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SARAH SZE
By Joyce BeckensteinOn the first cool day of autumn, Sarah Sze walked me through her exhibit at Tanya Bonakdar Gallery in Chelsea. In the moments before she appeared, I’d been looking at the new work, feeling a bit like Alice in a topsy-turvy place, bursting with questions.
Leave Things Open
By Timothy MortonStop the propaganda that pushes people into defiance. Propaganda betrays an underlying fear of art, just art, just patterns for no reason. This fear will saturate everything.
MEA CUBA
On Exile and Excess
By Chris Campanioni
The history of Cuba is a history of exile, from the eradication of the indigenous neo-Taíno and Guanahatabey population in the 1500s to the forced departure of nonconformists by the Castro government in the second half of the 20th century. “To be Cuban,” José Lezama Lima once said, “is to already feel foreign.”
THE HELD ESSAYS ON VISUAL ART
A Body of Work
By Alexander Dumbadze
A little more than a year ago I gave a lecture on Jack Goldstein, an artist synonymous, for most, with the Pictures Generation and the advent of postmodernism in the visual arts.
Film In Conversation
BERNARDO RUIZ with Rachael Rakes
Bernardo Ruiz’s 2012 documentary Reportero centers on the independent Mexican investigative news magazine Zeta, whose reporters were increasingly the targets of violent attacks from the cartels. Shortly before the documentary began shooting, two of Zeta’sreporters had been murdered. The film portrays the difficulty and profound risk involved in trying to do standard investigative journalism in present-day Mexico.
The Evolution of the Queer Dancer
By Jaime Shearn CoanI don’t think Miguel Gutierrez knows this, but I took a dance class with him several years ago. Back then I had long hair with bangs, wore leggings, and entertained the idea of becoming a dancer.
From the Publisher & Artistic Director
Dear Readers and Friends,
By Phong BuiAs we enter our second month of celebrating the Rail’s fifteenth anniversary, my comrades at HQ and I are filled with profound optimism and joy to be alive.
Editor's Message Guest Critic
Social Ecologies
By Greg LindquistLandscape in art has mythologized, documented, and reimagined the intertwined relationship between humans and the natural world for centuries. And it may reflect more changes than we realize: recent writing on the Anthropocene period that arguably began during the Industrial Revolution highlights the significant global impact of human activities on Earth’s ecosystems.
Critics Page
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An Accumulation of Events
– By Matthew C. Wilson -
Tough Acts, To Follow
– By Suzaan Boettger -
Ecological Normalcy
– By Willis Elkins -
Art as Training in the Practice of Freedom
– By Nitasha Dhilon -
Oikos and Poesis: Art and Our Planetary Future
– By John Clark -
REMIXING MESSAGES
– By Mary Miss
A Call for Collaboration Between Artists and Scientists -
Leave Things Open
– By Timothy Morton -
ALEXIS ROCKMAN with Greg Lindquist
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Eco-Feminism Revisited
– By Eleanor Heartney -
Before the Storm Clouds of the 21st Century
– By Mel Chin -
From Eco-Art to Biopolitical Struggle on the Eve of COP21
– By Yates McKee -
An Art of “Why Not?”
– By Jeffrey Kastner -
RE: Ecology Draft
– By Nancy Nowacek -
SARAH NELSON WRIGHT and EVE MOSHER
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A BUCKET LIST FOR ARTISTS WORKING IN THE AGE OF ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE
– By Mark Dion and David Brooks
The Top Ten Things Not To Miss Before They Are Gone! -
Land of Syllepsis
– By Kevin Zucker -
Beyond the Scenic Vista
– By Ian Cofre -
Alternative Spaces and the Anthropocene
– By Gean Moreno -
a collective free association of "A Proverbial Machine in the Garden"
– By David Brooks -
Notes on Landscape/Painting/Photography/the Sublime
– By Martha Schwendener -
Panel on Eco-poetics, SVA, September 16, 2010
– By Rackstraw Downes -
The Appalachian Mountaintop Patrol
– By Laura Chipley -
Just Act Natural…
– By Tom McGrath -
All Animals That Are Not White Men
– By Dana Sherwood -
Elene Abashidze and Gio Sumbadze
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Blued Trees on the front lines journal excerpts
– By Aviva Rahmani -
A Little Inspiration Can Go a Long Way
– By Tara Deporte -
Nature Morte
– By Marc Handelman -
Feral Landscape Love: Novel Ecosystems in the Studio and the Street
– By Ellie Irons
ArtSeen
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Bring Your Own Body
– By Rin Johnson -
CLEMENT SIATOUS Sagren
– By Sara Christoph -
WEAVING PAST INTO PRESENT
– By Christopher Green
Experiments in Contemporary Native American Printmaking -
HANNELINE RØGEBERG Off the Bone
– By Eric Sutphin -
CALEDONIA CURRY Five Stories with SWOON
– By Alexandra Hammond -
Naked at the Edge: Louis Eilshemius and Bob Thompson
– By David Carrier -
SARAH SZE
– By Joyce Beckenstein -
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER
– By Terry R. Myers -
Checkered History
– By William Corwin -
Tell Them Stories: Origins
– By Kim Power -
AMER KOBASLIJA Places, Spaces; a Survey of Paintings 2005 – 2015
– By Hovey Brock -
ZHANG HONGTU
– By Ingrid Dudek -
MARCO MAGGI Unfolding Marco Maggi
– By Taney Roniger -
ADAM FUSS λόγος
– By Yasi Alipour -
Leo Rabkin: A Tribute: 1958 - 2015
– By Elisa Decker -
Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America 1960 - 1980
– By Lucía Hinojosa -
Roland Flexner and Japanese Bronzes of the Edo Period
– By David Rhodes
Table of Contents
Publisher's Message
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Dear Readers and Friends,
– By Phong Bui
Editor's Message
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Social Ecologies
– By Greg Lindquist
Art
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THE HELD ESSAYS ON VISUAL ART A Body of Work
– By Alexander Dumbadze -
FRANK OWEN with Alexi Worth
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What’s Love Got to Do With It? GABY COLLINS-FERNANDEZ & DORON LANGBERG with Jarrett Earnest
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MICHAEL TAUSSIG with Nathlie Provosty and Jarrett Earnest
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ZHANG HUAN with Charles Schultz
– By Charles Schultz
ArtSeen
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Bring Your Own Body
– By Rin Johnson -
CLEMENT SIATOUS Sagren
– By Sara Christoph -
WEAVING PAST INTO PRESENT Experiments in Contemporary Native American Printmaking
– By Christopher Green -
HANNELINE RØGEBERG Off the Bone
– By Eric Sutphin -
CALEDONIA CURRY Five Stories with SWOON
– By Alexandra Hammond -
Naked at the Edge: Louis Eilshemius and Bob Thompson
– By David Carrier -
SARAH SZE
– By Joyce Beckenstein -
JESSICA STOCKHOLDER
– By Terry R. Myers -
Checkered History
– By William Corwin -
Tell Them Stories: Origins
– By Kim Power -
AMER KOBASLIJA Places, Spaces; a Survey of Paintings 2005 – 2015
– By Hovey Brock -
ZHANG HONGTU
– By Ingrid Dudek -
MARCO MAGGI Unfolding Marco Maggi
– By Taney Roniger -
ADAM FUSS λόγος
– By Yasi Alipour -
Leo Rabkin: A Tribute: 1958 - 2015
– By Elisa Decker -
Transmissions: Art in Eastern Europe and Latin America 1960 - 1980
– By Lucía Hinojosa -
Roland Flexner and Japanese Bronzes of the Edo Period
– By David Rhodes
Critics Page
-
An Accumulation of Events
– By Matthew C. Wilson -
Tough Acts, To Follow
– By Suzaan Boettger -
Ecological Normalcy
– By Willis Elkins -
Art as Training in the Practice of Freedom
– By Nitasha Dhilon -
Oikos and Poesis: Art and Our Planetary Future
– By John Clark -
REMIXING MESSAGES A Call for Collaboration Between Artists and Scientists
– By Mary Miss -
Leave Things Open
– By Timothy Morton -
ALEXIS ROCKMAN with Greg Lindquist
-
Eco-Feminism Revisited
– By Eleanor Heartney -
Before the Storm Clouds of the 21st Century
– By Mel Chin -
From Eco-Art to Biopolitical Struggle on the Eve of COP21
– By Yates McKee -
An Art of “Why Not?”
– By Jeffrey Kastner -
RE: Ecology Draft
– By Nancy Nowacek -
SARAH NELSON WRIGHT and EVE MOSHER
– -
A BUCKET LIST FOR ARTISTS WORKING IN THE AGE OF ECOLOGICAL COLLAPSE The Top Ten Things Not To Miss Before They Are Gone!
– By Mark Dion and David Brooks -
Land of Syllepsis
– By Kevin Zucker -
Beyond the Scenic Vista
– By Ian Cofre -
Alternative Spaces and the Anthropocene
– By Gean Moreno -
a collective free association of "A Proverbial Machine in the Garden"
– By David Brooks -
Notes on Landscape/Painting/Photography/the Sublime
– By Martha Schwendener -
Panel on Eco-poetics, SVA, September 16, 2010
– By Rackstraw Downes -
The Appalachian Mountaintop Patrol
– By Laura Chipley -
Just Act Natural…
– By Tom McGrath -
All Animals That Are Not White Men
– By Dana Sherwood -
Elene Abashidze and Gio Sumbadze
-
Blued Trees on the front lines journal excerpts
– By Aviva Rahmani -
A Little Inspiration Can Go a Long Way
– By Tara Deporte -
Nature Morte
– By Marc Handelman -
Feral Landscape Love: Novel Ecosystems in the Studio and the Street
– By Ellie Irons
Books
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Grey Matters
– By Hilary Reid -
Having a Crystal Ball
– By Leigh Kamping-Carder -
MEA CUBA On Exile and Excess
– By Chris Campanioni -
TRANSLATING THE UNSPOKEN PABLO MEDINA with Eloisa Amezcua
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This Physical Life
– By Diksha Basu -
Double Identity
– By Tadzio Koelb -
METHODS TO OUR MADNESS CARMIEL BANASKY with Ryan Krull
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Undying Unica
– By Mary Ann Caws
Music
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Diary of a Mad Composer
– By George Grella -
Brooklyn Rail Highly Selective Music Events
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SERIOUS MIND GAMES: DISASTERS CARLOS FORSTER with Adam Klein
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THINGS FALL APART: Timur and the Dime Museum at the Brooklyn Academy of Music
– By Jeff Tompkins -
10 LISTENS Blueblut’s Hurts So Gut
– By Michael Durek -
The Shape of Jazz's Past to Come: Kamasi Washington's The Epic
– By Ryan Meehan -
The Hypnotic Harmonies of Low
– By Dan Joseph -
Outtakes
– By Steve Dalachinsky
Dance
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DONALD BYRD with Jessica Lynne
– By Jessica Lynne -
URGENT TOMORROWS NIV ACOSTA & THOMAS F. DEFRANTZ with Tara Aisha Willis
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The Evolution of the Queer Dancer
– By Jaime Shearn Coan
Film
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OCCUPYING THE DREAM FACTORY Zoe Beloff’s A World Redrawn: Eisenstein and Brecht in Hollywood
– By Anastasiya Osipova -
BERNARDO RUIZ with Rachael Rakes
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HELLO TO LANGUAGE Flaherty NYC’s The Infinite Child
– By Daniel Walber
Theater
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Baroque Meets Pop Culture YOU US WE ALL Comes to BAM
– By Marcina Zaccaria -
Bad Boys, and the Bad Girls Who Love Them with Caroline V. McGraw
– By Sonya Sobieski -
The Road to Eclipsed Getting Lost with Designer Clint Ramos
– By Addie Johnson Talbott
Fiction
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from Kid Coole
– By M. G. Stephens -
Tragic Strip
– By Tom Motley -
raw hamburger
– By Dane LaChiusa
Poetry
Verbatim
Field Notes
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The Grapes of Wrath Revisited
– By Nick Vos -
It’s (Still) Chinatown, Jake
– By Richard Walker -
All Tomorrow’s Parties
– By Jason E. Smith
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