“Imitation of Life” is the first institutional solo exhibition in Europe by Carissa Rodriguez. The exhibition centers on a new video work created during the first year in the life of the artist’s first child and opens soon after the baby turns one. The production timeline for the artist coincides with the period known as “primary maternal preoccupation”—a mindset of …
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The Badass Punk Life of Kay Turner
Kay Turner in a performance promotion for the What a Witch performance series (photo collage by Vanessa Haney, all images courtesy the artist) This article is part of Hyperallergic’s 2024 Pride Month series, featuring interviews with art-world queer and trans elders throughout June. This week, 75-year-old artist and scholar Kay Turner will take the stage at Brooklyn’s Branded Saloon with her feminist-lesbian …
Read More »“Anomaly” by Artist So Youn Lee
A new body of work by South Korea-born, Los Angeles-based artist So Youn Lee (previously featured here). Known for her ethereal, dream-like aesthetic, Lee’s work centres around a genderless character named Mango who embodies the essence of human wonder. This, and other mystic figures within her pieces, are inspired by human aspirations and qualities ranging from the endearing and angelic …
Read More »In ‘A Thousand Cuts,’ Sujata Setia’s Powerful Portraits Expose Domestic Abuse — Colossal
Art Photography #paper #portraits #Sujata Setia June 26, 2024 Kate Mothes “पिंजर (Bastille).” All images © Sujata Setia, shared with permission For centuries in southeast Asia, lingchi was employed as a particularly brutal form of torture in which a knife was used to methodically remove parts of the body over long periods. Translated as “death by a thousand cuts,” …
Read More »Haris Epaminonda “VOL. XXXII” at Galleria Massimo Minini, Brescia
As we continue with the lucky series of plain-spoken press releases, arises from the text “How NOT TO write a press release,” we reach the end of another season (from September to July). Year #51 of this wonderful adventure . . . When we first met Haris Epaminonda as a promising young woman, we fell in love with her way …
Read More »Florida Art Orgs Scrambling After DeSantis Cuts All Culture Grants
Hundreds of visual and performing arts spaces across Florida were shocked to learn that Republican Governor Ron DeSantis vetoed $32 million in allocated funding for the state’s arts and culture budget. DeSantis signed off on the decision on Wednesday, June 12, only weeks before the July 1 start date of the fiscal year — the first in state history in …
Read More »Creating Hundreds of Colors, La Maison du Pastel Continues a 300-Year-Old Tradition — Colossal
Art History #art history #color #color theory #pastel June 25, 2024 Kate Mothes With roots dating back to early 18th-century Paris, La Maison du Pastel has the distinction of being the world’s oldest manufacturer of pastels. Producing more than 1,800 unique colors from high-quality pigments still mixed and rolled by hand, the material has been used by artists for …
Read More »“Parallel Cities II” at Nature Morte, Mumbai
Drawing inspiration from Calvino’s visionary narrative, “Parallel Cities” serves as a stage to the intricate intersections of urban life, personal narratives, and the collective human experience. Each artist featured in this exhibition offers a unique perspective, weaving together diverse mediums and conceptual frameworks to invite viewers into a kaleidoscopic exploration of the human condition. “Parallel Cities” aims to evoke introspection …
Read More »All the Beauty and the Tenderness of Nan Goldin
American photographer, artist, and activist Nan Goldin (photo by Max Cramer, courtesy the aritst) This article is part of Hyperallergic’s 2024 Pride Month series, featuring interviews with art-world queer and trans elders throughout June. How audacious was it of me to use my cracked iPhone 13 to snap photos of Nan Goldin — and in the intimacy of her home, no less. …
Read More »All the Beauty and the Tenderness of Nan Goldin
American photographer, artist, and activist Nan Goldin (photo by Max Cramer, courtesy the aritst) This article is part of Hyperallergic’s 2024 Pride Month series, featuring interviews with art-world queer and trans elders throughout June. How audacious was it of me to use my cracked iPhone 13 to snap photos of Nan Goldin — and in the intimacy of her home, no less. …
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