Virginia Overton: In and Out of Context
Madeleine Seidel profiles Tennessee native Virginia Overton and considers the importance of site, material, and context in the artist’s sculptural works.
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Art Speaks for Itself
In a letter to the editor, SHRINE founder and director Scott Ogden responds to contributor Madeleine Seidel’s recent review of an exhibition by Mary T. Smith at his gallery.
Here I Am Don’t You See Me: Mary T. Smith at SHRINE in New York
BA contributor Madeleine Seidel considers the commodification of self-taught art and paintings by Mississippi painter Mary T. Smith on view in New York.
Sweaters in Focus: Laura Craig McNellis at SHRINE
Tennesseean Laura Craig McNellis’ meditations make the ordinary extraordinary at Shrine Gallery in New York.
Nothing and Everything: Paul Stephen Benjamin in New York
In his first solo exhibition in New York, Atlanta-based artist Paul Stephen Benjamin continued his formal and conceptual investigations of blackness at Marianne Boesky Gallery.
An Historical Instrument: Kevin Beasley at the Whitney, New York
At the Whitney Museum in New York, artist Kevin Beasley plays a cotton gin like a musical instrument and reinterprets the Southern landscape. Read BA contributor Sam Korman’s review.
Sable Elyse Smith at JTT in New York
In a solo exhibition at the Lower East Side gallery JTT, interdisciplinary artist Sable Elyse Smith continues her investigation of the insidious influence of the racialized criminal justice system.
Jack Whitten at the Met Breuer in New York
At the Met Breuer in New York, an exhibition focused on sculptures by the late artist Jack Whitten demonstrates connections between his work and his Southern heritage, as well as his lifelong interests in traditional African sculpture and ancient Greek cultures.
“All Things Are Photographable” in New Garry Winogrand Doc
Film critic Felicia Feaster reviews a documentary on the esteemed New York street photogrpaher, Gary Winogrand
