Rosa Boshier González reveals the politics behind pop culture in Diane Severin Nguyen's solo institutional exhibition IF REVOLUTION IS A SICKNESS at Contemporary Arts Museum Houston.
absurdities in nature, doubles/dopplegangers, grassroots organizing and mutual aid, unexplained or rarely discussed phenomena, queering archives and maps, the clandestine, music genres and bands, trends and *core, forgery, fakes, and microdosing crime.
indexes the rich tradition of large-scale world building by artists in the South as a means of exploring alternative modes living among the landscape and repurposing the refuse of industry.
I didn’t want to visualize the grief and rage. Instead, I wanted to create space for contemplation, a meditative space, so I transformed the gallery into a space that would evoke the prayers, the resilience, and the strength of my foremothers who were Black women from the South.
In this interview, Bryn Evans speaks with artist Lava Thomas and curator Dr. Bridget R. Cooks, discussing Southern family origins, the supposed sanctity of photography, and serendipity’s sweet magic.
Through video, gifs, and cinemagraphs, West Virginia artist Ally Christmas meditates on the loss of her grandmother, examining text messages and altering textiles and family photos.
Erin Johnson converses with Lauren Strohacker and Dr. Lisa Minerva Tolentino on the movement of light and meaning of red in relation to Strohacker's solo exhibition at the Southeastern Center for Contemporary Art (SECCA), Winston-Salem, NC.
