Elvis’s Soundtrack Songs: The Best of the Worst
In the initial release of Burnaway’s co-publishing initiative with Oxford American, Elena Passarello traverses one of the most important bootlegs in music history.
Memphis (9)
The Real & Imagined, Sheet Cake Gallery, Memphis
Sophia Mason reviews the grid-like explorations of plants and descriptive cultural motifs by Erin Harmon and Kong Wee Pang in The Real & Imagined at Sheet Cake Gallery, Memphis.
Kevin Ford: Ids of March at Tops Gallery, Memphis
Maria Owen reviews the playful invitations found in Kevin Ford’s Ids of March at Tops Gallery, Memphis.
Tommy Kha’s Bits & Pieces
Portraying everything from the pop culture iconography and generational revere of Elvis via young and old tribute artists, along with documenting his Chinese family and their domestic existence in the American South, Tommy Kha’s photography analyzes the multifaceted ways one can be seen in the kick-off Art21 x Burnaway feature of 2024.
MengCheng’s Potluck
As part of our Current theme series, Sophia Mason shares the lived experience of being Asian-American in the American South through the work of the MengCheng 梦城团
Collective in Memphis, Tennessee.
Hasani Sahlehe: Singing in the Response at Tops Gallery
Writer Maria Owen dissolves into the abstract echos in Hasani Sahlehe’s paintings on view at TOPS Gallery, Memphis.
Saint Paul Spiritual Holy Temple
In our first theme essay of the new year, Annalise Flynn charts the history of the visionary Saint Paul Spiritual Holy Temple in Tennessee.
November 17, 2021
Burnaway’s bi-weekly news roundup celebrates the life of Memphis rapper Young Dolph.
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.
