Category Archives: Reviews

Arts and culture reviews published in news media.

A Blizzard of Paint and Objects: Joyce Pensato Makes Pop Culture Her Own

Posted on February 17, 2022 by melissa

Feb. 10, 2021 in artcritical Joyce Pensato at Petzel Gallery Installation shot of the exhibition under review showing Joyce Pensato, Daisy, 2012, to the right. Courtesy of Petzel Gallery, New York Joyce Pensato’s 2012 exhibition, Batman Returns, although her third … Continue reading →

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An Outsider Artist Channels His Demons Into Uniquely Funny and Dark Compositions

Posted on September 14, 2021 by melissa

Jan. 31, 2020 in Hyperallergic On display at the Museum of Contemporary Art Georgia, works of Benjamin Jones project deep sorrow as well as an unvanquished ray of optimism. Benjamin Jones, “Isolating the Disease” from the Isolation Series (2003), graphite … Continue reading →

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Testing ( yet again)

Posted on August 18, 2021 by melissa

Hey folks! This blog has been broken for the past six months. That’s why you haven’t gotten anything Did ya miss me? Here we go … Please let me know with a comment if you get this email. Many thanks- … Continue reading →

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Testing one- two-three !

Posted on May 18, 2021 by melissa

This is a test, this is only a test. No need to duck and shelter!!…… Running a test email to check on the site health here.  

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Hermannsburg Potters

Posted on May 17, 2021 by melissa

Reposting from March 2016. Originally in Hyperllergic Aboriginal Women in Australia Celebrate Their Football Heroes with Pottery Rona Rubunjta Arrente’s “I’m Black” (2015) (left); Ngala Wheeler’s “Brotherhood” (2015) (right) in ‘Our Land is Alive: Hermannsburg Potters for Kids continues’ at … Continue reading →

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The Urgent and Necessary Images of Shahidul Alam

Posted on January 19, 2021 by melissa

Published Jan. 8, 2020 in Hyperallergic At the Rubin Museum of Art, ” Truth to Power” spotlights Alam’s tireless documentation of over 40 years of struggle and change in his native Bangladesh. Shahidul Alam, “Smriti Azad at Protest at Shaheed … Continue reading →

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A Memorial to Crimes Against Women and Children in Ghostly Glass

Posted on September 11, 2020 by melissa

Published in Hyperallergic August 22, 2019 Northern Irish artist Alison Lowry addresses the 200 years of crimes perpetrated by the Catholic Church in collaboration with the Irish state. Alison, Lowry, “Instead of the fragrance there will be stench; instead of … Continue reading →

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Figural Sculptures That Weave an Enigmatic Story of Disassociation and Isolation

Posted on January 15, 2020 by melissa

Claudette Schreuders’s most recent show at Jack Shainman gallery, In the Bedroom is perhaps both her most revealing and most enigmatic body of work to date. published June 17. 2019 Install shot: “School Days” (2019) Lime wood, enamel paint. 10 x 9.) … Continue reading →

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Posted on November 1, 2019 by melissa

Claudette Schreuders occupies an intriguing place in the contemporary art world. Born in South Africa in 1973, before the end of apartheid, but in the center of its crumbling, her work has always elegantly danced the line between the personal and the political. Mention … Continue reading →

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An Exhibition About a Book That Rejuvenated an Indigenous Culture

Posted on April 15, 2019 by melissa

The show tells a success story not often heard in the world of Indigenous art and culture, chronicling how the Boas/Hunt book has acted as a guide for contemporary Kwakiutl peoples. Melissa Stern March 14, 2019 Settee back, unknown Kwakwaka’wakw maker, … Continue reading →

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