Reviews Christian Campos “Fruitless” at Cleaner Gallery + Projects Lauren Iacoponi October 20, 2020 Cleaner Gallery + ProjectsChristian Campos While cats want to be both the seeker and predator, “we undermine their instinct with a flashlight that blows their somewhat inconspicuous hunting zones with their own [glowing] eyes.”
Interviews Accrochage: An interview with David Robbins Matt Cook September 24, 2020 Are you strong enough and inventive enough to be an artist without also pursuing the conventions that are part of the package of the art system’s support?
Reviews Cameron Spratley, “730” at M. LeBlanc Cassidy Early September 8, 2020 M. LeBlancCameron Spratley The eyes are tired, the characters beneath may contain multitudes, but what you’re seeing are masks.
Reviews “What Remains” at DFBRL8R Mána Taylor Hjörleifsdóttir May 31, 2020 ARC GalleryDFBRL8RAshley HollingsheadDoro SerorFrans Van LentHeeran LeeIeke TrinksJoseph RavensJoshua McGarveySungjae Lee I let the word sacredness sink in. I thought about how performing could be seen as a sacred act.
Editorials Writing Art: A Conversation About CAW Ben McElroy Fuqua & Brit Barton & Dan Gunn & Marlo Koch April 12, 2020 I just want to make sure we can help everyone as much as possible in the ecology. Even if it’s a bad review, it still means someone is paying attention.
Reviews “Return To The Everywhere” at Weinberg/Newton Gallery Ciera Mckissick March 29, 2020 Weinberg / Newton GalleryGwyneth Zeleny AndersonJesse McLeanSadie WoodsSayward SchoonmakerSonnenzimmer Return to the Everywhere is centered around “truth, fiction, objectivity, bias, and belief,” topics that have been thrust forward in modern-day media in our current “post-truth” society.
Reviews Morgan Mandalay “On Colonus” at Extase Cassidy Early February 23, 2020 ExtaseMorgan Mandalay The story of Oedipus, blind and searching, a man of many sins but one of them ignorance, wandering through Mandalay’s burning paradise, questions the possibility of optimism while digging into its necessity. What does it mean to push forward in the dark?
Reviews “Restraint” at the Leather Archives & Museum Annette LePique January 5, 2020 Leather Archives & MuseumRoman SusanAmina RossJenyu WangJessica Pierotti Pierotti instrumentalizes the body to magnify the significance and intimacy of small gestures. The piece opens on a dark screen when the viewer hears the strike of several matches.