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Groana Melendez
Milagros de la Torre – The Lost Steps
Milagros de la Torre is a lens-based artist whose work examines intimate representations of violence and its effects. She is currently featured in the publication After the Fact edited by Martha Naranjo Sandoval and organized by the ICP-Bard MFA Class of 2016. The following is an excerpt from the book. First, I would like to
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Groana Melendez
Interview with Elle Pérez
Communities on the outskirts of society are at the heart of Elle Pérez's work. We were able to talk with Elle Pérez over Skype while they were on the West Coast on assignment for The California Sunday Magazine. Groana Melendez I saw your wrestling project Raw. Did that all happen at Yale? What were you
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Groana Melendez
Interview with Verónica Puche
Verónica Puche combines history, politics, and personal anecdotes and creates imagery reminiscent of magical realism. We met her in her Long Island City studio a few days before Colombians were called to vote on a peace deal to end fifty-two years of internal conflict. (You can read more about this here and here.) Groana Melendez Please talk
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Groana Melendez
Interview with Mario Navarro
Mario Navarro is a Mexican artist who uses the exhibition space as part of his practice. He was just part of the exhibition at Baxter Street at the Camera Club of New York, Polaris, curated by Joey Lico. Martha sat with him in his impeccable studio in Bushwick to have a conversation about space and
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Groana Melendez
Interview with Joiri Minaya
For #dominicanwomengooglesearch Joiri Minaya searched google images for the term “dominican women” and translated the results into physical objects. Minaya prints enlarged versions of the images, mounts them onto Sintra board and covers the backside with tropical patterned fabrics. She then cuts out everything but the flesh and hangs these shapes from the ceiling. We
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Osman Can Yerebakan
Those We Leave Behind: Ryan Foerster’s Sculptures of Wasted Ducts at Abrons Arts Center
[caption id="attachment_11121" align="alignnone" width="300"] Ryan Foerster: Underwrought An De Re on view at Abrons Art Arts Center[/caption] “Ill feel sad that after all these years were inside using these giant metal forms to bring us air at different temperatures to keep us comforatbel. I hate comfort its to easy.” expresses Ryan Foerster in his typo-laden
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Osman Can Yerebakan
Enter the Void: Depiction of Absent Body in n e w f l e s h
[caption id="attachment_11108" align="alignnone" width="243"] Dillon DeWater. Refractory Mass[/caption] Is there a beyond-body state for queer? Or does the inherent nature of queer counteract an aesthetic that eschews representation of (idealized) human form? Curated by Efrem Zelony-Mindell, n e w f l e s h examined this discourse through artworks by fourteen lens-based artists, whose articulations
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Osman Can Yerebakan
The Crossing Point: Photographs of the Refugee Crisis
Currently on view at Gary Nader Gallery is The Crossing Point, Azerbaijani-born and Istanbul-based photographer Rena Effendi’s reflections of the ongoing Syrian refugees crisis chronicled through her inquisitive and soothing lens. Organized in support of The Radcliffe Foundation Refugee Crisis Fund, the exhibition delivers an impactful yet subtle portrayal of the aching issue of Syrian refugees
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Osman Can Yerebakan
2016 Annual Juried Exhibition at Baxter St/Camera Club of New York Introduced Three Photographers Selected By Mickalene Thomas
Curated by Mickalene Thomas, 2016 Annual Juried Exhibition at Baxter St at Camera Club of New York introduced lens-based works by Travis Brown, Danielle Eliska Lyle, and Marc Ohrem-Leclef, tapping onto prevalent contemporary issues such as gentrification, economic injustice, and racial and sexist prejudice. The artists selected by Thomas through an open call exhibited their