“Depictured” is a heady collection of photos, clever trompe o’leil sculptural installations and one graphite wall drawing. The wall drawing dissects a quote from the philosopher Henri Bergson, “Wherever anything lives there is a register in which Time is being inscribed,” in the form of a junior high sentence diagram. Diagramming the quote inscribes a staccato rhythm into the reading process and increases possibility of mistranslation. Mr. Knight’s work is about the inability of that “register” to record accurately as illustrated by his photographs of color printing registers found on the bottom of most consumer items (here bath tissue and box-tops) with the “real thing” collaged on top for comparison. The point presumably is to demonstrate the inability of an accurate replication of something as elusive as color. Ironically the colorful dots make these the most sensuous of Mr. Knight’s somewhat austere objects and points to one historical shortcoming of conceptual art, namely the privileging of mental knowledge over physical experience when both are needed to depict something as complex as life. The problem is that Mr. Knight’s objects often serve as demonstrations of ideas rather than objects that can lead to new ones. (Dan Gunn)
Rhyme, Rhythm and Meter: A Review of Mie Kongo at 65Grand There is a poetic sensibility in these works, in the way that pre-existing components are pooled together to form relationships with one another—some of symmetry and others of dissonance.
For Us: A Review of "Something from Something" at Engage Projects Kushala Vora and Adia Sykes’ collaboration "Something from Something" tells us as viewers that knowledge, art, creation, inspiration, love—really anything you can think of—has a place of origin.
Women Behind the Lens: A Review of "From Her to Eternity" Courtney Love curates on the street. Just west of Wabash on the corner of Eighth Street, there is a wall of stellar rock star images that includes a special collection made by women photographers over the years.
All Too Real: A Review of “Not All Realisms” at The Smart Museum In the compelling exhibition currently on display at the Smart Museum, photographs tell the story of the sixties in Africa. It was a decade of change, resistance, revolution and hard-won independence in many African countries.
