EDITION #11

EDITION #11

Tony Tasset is watching you. Painting the town red New public art to grace the Chicagoland area Everyone knows that going to a museum or a gallery is usually more trouble than it’s worth. What, with all the disapproving glances, heady talk and questionable wine...
Accents on the Hyphen: Gwenn-Aël Lynn on Hyrbidity

Accents on the Hyphen: Gwenn-Aël Lynn on Hyrbidity

Caroline Picard: This series started for me because I kept hearing the word hybridity — in multiple conversations about different art works or practices, hybridity started to sound like a buzzword. While on the one hand, I know what the word means of course, it...
Portraiture as Punishment?

Portraiture as Punishment?

A few weeks ago here on the blog, I wrote a post about portraiture in the age of Facebook. At the conclusion of the piece, I said this: “To whatever extent our online selves reflect our offline selves, Haugsjaa and Moore’s portraits make it harrowingly clear that...
‘Too Slutty?’ An Addendum on Facebook Portraiture

‘Too Slutty?’ An Addendum on Facebook Portraiture

I received a bit of feedback on last Monday’s post on Facebook portraiture that I thought I’d share here today. First was a stray observation made during an email exchange that Facebook has provided a great source for stock drunk girl imagery, if your work...