ALICIA ELER is a writer and art critic whose projects focus on American pop and consumer culture, anthropomorphism in art, queered notions of adolescence, and the invention of childhood.

She is a regular contributor to Hyperallergic (Chicago Correspondent), Artforum.com and RAW Vision Magazine.

Alicia is also a freelance editor for arts organizations, creative individuals and agencies. Email for details.

Email: alicia.eler [at] gmail [dot] com

Twitter: @aliciaeler

Chelsea Knight, all images are stills from “The Breath We Took” (2013) (All images courtesy of Aspect Ratio)

On Being an Artist and a Mother / Hyperallergic

CHICAGO — What does it mean, bodily, physically, emotionally, mentally, and perhaps spiritually, … [Read More...]

Peregrine Honig, Twin Fawns via twinfawns.net

The Child is (Un)dead: Taxidermy Art as Resurrected Victorian Post-Mortem Photography / Essay for the OPP Art Critics Series

Slipping the fur skin of a dead animal over a perfectly crafted taxidermy form produces a visual … [Read More...]

Abigail DeVille, XXXXXXX, 2013, reclaimed lumber, accumulated debris, plastic tarps, tar paper, dirt, sand from Lake Michigan, skeleton, dimensions variable.

Critic’s Pick: Abigail DeVille at Iceberg Projects / Artforum.com

Abigail DeVille ICEBERG PROJECTS 7714 N Sheridan Road April 13–June 1, 2013 If “X” … [Read More...]

Dolphin Gallery in Kansas City, Missouri

Dolphin Gallery, Kansas City Art World Stronghold, To Close / Hyperallergic

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — For more than 20 years, John O’Brien’s Dolphin Gallery has been a … [Read More...]