by Alicia | May 16, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Writing
CHICAGO — What does it mean, bodily, physically, emotionally, mentally, and perhaps spiritually, to be what Simone de Beauvoir deemed “the second sex,” to be a woman and, moreover, to be a mother? These are questions that Chelsea Knight explores in her latest video...
by Alicia | May 15, 2013 | Editing, News, OtherPeoplesPixels, OtherPeoplesPixels Art Critics Series - Managing Editor, Writing
Slipping the fur skin of a dead animal over a perfectly crafted taxidermy form produces a visual illusion of life, much in the tradition of a trompe l’oeil painting. In traditional taxidermy terms, the relationship between man and animal is that of a hunter conquering...
by Alicia | May 15, 2013 | Artforum.com, News, Writing
Abigail DeVille ICEBERG PROJECTS 7714 N Sheridan Road April 13–June 1, 2013 If “X” marks the spot, and three Xs mean “poison, do not drink,” the seven Xs that make up the title of Abigail DeVille’s exhibition suggest a marking of double the poison, plus one drop for...
by Alicia | May 8, 2013 | Artist Essays, Kathy Halper, News, Writing
TMI (Too Much Information) Kathy Halper Packer Schopf Gallery May 24 – July 6 2013 It is that moment at the school prom when the hot football player flicks off the camera before he gets wasted, and then falls between his high school sweetheart’s legs for the first...
by Alicia | May 6, 2013 | Hyperallergic, News, Writing
MILWAUKEE — When a story, an image of a work of art, or an essay goes viral, it has struck a cultural nerve, somewhere, and people can’t stop passing it on. The work itself becomes freed of the space where it was first realized; it is taken over by global internet...
by Alicia | May 2, 2013 | Hyperallergic, Salon
OAK PARK, Illinois — You’re driving to a suburb that you don’t know well, and you whip out your iPhone to quickly punch an address into Google Maps. In this case, that address is 704 Highland Avenue, home of Sabina Ott and John Paulett, who run Terrain Exhibitions, a...
