The Artist in the Museum: “At Home in the Museum”
This exhibition at the Betty Rymer Gallery invited three artists to respond to the permanent collection of the Art Institute of Chicago….see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
Cultured Deserts: Off-Center in Arizona and New Mexico
With its dramatic geography and cinematic past, the Southwest is a place where myth and reality are often indistinguishable. Replete with saguaro cactus, howling coyotes, playful roadrunners, and colorful natives of all ethnicities, it’s also cliché land.
New Territories: An Interview with Mary Miss
Mary Miss invites the public to participate in sifting the layers of a site by walking through it, viewing it from different perspectives, and reading its topography…see the full review in July/August’s magazine.
Christian Boltanski: Traces of the Dead
Christian Boltanski’s haunting, provocative work draws on memory, history, ambiguity, and the presence of death in everyday life…see the full review in June’s magazine.
Ana Mendieta’s Sphere of Influence
Her trailblazing explorations of both feminist and postcolonial concerns in art have made Ana Mendieta an important precursor to many contemporary artists….see the full review in June’s magazine.
Only the Most Valuable Things: An Interview with José Bedia
Untrappable Figure, 1998. Top soil, sand, dry pigment, chain, spray paint, and oil lamp, 17 x 20 x 18 ft. José Bedia is one of the most widely known Cuban artists in the contemporary art world.
