Extinction and Extraction: Archival Politics in the Work of Jumana Manna
Every year when I teach my art history class deconstructing the Western tradition of modernism I start with Romanticism, anchoring…
Jane Ursula Harris
Inventing Male Archetypes that Privilege Softness and Introspection: Devan Shimoyama
Looking back at the Whitney Museum of American Art’s landmark exhibition “Black Male: Representations of Masculinity in Contemporary American Art”…
Berenice Olmedo: The Myth of Autonomy
My first introduction to Berenice Olmedo’s work, which encompasses sculpture, performance, and installation, was a photo of the artist dressed…
Catalina Ouyang: Perilous Embodiment
It’s easy to be led to the abyss. — Cixin Liu Catalina Ouyang sees their multimedia practice — an amalgam…
Against Passive Seeing: Shaun Leonardo
Exploring issues of race and masculinity, Shaun Leonardo’s multimedia practice exposes and redresses the white supremacist power structures that oppress…
Genesis Breyer P-Orridge
Summing up the iconic life of dear friend and legendary provocateur Genesis Breyer P-Orridge would be a daunting task in…
After the Master: The Copy as Origin and Renewal
Go to any major museum to see ancient Greek statuary and you’ll find wall labels that read “Roman copy.” It’s…
When Body Horror Meets Fairy Tale: The Films of Marianna Simnett
In her legendary 1991 essay “The Cyborg Manifesto,” Donna Haraway described a world that many of us then dismissed as…