Seed to Art: Melissa Potter on the Invisible Labor of Plants
As a feminist artist, Potter is deeply interested in uncovering the histories of handicrafts, and the slow processes of growing and making her own materials.
Recontextualizing A Monument: A Review of Throne by Ted Sitting Crow Garner
The journey from “Throne” to the removal of Brioschi’s Columbus is, in the end, a rewarding and vital one.
Building Identity: A Review of Subscribe at the Art Institute of Chicago
The curators suggest the ambivalence of the serial magazine’s command to “subscribe” as one of the show’s themes; who does the command address?
Unapologetically Authentic: A Review of Peter Uka at Mariane Ibrahim
The unfazed nature and the authentic facial expressions depict moments that are mostly not available to the memories of Black people.
Engines of Change: Andrea Bowers Highlights Activists Making History
It’s unfortunate that the artist didn’t take the opportunity of this exhibition to address the myriad concerns raised by past and present MCA employees and local artists.
Art Top 5: January 2022
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Little Worth Viewing: A Review of Rachel Harrison at Corbett vs. Dempsey
So much stuff about art—and so little worth viewing more than once, if at all.
Small Wonders: A Review of André Kertész at the Art Institute
This is not an exhibition to quickly skim over, it is meant to be looked at carefully, one by one, to absorb the beauty of the small scale.
Fragmented Forms: A Review of Basel Abbas and Ruanne Abou-Rahme at the Art Institute of Chicago
The exhibition challenges viewers to dwell in the conditions of disjuncture that pervade Palestinian life under occupation and displacement.
