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Jenna Gribbon: The Pleasure of Looking

For the past year, with interactions among each other relegated to the digital realm, what we see is exactly as dictated. Even if there were 80 selfies taken wearing a torn T-shirt in front of apartm July 19, 2021

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Ludovic Nkoth: A Dear Statement to the Soul

Cameroon-born painter Ludovic Nkoth takes issue with the common public perception of Black artists. Through a critical lens, being Black, in essence, comes to shape creatives’ identities, but Nkoth July 12, 2021

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Khari Turner: The Light Between Oceans

“If I met my ancestors at the edge of the ocean, would I bring flowers?” What a natural notion to posit, a sentiment to be etched in stone and passed down through the ages. When Milwaukee-born, N July 05, 2021

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Lucia Hierro: Fuck Up The Algorithm

A lone plastic shopping bag, plucked by the breeze, floats gracefully down the street. It is the “muse” of Lucia Hierro, who, although foremost an academic, is also a conceptual artist—a driver June 28, 2021

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Hilary Pecis: The Humble is Whole

Hilary Pecis makes magic, buoyantly reviving the vivid dream you’d like to revisit. Her scenes become wonderland dioramas that expand, deepen and sprout detail. She paints picture postcards, some b June 14, 2021

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Cristina BanBan: The Nuance of Memory

Think about the last time you cried. Oh, there are myriad reasons. Life can be upsetting,  life makes us feel nostalgic. We cry out of sadness and happiness, sometimes at the same time. We cry w June 07, 2021

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MADSAKI: Homecoming King

Subversive is a descriptive often overused in the art world, routinely referencing a brand of humor or political message, sometimes both, resulting in my hesitancy to use the term even when it's most June 01, 2021

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Danielle Mckinney: Comfort and Quietude

To question how the pandemic changed an artists’ work can feel trite—until the answer is miraculous. Danielle Mckinney made photographs, primarily, until the time confined at home found her paint May 24, 2021

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En Iwamura: Encounters in Space

Eager to expand viewers’ appreciation for spatial experience, En Iwamura experiments with scale in his ceramic pieces. In describing his approach, the Japanese artist speaks of the fluidity of spac April 26, 2021

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Ania Hobson: Cool, Calm Composer

Picture a dog lolling around on his back, legs akimbo, or a cat awakening from its nap, stretching and ready to stalk. A tree in the winter, shedding leaves but not its dignity. Ania Hobson grew up i April 19, 2021

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Amoako Boafo: Accelerated Transcendence

Amoako Boafo paints flesh with his fingers. “This lack of instrumental barrier sets me free and diffuses a barrier between myself and the subject. I am able to connect with the subject in a more in April 12, 2021

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Cathrin Hoffmann: The Big Why

It’s always energizing to see resilient folks transform an indifferent experience into fuel that blazes a new path. Years of working in the advertising industry was like skating on the surface, pus April 05, 2021
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