Zeitgeist kicks off 2016 with new work by Alicia Henry. “The Walk” is intense and enigmatic. It’s like a great poem, in that whenever I think I’m pinning down an interpretation, it skitters away from me, taking on a new meaning. Henry, who is chair of Fisk University’s art department, provides little in the way … Continued

Shinique Smith’s exhibition “Wonder and Rainbows,” on view at the Frist Center for Visual Arts through January 10, is gorgeously wrought, combining various elements of the artist’s arsenal of techniques. Smith’s work is tied to journeys, that of adolescence to adulthood, of spiritual exploration, of art-making itself, and finally, of color. The more I thought … Continued

Eric Dickson’s current exhibition at Seed Space, War and Rumors of War, may be the experimental art lab’s most impressive yet. Dickson, an installation artist and political science professor at New York University, created a piece that rewards inquiry by offering more questions. He set up a network of motion detectors that visitors trip as … Continued

I first encountered Jessica Wohl’s work last October at Threesquared in Nashville. That show, “Matriarchs,” featured a series of collages, that joined the sexy fingers and legs sourced from beauty magazines with implements of domesticity. Fingers reach out of afghans and clutch pearls, legs protrude from sofas, and manicured fingers wield deadly kitchen utensils. Hung … Continued

Art made from refuse can go one of two ways. It can look like it’s pasted together from the leftover scraps of 7th period art class, lacking composition and concept. Or, if we’re lucky, it can be conceptually rich, using materials in distinct, purposeful ways that allow them to tell the story of their lives as … Continued