New Layers of Meaning: In Conversation with Sanford Biggers
Natalie Weis interviews Sanford Biggers about his current exhibition at the Speed Museum in Louisville. They discuss L.A. graffiti, Southern vernacular, and code-switching.
Kentucky (9)
Bless me before you go: Envisioning Black sanctuary in bell hooks’s Appalachian Elegy and Moses Sumney’s Blackalachia
Bryn Evans revisits the writing of bell hooks and finds new visions of Appalachia as a site of refuge and freedom for Black folks while viewing Asheville-based musician and multi-disciplinary storyteller Moses Sumney’s Blackalachia, the artist’s first concert film.
Catalog: New Work by the Printmakers Left at Hite Art Institute, Louisville
Burnaway takes a close look at Catalog: New Work by the Printmakers Left a group exhibition at the Hite Art Institute in Louisville.
Supernatural America at the Speed Museum, Louisville
Anna Blake looks for the ghosts in American history at the Speed Museum, Louisville.
Call for Artists: November 2021
Our monthly round up of calls, residencies, and opportunities includes residencies at Antenna, the Bernheim Arboretum and Research Forest, and the Currier Museum of Art.
Almost Heaven :^) at Institute 193
Jessica Oberdick visits Molly Z.G.’s carpeted heaven or hell at Institute 193 in Lexington, Kentucky.
September 23, 2021
Burnaway’s bi-weekly news roundup includes a partnership between Etsy, Gee’s Bend quilters, and Gullah Basket weavers; and the Mellon Foundation’s ‘Humanities in Place’ program awardees.
John Brooks at Moremen Gallery
Natalie Weis reviews John Brooks’ We All Come and Go Unknown at the Moremen Gallery, Louisville.
You Got Your Secret On at Quappi Projects, Louisville
Burnaway takes a Close Look at You Got Your Secret On, a group exhibition on view at Quappi Projects in Louisville.
