The Brooklyn Rail
Critical Perspectives on Art, Politics and Culture
MAY-JUNE 2001
Featured Articles
We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet
by Daniel BairdMusic
Punk Planet: The Collected Interviews Edited by Daniel Sinker (Akashic Books, 2001) $16.95 paperback
Balthus Remembered
by Phong BuiArt
Of all the literature written about Balthus, the most poetic by far are the beautiful essays by Albert Camus and Guy Davenport.
An Open Invitation
by Theodore Hamm“What the hell is The Brooklyn Rail?” asks a notable voice on the other end of the line. By now quite familiar with the question, I could hardly be indignant, and so give my standard line: it’s a Brooklyn-based paper about the arts and politics.
- CROSS-POLLINATION AT The Holland Tunnel by Lori Ortiz
- David Kapp at Beitzel Gallery by Lori Ortiz
- Different Strokes @ Im N Il by Rachel Youens
- Frank Stout by Phong Bui
- Jack Pospisil at Studio Facchetti by Jeff Wright
- Joe Amrhein at Roebling Hall by Art Aské
- Lee Etheredge IV at Pierogi 2000 by Peter Eleey
- Meredith Allen and Chris Bors at PS 122 by Lori Ortiz
- Milton Resnick @ Robert Miller Gallery by Rachel Youens
- Tamara Gonzales @ Cheryl Pelavin Gallery by Rachel Youens
Full Contents
Local
- Against the Giuliani Legacy by Williams Cole
- Artist Evictions Update by Zoe Alsop
- Fasten Your Seatbelts, Brooklyn, It’s the City Council Election by Jonas Salganik
- Ft. Greene—Keeping it Local by Justin Vogt
- Norman Siegel Runs for Public Advocate by Theodore Hamm
- The Fall of Gino Braccione (1962) by William DeVoti
- Red Remembers Brooklyn by Theodore Hamm
Express
- Economy: First Things Third by Ray Nedzel
- Zapping the Fox, or Out-Foxing the Zaps? A Report From Mexico by Russell Cobb
- Daniel of the Lion’s Den by Patrick Walsh
Art
- Balthus Remembered by Phong Bui
- Paul McCarthy-ism by Daniel Baird
- Vermeer and the Delft School by Phong Bui
ArtSeen
- CROSS-POLLINATION AT The Holland Tunnel by Lori Ortiz
- David Kapp at Beitzel Gallery by Lori Ortiz
- Different Strokes @ Im N Il by Rachel Youens
- Frank Stout by Phong Bui
- Jack Pospisil at Studio Facchetti by Jeff Wright
- Joe Amrhein at Roebling Hall by Art Aské
- Lee Etheredge IV at Pierogi 2000 by Peter Eleey
- Meredith Allen and Chris Bors at PS 122 by Lori Ortiz
- Milton Resnick @ Robert Miller Gallery by Rachel Youens
- Tamara Gonzales @ Cheryl Pelavin Gallery by Rachel Youens
Books
- Fatal Ambition: Kazuo Ishiguro’s When We Were Orphans by Valerie Jaffe
- It All Started with Ma’ Teodora: Alejo Carpentier’s Music in Cuba by Andrew Grant Wood
- The Flashboat: Poems Collected and Reclaimed by David Rigsbee
- The Unexpected Legacy of Divorce by Sophie Fels
Music
- Salsa Dura: Willie Villegas plays Brooklyn by Alan Lockwood
- The Local Music Scene by Dana Baker
- We Owe You Nothing: Punk Planet by Daniel Baird
Dance
- Dance in the Modern Firmament by Alan Lockwood
Film
- A Film Festival Blossoms in Brooklyn by Valerie Livingston
- The Conflict Between Past and Present: A Retrospective of the Films of Su Friedrich by Joe Maggio
Theater
- Romeo y Julieta en Bushwick by Rafael Morales and Stephen Haff
- Floating With Leni: A Play In One Act by Randolph Lewis
Poetry
- Because All Falsehood Spreads Its Illness, I by Patrick Walsh
- Anonymous Biography by Armando Rubio
- Blankness, Much by Noelle Kocot
- BOTH WAYS by Ralph Martin
- Spirit of Butterflies Lovers, Story of A Chinese Classic Music by Shao Wei
- The Ashes by Carolyn Kizer
Streets
- How to Bake a Chicken—A Day at the Met by Cathy Nan Quinlan
- Marx on the Playground by Jill Clateman
- Miss Mary's Advice to the Lovelorn: When it’s more than sisterhood
- Being Regular by Scot Crawford
Editor's Message
- An Open Invitation by Theodore Hamm
