Transcendent Earthiness: A Review of “The Border Crossed Us”
Complex issues are made simple, obvious and darkly humorous. It’s the voice of the honest common man or woman talking back to the corrupt people in power.
Resisting the Silence of Forgetting: A Review of “The Edge of Things” at MSU Broad
“The Edge of Things” suggests that there is still much to be learned from practices that emerged in response to repressive social and political conditions.
Salt & Light Coalition Seeks to Heal Human Trafficking Survivors Through Art
The Salt & Light Coalition will host its first ever annual gala to shed light on the healing and empowerment of human trafficking survivors through artist collaborations.
Queer/Architectural Passing in Wrightwood 659’s “About Face”
“About Face” presents hundreds of works which detail the range of human life under the LGBTQ umbrella, lives which refuse to be contained within expected and media-propagated conditions of queer visibility.
Unstoppable Energy: A Review of Melville Price at McCormick Gallery
One of the younger members of “The Club,” which would herald the New York School, Price’s work has long stood in the shadow of his peers.
Potent Pigments: A Review of Wadsworth Jarrell at Kavi Gupta
Jarrell’s body of work sought to explore race relations through black empowerment by depicting the working lifestyles of everyday African-Americans.
Photographic Liberation : A Review of “Go Down Moses” at Museum of Contemporary Photography
The exhibition explores the various ways freedom has been defined, from the past to the present.
Artists for Revolutionary Change: A Review of Medu Art Ensemble at the Art Institute of Chicago
Artists like Mnyele, Seidman and Pelo wrestled with the question of what role artists—and other cultural workers—should play in the battle for revolutionary change.
A Tale of Two Americas: A Review of Rafael Francisco Salas at Milwaukee’s Portrait Society Gallery
The small tensions present throughout the body of work exude more bluegrass and country harmony than discord.
Bigger Isn’t Always Better: A Review of “Small Painting” at Corbett vs. Dempsey
In an artworld where size is proportional to value, the gallery has dared to go small.
