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Category Archives: Reviews
Focusing on Photo Portraits at New York’s Contemporary African Art Fair
May 6, 2016 in Hyperallergic The 2016 edition of 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair at Pioneer Works (photo by the author for Hyperallergic) The second edition of 1:54 Contemporary African Art Fair opened today at Pioneer Works in Red Hook, … Continue reading
Grayson Perry’s Subversive and Psychosexual World
in Hyperallergic on April 28, 2016 Grayson Perry, “Sex and Drugs and Earthenware” (1995) (detail), glazed ceramic, 54 x 24.5 cm (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) SYDNEY — The Museum of Contemporary Art (MCA) Australia has mounted the … Continue reading
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Tagged ceramics, drawing, Freud, Grayson Perry, Jung, Melissa Stern, Museum of Contemporary Art Australia, Pottery William Hogarth, Tapestry, Transvestite
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A New Municipal Gallery in San Francisco Keeps Its Focus on the Bay Area
In Hyperallergic on February 12, 2016 Opening night of the new San Francisco Arts Commission (SFAC) Gallery (all photos courtesy the San Francisco Arts Commission) SAN FRANCISCO — The 1960s upset the status quo in nearly all realms of American life. … Continue reading
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At Harlem’s First Children’s Museum, Artworks Strike Up Conversations
January 29, 2016 in Hyperallergic Gallery text in ‘Txt: art, language, media’ at the Sugar Hill Children’s Museum of Art & Storytelling (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) In October 2015 the first children’s museum in Harlem opened its … Continue reading
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The Vast Possibilities of Tiny Collage and Assemblage
In Hyperallergic January 15, 2016 Mary Bauermeister, “Lens Box Pencil Theater” (1969), mixed-media assemblage, 6 x 6 x 4 1/2 inches (all images courtesy Pavel Zoubok Gallery, New York, unless otherwise noted) You might want to bring your reading glasses … Continue reading
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Tagged Assemblage, collage, Jean Dubuffet, Melissa Stern, Pavel Zoubok Gallery, Robert Rauschenberg, Romare Bearden
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The Calmer, Contemplative Mood of Francis Bacon’s Late Paintings
posted in Hyperallergic December 7, 2015 “Self-Portrait” (1978), oil on canvas, 78 x 58 inches (Private Collection, © The Estate of Francis Bacon, all rights reserved / DACS, London / ARS, NY 2015 photography by Robert McKeever, courtesy Gagosian Gallery) … Continue reading
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Tagged Figuartive painting, Francis Bacon, Gagosian Gallery, Irish painter
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The Psychological Depth of Jim Shaw’s Pop Culture Dreamscapes
September 17, 2015 In Hyperallergic Jim Shaw, “The Burning Bush” (2013) (detail), acrylic on muslin backdrop with two acrylic, muslin and plywood cut-outs (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) NORTH ADAMS, Mass. — There’s a big, funny, emotional, and … Continue reading
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Tagged BBC Worldservice, Jim Shaw, MASS MoCA, Melissa Stern, Superman
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The Raw and Stylish Designs of 20th-Century American Protest Posters
September 2, 2015 in Hyperallergic Three uptown cultural institutions in New York City this summer have had significant exhibitions devoted to the history of art and social activism. Taken together, they paint an arresting portrait of the role of artists … Continue reading
Viola Frey: Painterly Surfaces on Canvases of Clay
in Hyperallergic June 17, 2015 Installation view of Viola Frey, “Falling Man In Suit” (1991), ceramic, 74 x 89 x 73 inches (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic) Viola Frey, a powerful woman and rule-busting artist, has not been … Continue reading
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Tagged Bay Area Art, ceramics, David Park, glaze, Melissa Stern, Peter Voulkos, Richard Diebenkorn, Robert Arneson, Viola Frey
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A Three-Year Cinematic Journey Across 25 Countries at the Jewish Museum
Published in Hyperallergic on May 26, 2015 Ayisha Abraham, ‘I Saw a God Dance’ (2011), video, sound, 19 min, 28 sec (courtesy the artist, all images courtesy the Jewish Museum) Tucked away in a corner of the permanent collection of … Continue reading