July/August 2022
Featuring interviews with Hew Locke, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Elle Pérez, Spencer Sweeney, and Cecilia Vicuña. Guest Critics Amy Sadao & Susette Min: “Abolition of a Category.”
The “July/August 2022” Issue of the Brooklyn Rail was published on July 6, 2022.
Critics Page
Abolition of a Category
– By Amy Sadao and Susette MinAn Unsettling Aesthetic Lexicon
– By Kandice Chuh and Al-An deSouzaAbstraction
– By Yunhee Min, Anna Sew Hoy, and Tâm Van TranAirport Burger
– By Jesús Torrivilla and Yeni MaoMeena Nanji with Yong Soon Min
Bakirathi Mani and Swati Rana and Sa'dia Rehman
Ken Lum with Iyko Day
Abby Chen and Lam Tung Pang
Alice Tuan and Kristina Wong
Jen Liu and Elaine W. Ho
Asian American Art is a Monument
– By Related TacticsLaura Kina and Seiji Igei
Erina Alejo and Lian Ladia
Mary Lum and Arnold J. Kemp
– By Mary Lum and Arnold J. KempViệt Lê and Tiffany Chung
Shahzia Sikander with Alpesh Kantilal Patel
Carrie Yamaoka
Sowon Kwon and Joe Wood and Alice Yang
Valerie Soe with tammy ko Robinson
Jean Shin with Sharmistha Ray
Rachel Lee and Larissa Lai
Tomie Arai with Ryan Lee Wong
Vivian L. Huang with Mei Kazama
John Yau and Mie Yim
Astria Suparak and Chandan Reddy
Sharon Mizota and Jen Pack
Rachel Lastimosa and Paolo Asuncion and Michael Arcega
Margo Machida with Marci Kwon
Nancy Hom
Anne Ishii with Cynthia Arrieu-King
Kazumi Chin and Heesoo Kwon
Aleesa Pitchamarn Alexander with Dominique Fung
Beau Sia and Adriel Luis
Craig Santos Perez and Lisa Blas
Simon Leung
Abbey Williams and Patty Chang
Jeffrey Yang and Kazumi Tanaka
Seher Shah
Howie Chen and Renée Green
Michelle Yee and Yun Wei
Genji Amino
– By Genji Amino
Co-Founder's Message
Dear Friends and Readers,
– By Phong H. Bui
ArtSeen
Joan Snyder: To Become a Painting
– By Norman L KleeblattPLEASE SEND TO REAL LIFE: Ray Johnson Photographs
– By Mark BlochAssembly 1: Unstored, Contemporary Sculpture from Mexico
– By Hovey BrockCindy Sherman: 1977–1982
– By Ann C. CollinsInga Danysz: In Ancient Rome
– By Alexandra DrexeliusPLEASE SEND TO REAL LIFE: Ray Johnson Photographs
– By Jean DykstraWhistler to Cassatt: American Painters in Paris
– By Joe FyfePaula Rego
– By Natalia Gierowskaeverything slackens in a wreck
– By Annabel KeenanMarley Freeman: take care
– By Alfred Mac AdamWriting a Chrysanthemum: The Drawings of Rick Barton
– By Ann McCoyRirkrit Tiravanija: Mezcal vs. Pulque
– By Tom McGlynnJames Brooks: Rendez-vous Paintings 1972–1983
– By Robert C. MorganMother Cyborg: Crafting Our Digital Legacy
– By Steve PantonKlea McKenna: Rainbow Bruise
– By Hearne PardeeLydia Ourahmane: Tassili
– By Dina A. RamadanAlain Kirili
– By David RhodesJ.M.W. Turner: Turner’s Modern World
– By Jason RosenfeldNicole Eisenman: Untitled (Show)
– By Ksenia M. SobolevaCarla Zaccagnini: Cuentos de Cuentas/
Accounts of Accounting – By Jenny WuMatthew Wong: The New World, Paintings From Los Angeles 2016
– By Jessica HolmesEllie Ga: Quarries
– By Amelia SaulMilton Avery: Fifty Paintings/Fifty Years
– By Tom McGlynnCezanne
– By William CorwinBob Thompson: This House Is Mine
– By Daniel FullerNora Turato: Govern Me Harder
– By David CarrierThe Baroness
– By Brittany Rosemary JonesPamela Sneed: ABOUT time
– By Jillian McManeminStan Douglas: 2011 ≠ 1848
– By Amin AlsadenLingua Franca
– By Maia SiegelPaul Pagk: Queen of Spades
– By Emireth Herrera ValdésJonathan Silver: Matter and Vision
– By Brandt JunceauAni Liu: Ecologies of Care
– By Helena HaimesWomen at War
– By Annabel KeenanKazuko Miyamoto: Works from 1966 to 2005
– By Jonathan GoodmanRuth Asawa: Citizen of the Universe
– By Vanilla AnandamThe Condition of Being Addressable
– By Olivia GauthierLynda Benglis
– By Conor LauesenKlammern aus denen Blätter Sprießen
– By Hannah Sage KayEyes of the Skin
– By Folasade Ologundudu
Books
Mohsin Hamid’s The Last White Man
– By John DominiMieko Kawakami & Meng Jin
– By Yvonne C. GarrettEmma Donoghue’s Haven: A Novel
– By Yvonne C. GarrettSloane Crosley’s Cult Classic
– By Wayne CatanÉdouard Louis’s A Woman’s Battles and Transformations
– By Jacquelyn Marie GalloSimon Wickhamsmith with Tony Leuzzi
Diego Gerard Morrison’s Myth of Pterygium
– By Alfred Mac AdamGary Lenhart & Vincent Katz
Christopher Soto with Jan-Henry Gray
t thilleman with Andrew Mossin
Music
Anima / Arrhythmia
– By Adolf AlzupharTrondheim Jazzfest
– By Martin LongleyBush Tetras Reemerge at Elsewhere
– By Dan JosephSummertime Blues
– By Scott Gutterman
Dance
Giselle, Transcending Centuries
– By Susan YungTripping on Dirt
– By Noa WeissRedactions
– By Theo Armstrong
Film
Mamadou Sarr and Paulin Soumanou Vieyra’s Afrique sur Seine
– By Farah AbdessamadTRANSlations: Seattle Trans Film Festival
– By Ryan Rose AceaeJane Schoenbrun’s We’re All Going to the World’s Fair
– By Payton McCarty-SimasHong Sang-Soo’s In Front of Your Face
– By Minh TranPanah Panahi’s Hit the Road
– By Kally Patz
Fiction
Tony
– By Celine Aenlle-RochaHanging Out with Dad
– By Mark Liedner
Poetry
Griner Grounding
– By Tracie Morrisfour
– By Timothy Liuthree
– By Ken Taylortwo
– By Mel ElbergFields of Flame
– By Peter Burzyńskitwo
– By Tim VanDykeDiaries
– By Maxine Chernoff
Art Books
Helga Paris’s Women at Work
– By Billie AnaniaGabrielle Civil’s the déjà vu: black dreams & black time
– By Erica N. CardwellListening to Clay
– By Karen ChernickLaToya Ruby Frazier’s Flint is Family in Three Acts
– By Naomi EliasLampo Folio
– By Jennie Waldow
Field Notes
Editor’s Note
– By Paul MattickThe Return of Paul Volcker
– By Paul MattickTipping Point: Israel on the Brink
– By Etan NechinWho is for Tenants?
– By Holden TaylorWhat Do (Digital) Bosses Do?
– By Jason E. Smith
The Miraculous
11. Baltimore, 1926
– By Raphael Rubinstein12. 1956 and later, Los Angeles
– By Raphael Rubinstein13. 1968, East Lansing, Michigan
– By Raphael Rubinstein14. 1983 and later, Virginia & Portland
– By Raphael Rubinstein15. 2019, London
– By Raphael Rubinstein
Art and Technology
Beyond the Janus-Faced Typologies of Art and Technology
– By Charlotte Kent