by Alicia | Dec 9, 2013 | Hyperallergic
Former New York Times columnist Deborah Solomon’s new biography of Norman Rockwell, American Mirror, hints that America’s “most beloved artist” may have been acloseted gay man. Rockwell, who died in 1978 and was perhaps best known for his The Saturday Evening...
by Alicia | Dec 9, 2013 | Hyperallergic
CHICAGO — Led Zeppelin, man — they were so before my time. Arguably the inventors of heavy metal, the band reached their height of fame in the early 1970s with the song “Stairway to Heaven” on their untitled fourth album. Through the works of artist Karolina...
by Alicia | Dec 9, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Selfie Column, Writing
CHICAGO — What’s it like to be on the other side of the mirror? Selfies are contemporary self-portraits shot through the reverse-mirror effect available through smartphones and webcams. We see ourselves reflected back into the smartphone or webcam mirror, snap the...
by Alicia | Nov 29, 2013 | Hyperallergic
CHICAGO — “You are the future, and you get love by video,” chants artist Jillian Mayer in ”I Am Your Grandma,” a simple, catchy, one-minute video in which the artist ponders the idea that she will be a grandmother and her grandkids will find this video on YouTube....
by Alicia | Nov 27, 2013 | Hyperallergic
CHICAGO — Simone de Beauvoir once said, “Buying is a profound pleasure.” To shop, to consume, to purchase a new look even if it’s temporary — an air of satisfaction accompanies that moment of credit card swiping, or handing over that stack of Ben Franklins. It’s just...
