We are very happy for one of our favorite comic book artists, Jamar Nicholas, who debuts his brand new graphic novel, Leon, Protector of the Playground, this weekend at Comic Con in Baltimore! In other news, two events on Sept. 28 highlight a project at Ursinus College and a research collaboration; Artblog’s Imani Roach talks with Lane Speidel about their art projects, and Yiddish New York announces a great opportunity for artists.
Read MoreAndrea shepherds us to the French coastal town Dunkerque to review the exhibition at Lieu d’Art et Action Contemporaine (LAAC) organized by composer and musicologist Jean-Yves Bosseur. She writes, “While tracing familiar territory, it offered a broad view of the subject and a number of surprises with artists, both earlier and contemporary, who were new to me….This exhibition succeeded with a challenge that faces many museums today: how to present work and ideas that stimulate a knowledgeable audience while offering something for a more general public which may not be familiar with contemporary art.”
Read MoreArtblog’s Imani Roach and Roberta Fallon talked with Taji Ra’oof Nahl about his complex art practice that includes collaboration at its core. Nahl ran his own gallery in Old City from the late 1980s to 2010, where he showed, among others, Terry Adkins’ work. Taji was a friend of Adkins, and their practices both involve music, found objects, and researching under-known African American historical figures. In the interview Nahl tells Imani and Roberta about discovering the Colonial-era polymath, Benjamin Banneker, who became the subject of his installation in ‘Unlisted,’ the big multi-curator, multi-artist show at Icebox Project Space in 2016. We interviewed Taji Nahl at Moore College of Art and Design’s TGMR radio station on Sept. 14, 2017, and the podcast is 37 minutes long.
Read MoreMichael gives us a glowing review of the 12th annual HUMP! film festival, which was composed of twenty-two amateur and DIY pornographic films. Featuring a diverse group of body types, races, genders, sexualities, and ages (all over 18), the group of films challenge commercial pornography. Michael says, “Many of the films are filled with tenderness, sincerity, vulnerability, even humor.”
Read MoreIn this edition of Postcard from Paris, Matthew takes us to one of his recent travel destinations in Pilsen, Chicago. He met with print-partners Liz and Gabe to discuss the ins and outs of the printshop they opened in 2012 to edition print-based work with emphasis on the collaborations between artists and professional printmakers.
Read MoreWe are happy for the CSA project and it’s first art-share pickup; Six artists participate this year in the project that takes off from community support agriculture and the “shares” method of support. Also, in the News Post, there’s news of a free documentary film screening and a couple good opportunities, one at the PMA and one with the city to be the new Poet Laureate! It’s News of our world! Read it and enjoy.
Read MoreThis year the curatorial statement for documenta 14 followed suit with the general state of the arts by concentrating on political unrest, economic disparities exploitation, and the displacement of people. Andrea shares some of her favorite moments of the quinquennial festival, and also gives us a critical review of some of the unfortunate selections made by a few curators.
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