Nightlife, Glamour, Art. DeSe Escobar
Between 2021 and 2022 I kept running into DeSe Escobar. It was always during some art event, just before the…
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In the Mood for Muck. A Conversation with Geo Wyex
Geo Wyex is both hard to characterize and unmistakable when in character, on stage or elsewhere. The New York- born,…
Counter-stances and refusal. A Conversation with Deborah-Joyce Holman
One could easily describe Deborah-Joyce Holman as an “inter-” or “multidisciplinary artist,” though the term merely suggests someone who works…
Full-Circle Horror. A Conversation with James Bantone
I had followed James Bantone on Instagram long before I knew him in real life. I assumed he was an…
Self-Conception in the Making. A Conversation with Tarik Kiswanson
I have often heard others make a distinction between “the artist” and “the person” when talking about their interactions with…
Living in a Material World. A Conversation with Tenant of Culture
In July, Camden Art Centre opened “Soft Acid,” the first institutional exhibition of Tenant of Culture (the anonym for the…
No Word Can Hold the Person. A Conversation with Rindon Johnson
Rindon Johnson’s work is as much about poetry as it is about presence. Poetry, in how the American artist uses…
Beyond the Limits of Empirical Knowledge: Marguerite Humeau's New Way of Thinking and Making
Some might consider Marguerite Humeau’s artistic trajectory unconventional. Coming to art via design, she first studied textile design in France,…
Tishan Hsu: Body Currents
As of late, “prescient” has become the preferred modifier for artist, Tishan Hsu. Indeed, as framed by the recent retrospective…
When Your Smile Is So Wide and Your Heels Are So High: The Paintings of Louisa Gagliardi
My father recently told me how he often walks around the house opening doors and gazing into empty rooms. He…
Misaligned Identities: Raphaela Vogel
When I think back on 2018 there is always something that feels misaligned — a disconnect between myself and the…
Julien Creuzet’s Complex Work: Plastic Poetics, Landscapes, Hybridizations
Born in 1986 in the suburbs of Paris, Julien Creuzet grew up in Martinique before returning to study in the…
Colin Self: On Shadows and Spotlights
Colin Self is a mutable creature. Born and raised in a suburb of Portland, Oregon, with the disarmingly friendly name…
Processing Placelessness: When Screens take Bodies. A Conversation with Shuang Li
For the performance work Lord of the Flies (2021), Shuang Li remotely trained twenty performers, each following a script, to…
Desire Machines: The Art of Kayode Ojo
As part of his recent show at Sweetwater in Berlin, Kayode Ojo presented an ascending row of letterboxes, each opened…
Metro Pictures (1980-2021). Expressionism embarrasses me. A conversation with Janelle Reiring and Helene Winer
Originally published in Flash Art International no. 133, April 1987. I met Helene Winer when she was still at Artists…