HAMTRAMCK, Michigan — Artists Mark McCloughan and Leslie Rogers set the scene for their scripted performance at Public Pool art space, You Are Next to Me, much in the spirit of a campfire tale, for an audience assembled in sets of seats facing each other with a performance corridor down […]
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — In his 1996 essay on the premiere of David Lynch’s Lost Highway, David Foster Wallace offered the idea that “an academic definition of Lynchian might be that the term ‘refers to a particular kind of irony where the very macabre and the very mundane combine in such […]
I have a new quilt work on display as part of Exhibitichin’ at Public Pool – opens tonight! Join us for the opening reception of Exhibitchin’ on March 10th from 7-11pm wsg DJ Sisteranna! Exhibitchin’ is a group show that explores bedroom culture, feminism, and the need for a safe […]
Super excited to be included in this group show curated by Alice V. Schneider and Dalia Reyes about the seekrit world of ladygirls. Each participating artist was asked to produce something that can be found in a girl’s bedroom. I will be debuting a new quilted work, “The Patchwork Woman” – […]
Girlfriend Material November 12 – December 17, 2016 Public Pool, Hamtramck Images by P.D. Rearick, Artography, LLC, unless otherwise indicated Of the many qualities that may compromise one’s womanly appeal, there is none so negative as the crime of complexity. Be ditzy, if you must, be a stone cold bitch—but […]
Preserving Identity: A Muslim American Youth Experience What does it mean to be ‘Muslim’? Who is an ‘American’? What defines ‘youth’? Moreover, what’s in the phrase ‘preserving identity’? This exhibit is not an attempt to find definite answers to these questions, but rather, to explore the unique and dynamic responses, […]
HAMTRAMCK, Mich. — Upon entering Jason J. Ferguson‘s solo exhibition, titled One-man (freak) show, the first thing you’ll encounter is the somewhat ramshackle, seafoam-colored entryway of Public Pool’s storefront gallery space and its much-abused off-white door, numbered 3309. This is also the second thing you’ll encounter, because just inside the original entryway, Ferguson has […]
Really excited to get this out into the world: I’ve teamed up with a talented student-curator named Nushrat and the unsinkable Public Pool to put together an exhibition that will be a showcase of Muslim American youth experience, opening in May. If you are Muslim American and under the age […]
Hello! If you think you’d like to see me or my art today, there’s a couple opportunities. First of all, I’ll be over at Public Pool from 1:00-6:00, making coffee for you (BYODonuts and also BMDonuts plz, thx) and presiding over Girlfriend Material, so come on down and have a […]
Thanks to all who made it out for the opening at Public Pool on Saturday! It was a special night – I hope you had as much fun as I did! The show will be running through December 17, with regular gallery hours from 1:00-6:00 on Saturdays. Please feel free […]