The December holidays are always a tricky time of year for me. I’m not much of a Christmas person, so usually I find myself vaguely annoyed that business-as-usual shuts down for three weeks while everyone murders trees and buys lots of crap for each other. However, it’s also been a […]
DETROIT — The Sick Man of Europe, a project by artist Dor Guez, demonstrates the fundamental tension between individual and society. For issues to be big enough to garner notice, they must operate on the societal level — war, gun violence, political grandstanding, environmental catastrophe — but ultimately these struggles […]
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — While some artists’ stock-in-trade is intentionality, Detroit-based Dylan Spaysky has a more freewheeling air when it comes to his offbeat sculptural creations, most of which employ found objects in various states of brokenness or disrepair. The playfulness with which he approaches these raw materials — including kitty […]
DETROIT — The central piece, and the one that immediately draws the eye when entering the main gallery of United States of Latin America at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit (MOCAD), is a full wall mural by Minerva Cuevas entitled “America.” The 2006 painting is a mash-up of two […]
DETROIT — Arms flung wide, Joseph Keckler collapses to the floor and dies. Then, a couple seconds later, he gets up. And dies again. After 10 or so iterations, we take a break. Then: more dying. Over the course of approximately two hours, before an audience at the Museum of Contemporary […]
Greg Fadell’s work and his persona can be seen as a series of deliberate choices. The work of some artists begins and ends within the frame, but for Fadell, wall, lighting, surfaces, and gallery are just as important as the pieces he brings to hang…and all that before his attention […]
I have been really caught up in various business since Noel Night, but I’ve been meaning to write something about a really interesting little show I dropped in on at Ocelot Print Shop. I’ve written in the past about Bayard Kurth, who is a screenprint artist, Detroit original, and genuine […]
Artist: Elizabeth Youngblood Location: Parks & Rec Diner Breakfast: EY – Hot water, Smoked Leek Strata SRS – Coffee (black), Liege Waffle, side of bacon Elizabeth Youngblood is an optimizer. On this, our second BWTA, I am reminded of her particular nature, as she picks through the menu at Parks […]
On Saturday, Dec. 12, performance artist Joseph Keckler staged a four-hour presentation of a work-in-progress, “Let Me Die,” at the Museum of Contemporary Art Detroit. “Let Me Die” is a performance piece incorporating the death scenes from dozens of operas in the public domain (all performed by Keckler, who has an […]
So honored to get to make some contributions to the Top 10 Exhibitions Across the United States for 2015 at Hyperallergic – including Nick Cave at Cranbrook and Us Is Them at the Puzzuti Collection in Columbus. Also, props to Tsz Yan Ng and 9338 Campau for making the honorable […]