Edgar Heap of Birds: Standing Rock Awakens the World
– By Susan HarrisCharles Burchfield: Solitude
– By Alfred Mac AdamArtist's Choice: Amy Sillman--The Shape of Shape
– By Cynthia CruzGeorge W. Bush: Portraits of Courage
– By Gaby Collins-FernandezJesse Chun and Tiffany Jaeyeon Shin: stain begins to absorb the material spilled on
– By Diana Seo Hyung LeeSouls Grown Diaspora
– By Ksenia M. Soboleva