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Dear Friends and Readers, Happy Holidays, Phong Emma Bee Bosco Sodi’s IN CONVERSATION Poems by Bernstein Casa Wabi Eric Walker Philip Taaffe 67 IN IN CONVERSATION CONVERSATION Epstein Will Vestry Barbara Street Ecological The Held Gregory J. Markopoulos Rose Activisim Essays On Alex Visual Art on in France SIONE IN WILSON Ross CONVERSATION Duchamp Robert Guest Editor: Gober Best Raymond Foye Dear Friends and Readers, IN CONVERSATION Henry Threadgill Art Jason Moran & Books a Tribute to IN CONVERSATION of 2014 Alanna Heiss Rene Ricard ow can ecological and social forces be transformative? In her recent Philip Taaffe AICA-USA Distinguished Critics Lecture, Carolyn Christov-Bakargiev “Sanctuarium,” 2010. Installation Hexplored this question through the lens of Lacan’s fascination with of 148 drawings. Oil pigment topology and the creation of chain relations or knots. Te notions of alchemy on paper, dimensions vari- and “thought form” were brought up repeatedly in her presentation, Tought- able. Collection Kunstmuseum Forms being the well-known book of Annie Besant and C.W. Leadbeater that Luzern. Purchase made possible helped spread the ideas of the Teosophical Society—a central infuence on by a contribution from Landis & modern art. Mahler, Sibelius, Mondrian, Hilma af Klint, and Kandinsky, Gyr Foundation. ©Philip Taafe; were members along with many writers and poets, from James Joyce, D.H. Courtesy of the artist and Luhring Lawrence, Lewis Carroll, William Butler Yeats to Lyman Frank Baum (the Augustine, New York. author of the Wizard of Oz), even the inventor Tomas Edison. Our latest Rail Curatorial Project, Spaced Out: Migration to the Interior at Red Bull Studios in Chelsea, ofered a similar opportunity to submit ourselves to a realm of play and experiment, expanding our “thought forms” beyond conventional norms and expectations. In addition to two poetry readings and a panel discussion, at the closing reception Bladerunner Trio played a magnifcently tripped-out set. It was then I realized how the musical performance echoed Raymond Foye’s guest editorship of this winter issue. Te music was driven by improvisation, and embraced the maximal potential sounds of minor keys and the minimal equilibrium between downtempo and upbeat rhapsody, evoking endless repetition, both overt and subtle. Likewise, Raymond arranged the Critics Page in an unexpected and beautifully discreet way, refecting the essential spirit of the Rail. By featuring the people and the work he loves with equal passion—as though one can’t exist without the other—Raymond has created a story within a story. We’re grateful to the Robert Gober generous spirits of Bladerunner Trio (the remarkable Will Epstein, Tlacael “Untitled,” 1992. Shown installed Esparza, and Dave Harrington), Nicolas Jaar, and Raymond. at Dia Center for the Arts, New In conclusion, we have an open end. Human syncretism is welcome, and York, September 24, 1992 – June with it what will we do? On behalf of the Rail, I’d like to thank the wonderful 20, 1993. Photo: Russell Kaye, team at Red Bull Studios and the participant artists, as well as those who Best Art Books of 2014 | Guest Editor: Raymond Foye | A Tribute to Rene Ricard | Barbara Rose on Duchamp Rose | Barbara Ricard Rene to | A Tribute Foye Raymond | Guest Editor: Best Art 2014 Books of Epstein Moran | Will & Jason | Henry Threadgill Taaffe | Philip Ross | Robert Heiss | Alexander Gober Alanna with: Interviews Courtesy of the artist and Matthew have worked on the exhibit. It’s been a productive and adventurous year for Marks Gallery. Rail Curatorial Projects: Bloodfames Revisited at Paul Kasmin Gallery this past summer; Spaced Out: Migration to the Interior at Red Bull Studios; and 24/7 curated by Alex Bacon and Harry Tenzer in Miami. At Mana Miami, we hosted the frst-ever public conversation between the Brooklyn Rail, the Miami Rail, and the Tird Rail, in addition to a discussion around alternative pedagogy lead by Jarrett Earnest with his fellow teachers from the BHQFU. Finally, thanks to the extraordinary teams at Paul Kasmin Gallery and the Dedalus Foundation, we produced two beautiful catalogues for Bloodfames Revisited and last year’s exhibition, Come Together: Surviving Sandy, Year 1. Lastly, I’d like to thank you for your support in keeping everything we do and create free to the public. We have always relied on the generous tax-deductible contributions from our readers, and this year, we are excited to host a beneft auction in collaboration with Paddle8. I’d also like to thank all of our board members—Christopher Apgar, Meghan Carleton, Dan Desmond, Michèle Gerber Klein, Abby Leigh, Will Ryman, Michael Straus, John Tomson, and Merrill Wagner—for their total dedication, as well as our community of edi- tors and writers. In 2015, we look forward to future Rail Curatorial Projects Alexander Ross both in New York and abroad; potential Rails in several American cities; and “Untitled,” 2010. India ink, the continued expansion and exploration here at home, blooming into the watercolor, and graphite on paper, Brooklyn Rail’s 15th anniversary. 12 ¾˝ × 10˝. Courtesy of the artist Best Art Books of 2014 | Guest Editor: Raymond Foye | A Tribute to Rene Ricard | Barbara Rose on Duchamp and David Nolan Gallery. Interviews with: Alanna Heiss | Robert Gober | Alexander Ross | Philip Taafe | Henry Treadgill & Jason Moran | Will Epstein Happy Holidays, Phong Bui P.S. Our Paddle8 beneft auction runs until December 22. We are especially indebted to the exceptional artists who donated magnifcent works: Marina Abramović, Peter Acheson, Shoja Azari, Paolo Canevari, Trenton Doyle Hancock, Maria Elena Gonzalez, Allan Graham, Josephine Halvorson, Alfredo Jaar, Bill Jensen, Margrit Lewczuk, Nicola Lopez, Chris Martin, Shirin Neshat, Bruce Pearson, Sylvia Plimack Mangold, Ishmael Randall-Weeks, David Reed, Joyce Robins, Shahzia Sikander, Charles Traub, and Joe Zucker. All sale proceeds will directly fund production and printing costs of our journal. Please visit www.paddle8.com/auction/brooklynrail. Rene Ricard “Untitled (Ten if God is love…),” 2003. Oil on canvas, 36 × 42˝. Courtesy of the Rene Ricard Estate. Rita Barros “RR,” 2010. Courtesy of the Rene Ricard Estate. DECEMBER 2O14 / JANUARY 2O15 CONTENTS FIELD NOTES ARTBOOKS · Whither The Republican Party? by Charlie Post . .6 · The Ten Best Art Books of 2014. 108 · The Revolution is Being Televised · Events Ashore, An-My Lê by Adam Bell . 110 INCONVERSATION Brandon Jourdan of Global Uprisings with Paul Mattick . 8 · Eight Begin: Artist Memories of Starting Out, Ada Katz by Nathlie Provosty . 110 · Fighting for the Forest: Ecological Activism in France by Clémence Durand and Ferdinand Cazalis . 10 BOOKS · Are we really feeling healthier or just dying less? by José Tapia . 12 · The Myth of a Post-Racial America by Jill Dehnert . 111 · Inconclusion by Geoffrey Young . 111 ART · Mother Tongue · INCONVERSATION Robert Gober with Jarrett Earnest . 15 INCONVERSATION Leora Skolkin-Smith with Andrea Scrima . 112 · INCONVERSATION Alanna Heiss with David Carrier and Joachim Pissarro, · Fall’s Picks for Younger Readers by Jordan B. Nielsen. 115 with the assistance of Gaby Collins-Fernandez . 19 · Warm Core by Lee Klein . 116 · INCONVERSATION Philip Taaffe with Charles Stein . 26 · Why are There No Founding Mothers? · The Liberation of the Knots by Jack Hirschman . 28 INCONVERSATION Kathleen Rooney with Rachel Slotnick . 117 · INCONVERSATION Alexander Ross with Will Corwin . 30 · by Michèle Gerber Klein Stealing Time: Emma Bee Bernstein . 34 MUSIC · Casa Wabi by Diego Gerard and Lucía Hinojosa . 36 · No Room for Artists by Darragh Mcnicholas . 37 · Consider the Critic: Dispatch from the CMJ Music Marathon · Rethinking Duchamp by Barbara Rose . 40 by Allyson Polsky McCabe . 122 · The Code from Beneath Drives the Lines by Marshall Yarbrough . 123 · The Beautiful Weirdness of Javier Cohen by Geoffrey Clarfeld. 124 AL HELD · George Clinton Brothas Be, Yo Like George, Ain’t That Funkin’ Kinda · Troubled Sleep, Sugar High by Siona Wilson . 38 Hard on You?: A Memoir, with Ben Greenman by Kurt Gottschalk. 125 · Outtakes by Steve Dalachinsky . 126 ARTSEEN DANCE · Aleksandar Duravcevic by Phong Bui . 45 · Letter from Copenhagen by Terry R. Myers . 46 · Apparition of a Face in a Crowd by Madison Mainwaring . 128 · Mourning Habits by Adele Tutter. 47 · Lives of (Xavier Le Roy’s) Performers by Jaime Shearn Coan . 129 · Neo Rauch At the Well by Tom McGlynn. 48 · This interview by Stormy Budwig . 130 · Aneta Grzeszykowska SELFIE by David Rhodes . 49 · Beyond “Formal” Complicating Categorizations and Preserving · Cary Smith and Don Voisine: Orthogonal and Diagonal by Joan Waltemath. 49 Street Dance with Rep Your Style by Ali Rosa-Salas . 132 · Liliane Tomasko Into the Darkness by David Carrier. 50 · by Taney Roniger Xu Bing Phoenix: Xu Bing at the Cathedral . 50 FILM · Gillian Wearing We Are Here by Shana Beth Mason . 51 · Bettina Blohm by Jonathan Goodman . 51 · INCONVERSATION Abderrahmane Sissako with Joshua Sperling . 133 · Moby Innocents by Will Corwin . 52 · Towards a Complete Order by Gregory J. Markopoulos. 134 · Michelle Grabner by Kate Liebman. 52 · James Hoff Skywiper by Charlie Schultz . 53 THEATER · Julian Stanczak From Life by Tatiana Istomina . 53 · Chris Ofli Night and Day by Alexander Shulan . 54 · Aggressive Ineffciency: from Stage to Page · Francesco Vezzoli Teatro Romano by Samuel B. Feldblum . 55 INDIALOGUE with Rachel Chavkin and Alec Duffy by Frank Boudreaux . 136 · Tom Otterness Creation Myth by William J. Simmons . 55 · Body Blows: David Anzuelo and the Creation of Violence by Sarah Shaefer . 138 · Louise Bourgeois by Phong Bui . 56 · Richard Pousette-Dart by Phong Bui. 57 POETRY CRITICS PAGE · Two by Julien Poirier . 140 · Dromomania by Divya Victor . 141 · A Tree With Roots by Raymond Foye. 59 · Two by Douglas Kearney . 142 · A Tribute to Rene Ricard. 60 · Introducing Eric Walker . 75 · INCONVERSATION Will Epstein with Marshall Yarbrough . 79 FICTION · from Hoodo Metaphysics by Peter Lamborn Wilson · Somebody’s Got to Sweep the Floors by Craig Garrett. 144 Drawings by Tamara Gonzales .
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