The following essay was originally published by Art21 in November, 2012. Walter Benjamin allegedly had an opportunity to leave Germany when Axis borders were still somewhat porous. Had he chosen to flee then, it’s likely he would have survived the war. To do so,… +
This article was originally published in art ltd., in July, 2012. Kerry James Marshall’s studio stands two-stories high in the Bronzeville neighborhood, on Chicago’s South Side. From the street, it is non-descript, more like a very tall, brick garage than anything else; there are… +
The following reflection was published by the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago in July 2012. Two box televisions, encased and stacked like shipping crates, rest unobtrusively in the corner of the MCA’s third-floor landing. Work No. 405: Ships Coming In by Martin Creed appears at first… +
Isolated Fictions: Group exhibition (FLUXspace, Philadelphia; AS220, Providence; and the Green Lantern Gallery, Chicago) featuring Amanda Browder, Nick Butcher, Jason Dunda, Rebecca Mir Grady, Devin King, Carmen Price, and Deb Sokolow. This show focuses on an historic incident of English sailors who, icebound for… +
(Out of Print) Fiction. Each story in PSYCHO DREAM FACTORY appropriates celebrity figures like paper dolls in order to enact a new and peculiar drama. Imagine Dr. Dre’s first experience coming on the Burning Man festival! Suppose MJ’s death was only a publicity stunt!… +