by Alicia | Mar 26, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing
LOS ANGELES — Walead Beshty’s solo exhibition at Regen Projects, Selected Bodies of Work, claims to “address bodies and labor as they are rendered visible in or on the art object.” Where and what are these bodies and labor? Similar questions come to mind when...
by Alicia | Mar 26, 2014 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing
LOS ANGELES — Between the years 1907 and 1930, Edward Sheriff Curtis published The North American Indian, a record of traditional Indian cultures in the United States and Canada. Curtis’ book, a landmark historical document with a foreword by Theodore Roosevelt, has...
by Alicia | Mar 14, 2014 | News, Online, Press, Print, Selfie Press
The Washington Post quotes me in a story about selfie culture: Selfies are a form of vernacular photography, like amateur daguerreotype or Polaroid, says Alicia Eler, who writes routinely about selfies on the arts Web site Hyperallergic, and the prevalence of the...
by Alicia | Mar 13, 2014 | News, Online, Press, Selfie Press
It’s been quite a week for the selfie. My posts on selfie culture were recently featured on two influential websites. 7 stories to read this weekend on Gigaom lists two of my selfie posts: http://gigaom.com/2013/11/23/7-stories-to-read-this-weekend-77/ * * ...
by Alicia | Mar 12, 2014 | News, Online, Press
CLOSING TALK WITH ALICIA ELER Self(ie) Portraits Upfor Gallery, Portland March 1, 2014 at 11:30am pst Alicia Eler will discuss the emerging grey area between consumer selfies and artist self-portraits in a lecture and talk-back. Mimosas and light refreshments will be...
