Artist: Noah Elliott Morrison Location: Le Petit Zinc Breakfast: NEM – Coffee (cream), salmon crepe SRS – Coffee (black), ham & brie crepe I wanted to meet with Noah to discuss the show he curated at Public Pool, which you can see during Saturday hours this month, and read a bit more about here. I […]
The stated objective of Photo Pool: Photography Based Art Beyond Photographs at Public Pool is clear from the title—Curator Noah Elliott Morrison has assembled a collection of artists attempting to use photography as a jumping-off point for artistic exploration that goes beyond the conventional boundaries of the medium. In this respect, the show is very […]
Artist: Hamilton Poe Location: Rose’s Fine Foods Breakfast: HP – Orange juice, Root Down Hash (with cheese), 1/2 blood orange crybaby donut SRS – Coffee (black), Silverman’s Special w/ side of bacon, 1/2 blood orange crybaby donut Ham and I met for breakfast, to continue a conversation we began at a New Year’s Eve gathering. […]
Deadline Detroit picked up a healthy chunk of my piece at Hyperallergic about 30 Americans at the DIA. Thanks, DD! Hope it helps to inspire even more people to get out there and take a look at the exhibit in its final week.
Artist: Jennifer Junkermeier Location: The Red Hook, Detroit Breakfast: JJ – Coffee, zucchini pastry-looking thing SRS – Coffee (black) The ostensible reason I was meeting up with Jennifer, was to receive my copy of the Infinite Mile Y2 compendium–a hard copy of last year’s entire infinite mile content, including the article I wrote for the […]
DETROIT — Can an exhibition be informed by the place it visits? 30 Americans, a survey of works by African American artists in the Rubell Family Collection, which debuted in Miami, and has since visited places including the Milwaukee Art Museum, stands on its own as a remarkable assortment of contemporary voices — but in […]
Hey, it’s my KAID video! Remember, back when I was mortified about having to deal with not being Scarlett Johansson? Turns out I shouldn’t have worried, because I totally am. No, but for real, amazing job by Oren Goldenberg and Cass Corridor Films! For those of you with an abiding interest in my Hoarder Dollhouse, […]
Women throughout history have gathered for the purposes of discussion, education and communication on subjects that range from the intellectual to the highly personal. Cranbrook Art Museum Curator Laura Mott and Assistant Curator Shelley Selim decided to emphasize this tradition as they assembled “The Cranbrook Salon,” the second of three installations that are surveying and […]
Artist: Mary Fortuna (image above courtesy of the artist) Location: Detroit Institute of Bagels Breakfast: MF – Coffee, ham/egg/cheese on a sesame bagel (toasted), orange juice SRS – Coffee (black), toasted salt bagel with plain cream cheese It’s 2016, have you had a bagel with Mary Fortuna yet? Well, sorry, my year is off to […]
Artist: Cedric Tai Location: Bottom Line Coffee House/my studio Breakfast: CT – Coffee with cream (?)/soda water SRS – Coffee (black), cherry empanada/coffee This conversation with Cedric played out over two days–first, an hours-long conversation at a coffee shop, followed by a studio visit at my place, where Cedric got to take a tour of […]