I had the incredible privilege of visiting the community of Tlatelolco last week. Tlatelolco is one of the places in the city that has long been avoided, was falling apart, and known more for its infamous, sordid history rather than its current potential. Tlatelolco literally sits a few miles north west of the original site [...]
5 from 1 presents the work of one artist in conversation with five sources that are driving their studio practice. The rest is up to you. Jennifer Sánchez (link) ny.11.#10, 2011 mixed media on panel 2 panels, each 16″ x 12″
An image from Julia Reyes Taubman’s book, ‘Detroit: 138 Square Miles’ Ever discover what you want to write about something, after reading what someone else wrote about something else? Happens to me all the time—most recently, when I read an article from The Guardian that Rainey posted on facebook. It was written by Alain [...]
My former landlord in Williamsburg, Brooklyn—a sphinx-like Teutonic manchild who sublet me one of the ad-hoc drywall sleeping lofts in the colossal warehouse he leased near the Bedford Avenue subway stop—still owes me $1200. It was my security deposit from 2008 and I don’t expect to get it back. I don’t mean this story as revenge [...]
The art-fair-whose-name-nobody-can-remember (a.k.a. “the Barker Hangar fair”; a.k.a. Art Los Angeles Contemporary) is going on this weekend! If you missed the opening, with its lung-searing recreation of a 1968 Judy Chicago dry ice environment, there’s still plenty to see. It’s a manageable fair, size-wise, and for the most part very good. An informal survey of [...]
I had the incredible privilege of visiting the community of Tlatelolco last week. Tlatelolco is one of the places in the city that has long been avoided, was falling apart, and known more for its infamous, sordid history rather than its current potential. Tlatelolco literally sits a few miles north west of the original site [...]
5 from 1 presents the work of one artist in conversation with five sources that are driving their studio practice. The rest is up to you. Jennifer Sánchez (link) ny.11.#10, 2011 mixed media on panel 2 panels, each 16″ x 12″
An image from Julia Reyes Taubman’s book, ‘Detroit: 138 Square Miles’ Ever discover what you want to write about something, after reading what someone else wrote about something else? Happens to me all the time—most recently, when I read an article from The Guardian that Rainey posted on facebook. It was written by Alain [...]
The art-fair-whose-name-nobody-can-remember (a.k.a. “the Barker Hangar fair”; a.k.a. Art Los Angeles Contemporary) is going on this weekend! If you missed the opening, with its lung-searing recreation of a 1968 Judy Chicago dry ice environment, there’s still plenty to see. It’s a manageable fair, size-wise, and for the most part very good. An informal survey of [...]
