April Sourcebook (I)
Our House, in the Middle of Your Street – The White House @ Hyperallergic
DETROIT — You can’t really talk about expatriate American artist Ryan Mendoza‘s “The White House” project without talking about appropriation. Appropriation has a long and storied history within the context of art, and that makes it easy to intellectualize a process that, at its heart, means taking something from someone else. […]
Meat me in Detroit – Cristin Richard at Playground Detroit @ Knight Arts Blog
There are a number of ways to make art that is visceral and gripping. In a new body of work being presented at Playground Detroit, Cristin Richard takes a direct approach; she uses literal viscera as her starting point. Working with animal casings—translucent skins that are used to make sausages, […]