by Alicia | Jun 3, 2013 | Hyperallergic
CHICAGO — Anyone who has ever spent more than three consecutive hours listening to their favorite band on repeat, attempted to dress up as the lead singer, or camped out overnight to get tickets has more than just a passing interest in said band. This person, a bit...
by Alicia | May 31, 2013 | Hyperallergic
I’m super excited to announce that I’ve joined Hyperallergic as a Staff Writer! It’s a pleasure to work alongside editors Hrag Vartanian, Jillian Steinhauer and Mostafa Heddaya at the NYC-based artblogazine. Alicia Eler, Staff Writer Alicia Eler is a...
by Alicia | May 31, 2013 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing
CHICAGO — Amanda Ross-Ho recreated a soft-sculpture replica of an anonymous teen-girl’s backpack, blowing it up to 400% of its original size. It hangs at the back of the white-walled gallery space, the focal point of her solo exhibition Cradle of Filth that juxtaposes...
by Alicia | May 29, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Queer
What happened to the glitter, the queer ideals, the mirror that looks back at the viewer? In Aay Preston-Myint’s artwork, politically charged objects are emptied of their significance. In his solo exhibition (At Night, I Think of You), now on view at Threewalls...
by Alicia | May 28, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Queer
CHICAGO — Budding young Cincinnati-based gay documentary photographer Christian Hendriks has an agenda. It involves travel, pictures and maybe even you. His ambitious project South of the Ohio: A Queer Photo Documentary, will take the great American roadtrip south...