Globalizations Underside: Sex Trafficking in Brooklyn
by Claire HoffmanLocal
The sordid business of human trafficking, which includes enslavement in agricultural work, sweatshops, domestic labor, and prostitution, is rapidly expanding. And with its growing immigrant population, experts say, parts of New York City, including Brooklyn and Queens, have become hot spots in a trade that the International Labor Organization has described as the underside of globalization.
Tehching Hsieh
by Delia Bajo and Brainard CareyArt
Tehching Hsieh is a pioneer of Performance Art. He has been called a "master" by Marina Abramovic and appears in almost every book written on the subject. He did six extraordinary one-year performances.
The Man Who Carried His Art in His Pocket
by Robert C. MorganArt
Having written about Minimal and Conceptual art over the years, I became aware, shortly after discovering the news of Fred Sandbacks recent passing, that I had never actually written about his work. There are certain artists who are highly respected and whose art has an original and persistent quality, yet who miss the critical attention they deserve.
James Siena Gorney, Bravin + Lee
by Stephanie BuhmannArtSeen
James Sienas third solo exhibition at Gorney Bravin + Lee features seventy-eight works on paper that emanate with life and expressive individuality. Among these innovative abstractions in graphite, ink, and colored pencil are thirty notational drawings assembled in the gallerys small back room.
The American Effect
by Jill ConnerArtSeen
There is no question that American policies and globalization have oppressed citizens in Second and Third World countries. The riots waged against the WTO convention in Seattle in 1999 protested the use of corporate sweatshops, where low-wage laborers have literally worked their lives away while creating commodities for Western capitalist markets.
Two Men Named Davis
by Theodore HammOut of the torrent of news reports about the recent tragedy at City Hall emerged a portrait of City Councilman James Davis as a charismatic, streetwise and principled progressive politicianresponsive to his local constituents, and, perhaps, accessible to a fault.
- Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism by Jim Long
- The American Effect by Jill Conner
- Outpost by William Powhida
- Kehinde Wiley: Faux Real by Nick Stillman
- James Siena Gorney, Bravin + Lee by Stephanie Buhmann
- Thomas Ruff New Work by Megan Heuer
- Geoff Davis by James Kalm
- No, Trespassing by Stephanie Buhmann
- Focus Group by William Powhida
- Gandalf Gavan and Susanna Heller by Benjamin La Rocco
- Future Species by Benjamin La Rocco
- An exhibition of Five Contemporary Thai Artists by Karen Demaviva
- from print edition web exclusive Letter from London by Katie Stone
Paul Auster
by John ReedBooks
Paul Austers 10 novels include, most recently, The Book of Illusions, which comes out in paperback from Picador this August. He has also written several books of poetry, as well as screenplays including Smoke and Blue in the Face (both 1995).
Full Contents
Local
- Globalizations Underside: Sex Trafficking in Brooklyn by Claire Hoffman
- The Truth in Greensboro Starts in Brooklyn by Marjory Garrison
- in memoriam: James E. Davis (1962-2003) by Howard Pitsch
- Power (Plant) Politics by Theodore Hamm
- Showdown at Verizon by Ryan Grim
- Profile: Brooklyns King of Suds by Ewan Brown
- Comidas Buenas en Brooklyn by Adriana Velez
- Houseguestiquette: A Guide by Lisa Rosman
Express
- For the Dismissal of Objectivity in News by Williams Cole
- Letter From Palestine: Searching For Eliyahu Gorey by Robert S. Eshelman
- Perspectives on Party Politics: Part 1 by Peter Dolack
- THE WORLD OF SECRET AFFINITIES: Remembering Isaac Babel and Walter Benjamin by Andy Merrifield
- 9/11: Surfs Up by Jeff Taylor
Art
- The Man Who Carried His Art in His Pocket by Robert C. Morgan
- Tehching Hsieh by Delia Bajo and Brainard Carey
- José Antonio Hernández-Diez by Daniel Baird
ArtSeen
- Kazimir Malevich: Suprematism by Jim Long
- The American Effect by Jill Conner
- Outpost by William Powhida
- Kehinde Wiley: Faux Real by Nick Stillman
- James Siena Gorney, Bravin + Lee by Stephanie Buhmann
- Thomas Ruff New Work by Megan Heuer
- Geoff Davis by James Kalm
- No, Trespassing by Stephanie Buhmann
- Focus Group by William Powhida
- Gandalf Gavan and Susanna Heller by Benjamin La Rocco
- Future Species by Benjamin La Rocco
- An exhibition of Five Contemporary Thai Artists by Karen Demaviva
- from print edition web exclusive Letter from London by Katie Stone
Books
- Paul Auster by John Reed
- Richard Cummings by Alan Lockwood
- The Postmodern Condition by Jim Feast
- Darkness at the Edge of Town by Reed Jackson
- Eres un Perdador? by Thea Goodman
- Out of the Picture by Tomassio Longhi
Music
- Nels Cline: The Many Loves of a Musical Chameleon by Bethany Ryker
- reviews: Todd Snider Near Truths and Hotel Rooms by Jason Gross
- Chris Whitley: Cultural Asylum by KK Kozik
Dance
- DanceBrazils Camará by Shanti Crawford
- The Lithuanians of Fresh Death by Laura Barcella
- A Choreographer in Search of A Style by Vanessa Manko
Film
- Teen Power: From American Brands to Foreign Brandos by Galen Williams
- From Dogme 95 to Dogville: A Scatological Survey by Jocelyn Glei
- A Different Kind of Kodak by Lisa Rosman
Theater
- Brooklyn in the Fringe by Brook Stowe
- Cruising Through The Lost and Found with Lisa DAmour by C. Denby Swanson
- A Prediction: The Rural Theater Movement by Gary Winter
- Menopause, The Dream by Coleman Hough
Fiction
- part three of three in a series: Beyond Hope by Elizabeth Redding
- State of the Nation by Douglas Glover
- Outside by Rodgers Johannah
- Rikki Ducornet by Ellen Pearlman
- Soon by Alex Orlovsky
Poetry
- Jeremy Sigler by Jeremy Sigler
- To Micah Ballard in San Francisco by Geoffrey Young
- In Memory of My FeelingsFrank OHara by Mary Jo Bang
- Table Turning by Mary Jo Bang
- Bunting in Isla Vista by Geoffrey Young
- Confession by Geoffrey Young
- Cursive Landscape by Mary Jo Bang
- Five Queasy Pieces by Clayton Eshleman
- The First World by Clayton Eshleman
LastWords
- Amazon Steam Engine by V.S. Pearl
Editor's Message
- Two Men Named Davis by Theodore Hamm



