Category Archives: Reviews

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The Chameleonic Cate Blanchett Brings 20th-Century Art Manifestos to Life

Posted on January 25, 2017 by melissa

Dec. 16, 2016 In the 13-screen video installation Manifesto, Cate Blanchett plays sharply different characters while reading polemical 20th-century manifestos. Her transformation is astonishing. Installation of Julian Rosefeldt’s Manifesto at Park Avenue Armory (photo by James Ewing) I’ve been following … Continue reading →

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This is only a Test!!!!

Posted on January 6, 2017 by melissa

    Hey folks- Have had some trouble with this server and the blog was knocked off-line. So this is a test email. No need to respond ( unless you want to say howdy!) Thanks Melissa

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An Army of Female Power Figures Stands Against Injustice

Posted on December 30, 2016 by melissa

in Hyperallergic 17, 2016 Vanessa German’s show packs a punch, and is especially powerful in the context of the national politics of the past year. Vanessa German, “The Boxer” (left) and “No Water Cleaner” (right) (all photos by the author … Continue reading →

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Dance Till You Drop- New Work by Alex Prager

Posted on November 16, 2016 by melissa

October 13, 2016 in Hyperallergic Alex Prager, “La Grande Sortie” (2015), six archival pigment prints, single-channel video with color and sound on blue-ray disc and thumbdrive, storyboards dimensions of prints to be determined duration: 10 minutes (image courtesy the artist … Continue reading →

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An Artist’s Fantastical Dioramas Fill a Tiny Store Along the Hudson

Posted on October 23, 2016 by melissa

in Hyperallergic. Sept. 26, 2016 Matthew Pleva, “July 20, 1969” (2009), 13 1/2 x 9 x 91/4 inches, graphite on paper water color, balsa, brass rod, vintage television (all photos by the author for Hyperallergic unless otherwise noted) KINGSTON, New … Continue reading →

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Focusing on Photo Portraits at New York’s Contemporary African Art Fair

Posted on May 23, 2016 by melissa

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 →

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Grayson Perry’s Subversive and Psychosexual World

Posted on May 12, 2016 by melissa

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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A New Municipal Gallery in San Francisco Keeps Its Focus on the Bay Area

Posted on February 17, 2016 by melissa

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

Posted on February 5, 2016 by melissa

 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

Posted on January 25, 2016 by melissa

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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