NSE #894 | Rachel Feinstein and Andrew Woolbright, with Rachel James

Rachel Feinstein in Florence Artist Rachel Feinstein joins Rail Editor-at-Large Andrew Woolbright for a conversation. We conclude with a poetry reading by Rachel James. The New Social Environment #894 Recorded on Friday, September 8, 2023 at 1 p.m. Eastern / 10 a.m. Pacific brooklynrail.org/events/2023/09/08/rachel-feinstei… 〰️〰️〰️〰️ In this talk: 🚩 Rachel Feinstein —— Born in Fort Defiance, Arizona, and raised in Miami, Rachel Feinstein received a BA in 1993 from Columbia University, New York, where she studied religion, philosophy, and studio art. Her work was included in the first iteration of MoMA PS1’s Greater New York in 2000, and her first career survey, Maiden, Mother, Crone at the Jewish Museum, New York (2019–21), presented three decades of her sculptures, paintings, and videos and was accompanied by a major monograph. In 2023, Feinstein’s exhibition Façade was at the SCAD Museum of Art, Savannah. Also in 2023, a multipart project exhibits Feinstein’s paintings and sculpture in dialogue with Baroque and Renaissance masterworks across three museums in Florence: Palazzo Medici Riccardi, Museo Stefano Bardini, and Museo Marino Marini. 🚩 Andrew Woolbright —— Artist, curator, and critic Andrew Woolbright is based in Brooklyn, New York, and is an MFA graduate from RISD in painting. Woolbright is the founder and director of the gallery Below Grand located on the Lower East Side in New York. In addition to curating, he is an Editor-at-Large at the Brooklyn Rail. In 2021, Woolbright curated the show Density Betrays Us with Angela Dufresne and Cash Ragona at the Hole; and curated shows at Provincetown Fine Arts Work Center and Hesse Flatow in the summer or 2022. He currently teaches at School of Visual Arts and Pratt Insititute and is a 2021-2022 resident at the Sharpe Walentas Studio Program in Dumbo. • In the rail: brooklynrail.org/contributor/Andrew-Paul-Woolbrigh… • www.andrewwoolbright.com/ • www.instagram.com/andrewwoolbright 〰️〰️〰️〰️ The Rail has a tradition of ending our conversations with a poem, and on this day we were fortunate to have Rachel James: 🚩 Rachel James —— Rachel James (b. Toronto, Canada) is a poet and artist with a background in experimental ethnography. She is the author of An Eros Encyclopedia (Wendy’s Subway, 2022), and her poems have been published by The Recluse and Form IV. She has presented her work in the United States, Canada, and Europe, including at Miguel Abreu Gallery and Essex Flowers in New York City, Kelly Writers House in Philadelphia, The New Gallery in Calgary, and Totaldobže in Riga. As an audio documentarian she has worked with BBC Radio, WNYC, The Organist, and others. She lives in New York City, Lenapehoking. • www.instagram.com/a_snails_tomb 〰️〰️〰️〰️ We'd like to thank the The Terra Foundation for American Art for making our daily conversations possible, and for their support of our growing archive. • Follow @terraamericanart www.instagram.com/terraamericanart/ • Learn more at www.terraamericanart.org/ 〰️〰️〰️〰️ This conversation was produced by THE BROOKLYN RAIL: • Learn more about our upcoming conversations at: brooklynrail.org/events • Subscribe to the Rail: brooklynrail.org/subscribe • Sign up for our newsletter: brooklynrail.org/newsletter • Follow us on Instagram: www.instagram.com/brooklynrail/

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