Reviews “Solidary & Solitary: The Joyner/Giuffrida Collection” and “Smart to the Core: Embodying the Self” at the Smart Museum of Art Ciera Mckissick March 16, 2019 Smart Museum of ArtAmanda WilliamsAna MendietaBethany CollinsCarrie Mae WeemGeng JianyiGillian WearingGlenn LigonHank Willis ThomasKevin BeasleyLeonardo DrewLynette Yiadom-BoakyeMelvin EdwardsNorman LewisSam GilliamSamuel Levi JonesShinique SmithTavares Strachan Williams, continuing her art-meets-architecture exploration of Chicago’s geographic racial and resource inequalities, references the practice of ‘redlining’ by filling in cracks in the tile floor with red enamel paint throughout the museum’s foyer.
Interviews Quiet Storm: An Interview with Ayanah Moor and Krista Franklin Dan Gunn October 25, 2017 Produce ModelAyanah MoorKrista Franklin How can we create a kind of black space and what are the possibilities of that space to not limit, to not be singular? This can be a kind of emerging activity or a space for the sensual. It’s not so open that it has no meaning but it’s open in terms of imaging a possibility that’s not reductive.