The Game
by William PowhidaArtSeen
Get recognition. Get the gallery. Get in museums. You'll need some help.
Learning From White Castle
by Dave KimLocal
From August 13 to 16, 2010, I ate at White Castle #100034 on 781 Metropolitan Avenue in East Williamsburg 11 times. I live around the corner from the restaurant and use it to guide friends to my apartment all the time (pass the White Castle, make a right), but have never actually eaten there prior to this undertaking.
The Spring Festival
by Xiaoda XiaoExpress
When I was 20 years old, and a college student, I defaced a portrait of Chairman Mao. For this act, and without a trial, I was declared a political prisoner and sent to a forced labor prison in Taihu Lake, where I served in a labor reform brigadein this instance, a stone quarryfor seven years.
ART IS A POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY: Paolo Canevari with Francesca Pietropaolo
by Francesca PietropaoloArt
On the occasion of his forthcoming exhibition Odi et Amo at Galleria nazionale darte moderna e contemporanea in Rome (October 9 November 7, 2010), Paolo Canevari met with art historian and curator Francesca Pietropaolo to discussamong other thingsart, superheroes, and simplicity.
ELEPHANTS AND HELICOPTERS: Dinh Q. Lê with Carolee Thea
by Carolee TheaArt
Helicopters played a significant military role during the Vietnam War and became a resonant symbol for the Vietnamese. Now at MoMA, Dinh Q. Lê, the Vietnamese-American artist, is exhibiting a helicopter fashioned from scrap parts by two Vietnamese farmers.
John Elderfield with Phong Bui
by Phong BuiArt
On the occasion of Matisse: Radical Invention, 1913 1917 at the MoMA (July 18 October 11, 2010), John Elderfield, who co-organized the exhibition, stopped by Art International Radio to talk with Rail publisher, Phong Bui, about the exhibit.
Coming this Week
by Theodore HammThe Rail's extra-special 10th anniversary issue will be out by 10/7. Please join us in celebrating at one (or more) of our upcoming events.
- Johns and Warhol (Again) by John Yau
- Alabama Picasso by Ben La Rocco
- Twilight of The Gods by Thomas Micchelli
- BRENDA GOODMAN Work 1990 2010 by John Yau
- HEAT WAVES IN MY CORTEX Charles Burchfield, British Petroleum, and The Invisible Fire by Craig Olson
- SUZAN FRECON Recent Painting by Joan Waltemath
- KITSCH AND THE AVANT-GARDE How the Brotherhoods Set the Stage for Utopia by Robert C. Morgan
- RIVANE NEUENSCHWANDER A Day Like Any Other by Kara L. Rooney
- The Summer Ramp Down by Shane McAdams
- SARAH RAPSON Transcendental Materialism by Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle
- The Game by William Powhida
- WORK OF ART TALK Critics on Bad TV by Patricia Milder
- RESTORATION PROJECT Work of Art by Sharon Butler
- BROOKLYN DISPATCHES: "Even the Truth Needs Propaganda" by James Kalm
- PAUL RAMÍREZ JONAS Key to the City by Cora Fisher
- The Ghost in the Dreamachine by Valery Oisteanu
- BABETTE MANGOLTE Presence, Movement and Stills by Cora Fisher
- JILL MAGID A Reasonable Man in a Box by Michael Straus
- YVES KLEIN With the Void, Full Powers by Greg Lindquist
- SITE SANTA FE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL The Dissolve by Phong Bui
- LIUBO BORISSOV crowdsource by Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata
- JENNIE C. JONES Electric by Sophie Landres
- THE DAWN OF MODERNISM: Early Twentieth-Century Mexican Photography by David St.-Lascaux
- HAUNTOLOGY by Liz Wing
- FRANCIS ALS A Story of Deception by Sherman Sam
Deborah Kass with Terry R. Myers
by Terry R. MyersArt
Lecturer, critic, and independent curator Terry R. Myers recently spoke with artist Deborah Kass, whose forthcoming exhibition MORE feel good paintings for feel bad times will show at Paul Kasmin Gallery September 23 - October 30, 2010, about her life and work.
Frederic Tuten with John Reed
by John ReedBooks
I met Frederic Tuten at the diner we only managed to identify as, that place a block down from the Strand, where we talked about his essays, his short stories, and his five novels and his interest in the visual arts.
BERBER BANJOS AND GNAWA TOADS: Searching for the Sounds of Marrakech
by Kurt GottschalkMusic
There are certain things we expect of common spaces, reliable markers to help us move through the public sphere. If were at a shopping mall, we expect signs telling us where the exits are.
Dark Charlie
by Laird HuntFiction
The summer I returned from teaching English in Japan, my Grandmother bought me a spark-blue 1991 Isuzu Amigo with retractable canvas top and on-demand four-wheel drive.
Five for Kenneth Fearing
by Owen HillPoetry
Crime novelist Owen Hill is trying to make a comeback as a poet. His new chapbook is Songs from the G.E. Collective (San Francisco).
Full Contents
Local
- Sunset Park Womens Cooperative Says SI SE PUEDE! by Eleanor J. Bader
- City Notes by Theodore Hamm
- Learning From White Castle by Dave Kim
- A Windy Path by Katy Bolger
- The Staten Island Ferry Terminal by John Byron Kuhner
- Finding God in a Watering Hole by Erika Eichelberger
Express
- 1984 2.0: Gary Shteyngart with Alessandro Cassin by Alessandro Cassin
- SIR FRANK KERMODE AND SHIGEO TOKUDA: Scholar and Porn Star by Christopher G. Moore
- The Spring Festival by Xiaoda Xiao
- ART ATTACK by John Reed
- A REAL FUTURE: Sam Green with Astra Taylor by Astra Taylor
- Art of Theft by Abbey Margulies
- Wes Is Moore by Christopher Michel
- Ellison's Latest by Lester Pimentel
- Bourdain's Grill by Katie Rolnick
- The Imperfect Storm by Michael Terry
- Never Stop Writing by Allen Wilcox
Art
- ART IS A POLITICAL OPPORTUNITY: Paolo Canevari with Francesca Pietropaolo by Francesca Pietropaolo
- ELEPHANTS AND HELICOPTERS: Dinh Q. Lê with Carolee Thea by Carolee Thea
- John Elderfield with Phong Bui by Phong Bui
- Deborah Kass with Terry R. Myers by Terry R. Myers
ArtSeen
- Johns and Warhol (Again) by John Yau
- Alabama Picasso by Ben La Rocco
- Twilight of The Gods by Thomas Micchelli
- BRENDA GOODMAN Work 1990 2010 by John Yau
- HEAT WAVES IN MY CORTEX Charles Burchfield, British Petroleum, and The Invisible Fire by Craig Olson
- SUZAN FRECON Recent Painting by Joan Waltemath
- KITSCH AND THE AVANT-GARDE How the Brotherhoods Set the Stage for Utopia by Robert C. Morgan
- RIVANE NEUENSCHWANDER A Day Like Any Other by Kara L. Rooney
- The Summer Ramp Down by Shane McAdams
- SARAH RAPSON Transcendental Materialism by Geoffrey Cruickshank-Hagenbuckle
- The Game by William Powhida
- WORK OF ART TALK Critics on Bad TV by Patricia Milder
- RESTORATION PROJECT Work of Art by Sharon Butler
- BROOKLYN DISPATCHES: "Even the Truth Needs Propaganda" by James Kalm
- PAUL RAMÍREZ JONAS Key to the City by Cora Fisher
- The Ghost in the Dreamachine by Valery Oisteanu
- BABETTE MANGOLTE Presence, Movement and Stills by Cora Fisher
- JILL MAGID A Reasonable Man in a Box by Michael Straus
- YVES KLEIN With the Void, Full Powers by Greg Lindquist
- SITE SANTA FE EIGHTH INTERNATIONAL BIENNIAL The Dissolve by Phong Bui
- LIUBO BORISSOV crowdsource by Gail Victoria Braddock Quagliata
- JENNIE C. JONES Electric by Sophie Landres
- THE DAWN OF MODERNISM: Early Twentieth-Century Mexican Photography by David St.-Lascaux
- HAUNTOLOGY by Liz Wing
- FRANCIS ALS A Story of Deception by Sherman Sam
Books
- Declan Spring with Finn Harvor by Finn Harvor
- Frederic Tuten with John Reed by John Reed
- BLAZING SUNBURSTS AND HOWLING MONKEYS: David Winner with Andrea Scrima by Andrea Scrima
- Works on Paper by Johannah Rodgers
- Theater of Cruelty by Jeffrey Stanley
- Emerging from the Fog by Sarah Gerard
- Are You Sure Species Exist? by Miranda Mellis
- RAPID TRANSIT by Jeffrey Cyphers Wright
Music
- BERBER BANJOS AND GNAWA TOADS: Searching for the Sounds of Marrakech by Kurt Gottschalk
- BAM Agonistes by George Grella
- NEWTOWN RADIO: Brooklyn's First Rock Radio Station by Mimi Luse
- Endless Summer by Kate Silver
- Outtakes by Steve Dalachinsky
- Persuasive Percussion by Julie Kocsis
Dance
- Capture It by Quinn Batson
- Editor's Note by Mary Love Hodges
- LETTER TO A CRITIC: Finding the Right Words to Say the Right Things by Mario A. Zambrano
- Mount Tremper Arts, A Patchwork Impression by Patricia Milder
- A Studio of One's Own by Mary Love Hodges
Film
- WANNA TALK MORE ABOUT FEUERBACH? A Near Century of Vampire Films by Sarahjane Blum
- Never Insignificant by Julia Sirmons
- Olivier Assayas Carlos by Sean Glass
- Muzzle Blasts, Cleavage, and Paddle Balls on the Repertory Circuit by Bruce Bennett
- An Interview with Benj Gerdes and Jennifer Hayashida by Penny Lane
Theater
- Filling the Void: Indie Performance Publishing by Alexis Clements
- Gregory S. Moss Is Not A Prodigy by Mallery Avidon
- The Vision Disturbance of Christina Masciotti by Meghan Falvey
Fiction
- Dark Charlie by Laird Hunt
- from LOVE by Sarah French
- from LETTERS TO MADELEINE by Guillame Apollinaire and translated from the French by Donald Nicholson-Smith
- Tragic Strip by T. Motley
- Tommy's Well by Bruce Seymour
- Shitty Mickey by John Reed and Michele Witchipoo
Poetry
- Five for Kenneth Fearing by Owen Hill
- Self-Portrait Wishing I Were Li Po by Benjamin Gantcher
- Two by Matt Reeck
- Two by Bakar Wilson
Editor's Message
- Coming this Week by Theodore Hamm



