The Brooklyn Rail
Critical Perspectives on Art, Politics and Culture
MAY 2009
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In the Spirit of Paine (and Pleasure, too!)
by Theodore HammLocal
It’s an early Saturday evening in mid April and SoHo is full of people doing their usual SoHo things: carrying shopping bags; stumbling around in heels; chatting over expensive fare.
A Place Called Home
by Issie LapowskyExpress
Darfuri immigrants in Brooklyn yearn and fight for the devastated region they left behind
Alex Katz with Phong Bui
by Phong BuiArt
Alex Katz's exhibit Fifteen Minutes will be on view at Pace Wildenstein through June 13, 2009.
James Little with Benjamin La Rocco
by Benjamin La RoccoArt
James Little's exhibit De-Classified: New Paintings will be on view at June Kelly Gallery through June 9, 2009.
Robert Lawlor with Christopher Bamford and Dorothea Rockburne
by Dorothea Rockburne and Christopher BamfordArt
Robert Lawlor, whose book Sacred Geometry has had a great influence in reawakening us to the importance of geometrical principles, symmetries, and proportions—not only for art and architecture but also for science and consciousness studies, speaks with Dorothea Rockburne, Christopher Bamford, and Robert Lawlor.
- Peter Saul, New Paintings by John Yau
- Paul Mogensen and Stephen Rosenthal, Jump: Selected Paintings by Jim Long
- Chromophobia by Ben La Rocco
- Jack Bush, Works on Paper by Robert C. Morgan
- Martin Kippenberger, The Problem Perspective by Valery Oisteanu
- James Hyde, UNBUILT by Shane McAdams
- Louise Fishman by Sharon L. Butler
- Mickalene Thomas, She’s Come Undone! by Kimberly Lamm
- Nicolas Carone: Paintings from 2008-2009 by Emily Warner
- The Generational: Younger Than Jesus by Thomas Micchelli
- Ishmael Randall Weeks by Thomas Micchelli
- Letter From SEGOVIA by Karen Schiff
- Letter From LONDON by Sherman Sam
- Richard Allen Morris, Morris Code, works from 1957-2007 by Kara L. Rooney
- Jene Highsten, Lines in Space by Joan Waltemath
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Jene Highsten, Lines in Space
by Joan WaltemathArtSeen
Since I first saw them a few weeks ago at Björn Ressle Gallery, a series of unusual ink on photograph ‘drawings’ have lingered in my mind.
Anthology: A Lot To Live Up To
by Paul Charles GriffinBooks
The writing coming out of Africa today has an unparalleled urgency.
Dancing? “It’s Awesome”
by MJ ThompsonDance
Artist, movement innovator, and Judson Dance Theater alum Trisha Brown is still hot, still fluid, and busier than ever before.
A Happy Marriage: American Jazz Meets Shona Dance Music
by Peter HolslinMusic
In Zimbabwe, where artists and activists say that ordinary aspects of daily life have been eclipsed by divisive politics, Max Wild's collaboration with Sam Mtukudzi may come across as a bold statement.
Dupes, Hoaxes, and Pranks
by Susan DaitchFiction
I was waiting in line at the Department of Motor Vehicles, the 34th Street office, a line that, had it been unwound from its switchbacks might have stretched for several city blocks.
Full Contents
Local
- In the Spirit of Paine (and Pleasure, too!) by Theodore Hamm
- Who Pays for the MTA? by Nicholas Jahr
- Saying “Hi” in Bed-Stuy by Alexa Mills
- City Home Sharing Program Promotes Aging in Place by Eleanor J. Bader
Express
- A Place Called Home by Issie Lapowsky
- Letter from Senegal by Michael Busch
- Dancing with the Master: The life and music of Manny Oquendo, 1931–2009 by Alan Lockwood
- Filmmaker As Socialist Anthologist by Williams Cole
- A Brief History of Violence by James Arnett
- Remembering Vonnegut by Ben Travers
- Lopate's Sontag by Jessica Loudis
- Thatcher’s Leftovers by Elizabeth Monaghan
- A Glance Backward While Driving Over the Edge by Anne Pundyk
- Twitter and Me by Mary Conrad
- Lights On in Fort Greene by Theodore Hamm
Art
- Alex Katz with Phong Bui by Phong Bui
- Picasso Selon Freud by Rosalind Krauss
- RAILING OPINION: How to Look at Postmodern Painting and Its Criticism by Irving Sandler
- James Little with Benjamin La Rocco by Benjamin La Rocco
- Robert Lawlor with Christopher Bamford and Dorothea Rockburne by Dorothea Rockburne and Christopher Bamford
ArtSeen
- Peter Saul, New Paintings by John Yau
- Paul Mogensen and Stephen Rosenthal, Jump: Selected Paintings by Jim Long
- Chromophobia by Ben La Rocco
- Jack Bush, Works on Paper by Robert C. Morgan
- Martin Kippenberger, The Problem Perspective by Valery Oisteanu
- James Hyde, UNBUILT by Shane McAdams
- Louise Fishman by Sharon L. Butler
- Mickalene Thomas, She’s Come Undone! by Kimberly Lamm
- Nicolas Carone: Paintings from 2008-2009 by Emily Warner
- The Generational: Younger Than Jesus by Thomas Micchelli
- Ishmael Randall Weeks by Thomas Micchelli
- Letter From SEGOVIA by Karen Schiff
- Letter From LONDON by Sherman Sam
- Richard Allen Morris, Morris Code, works from 1957-2007 by Kara L. Rooney
- Jene Highsten, Lines in Space by Joan Waltemath
Books
- Anthology: A Lot To Live Up To by Paul Charles Griffin
- Fiction: Greater World Systems by J.W. McCormack
- Nonfiction: Correspondence From The Struggle by Win Clevenger
- Fiction: Constraints Of Quirk by Jon Curley
- Memoir: Remix by Ben Mirov
- Fiction: Telling No Tall Tales About Africa by Anis Shivani
- Rapid Transit by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
- Tokens by Tatiaana Laine, Dan Fall, and Renee E. D'Aoust
Music
- A Happy Marriage: American Jazz Meets Shona Dance Music by Peter Holslin
- Jack Smith, Les Evening Gowns Damnées and Silent Shadows on Cinemaroc Island (Table of the Elements, 1997) by David Shirley
- Indie Americana by Katy Henriksen
- Recession Special: The Roots Alter the Job‑Space Continuum by Drew Gardner
- Outtakes by Steve Dalachinsky
- Ninjasonik Hits the Road (with Fellow Brooklyn Rockers Japanther) by Megan Martin
Dance
- Celebrating Ninety Years of Merce Cunningham on April 16, 2009 by Mary Love Hodges
- Dancing? “It’s Awesome” by MJ Thompson
- Young Ballerina Brings Fresh Interpretations to ABT by Mary Love Hodges
- Pomp’s Perils : World Premiere of Rioult’s The Great Mass at the Joyce, April 2009 by Dalia Ratnikas
- Nederlands Dans Theater II at the Joyce April 8-11, 2009 by Erika Eichelberger
- Book Review: Reading Dance, Edited by Robert Gottlieb by Susan Yung
- Keeping it Kamp: Keigwin Kabaret at Symphony Space’s Thalia Dance, April 2009 by Dalia Ratnikas
- Book Review: Merce My Way, Photographs by Mikhail Baryshnikov by Susan Yung
- Mandance! HORSE’s Bones at the Joyce by April Greene
- Deganit Shemy and Company Dance Theater Workshop, April 16-18 by MJ Thompson
Film
- Taking The Blame by David N. Meyer
- Are You Jealous Yet? by Lisa Moricoli-Latham
- The Blonde by Mary Hanlon
- “You Sin in Thinking Bad About People—But, Often, You Guess Right” by David N. Meyer
- DVD Culture by David N. Meyer
Theater
- The Power of Suggestion: David Greenspan by Lizzie Olesker
- Navigating the Nannyhood: Lisa Ramirez's Exit Cuckoo by Mary Hilton
- Jason Grote and Karinne Keithley on the Acousmatic Theater Hour with Amber Reed by Amber Reed
Fiction
- Dupes, Hoaxes, and Pranks by Susan Daitch
- An Excerpt from Robert Walser's The Tanners by Robert Walser
- Reruns Rezoomed: a Serial Novel by Jonathan Baumbach
- Tragic Strip by T. Motley
Poetry
- Four Poems by Anthony McCann
- Six Poems by Buck Downs
