Progeny of Petals: On the Florals of Leah Jaynes Karp
Leah Solomon outlines artist Leah Jaynes Karp’s 1982 mixed media series, made in response to the Atlanta Child Murders of 1979-1981, for Burnaway’s STORM SIGNAL theme.
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Creating “Heaven on Earth”: Yvette Gunn’s Birdhouse Paradise
Annie Moye writes about the environmental and communal ethics of artist Yvette Gunn, whose sculptural practice of building birdhouses in her garden honors the natural world.
David Gumbs: Technology of Memory
Renee Royale explores the work of Martinique-based artist David Gumbs, who reframes the lived environment and considers Caribbean relational histories through reactive light and crochet installations.
Necessary Friction: Annalee Davis at the 61st Venice Biennale, Venice
Daisy Gould considers facsimile and displacement in a Caribbean context, reviewing the work of Barbadian artist Annalee Davis for the 61st Venice Biennale.
The Underground Railroad Quilt Code
Colony Little discusses the folklore and oral histories behind the Underground Railroad Quilt Code for Burnaway’s STORM SIGNAL theme.
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On a Star Departing the Attic: Blackness, the Page, and the Camera. [An Essay as Microtreatment.]
In this feature for Burnaway’s SAWTOOTH STAR theme, Kristina Kay Robinson writes about the aesthetic and narrative interventions of early southern Black projectionists.
Review: Retiro at the 61st Venice Biennale
Lucy Sternbach reviews Puerto Rican artists Natalia Lassalle-Morillo and Gloria Morillo’s collaborative film installation of Retiro for In Minor Keys at the 61st Venice Biennale.
Deciphering the Alabama Barn Quilt Trail, a travelogue
For Burnaway’s SCHOOLHOUSE theme, Whitney Washington travels along the Alabama Barn Quilt Trail, reflecting on the traditional meaning-making behind quilt patterns and the tensions between identity, home, and history underlying the project.
What Is a Folk School?
For Burnaway’s SCHOOLHOUSE theme, Robert Alan Grand discusses the history and future of the folk school, touching on the influential, democratic John C. Campbell and Highlander Folk Schools.
