In El abrazo, Morelos balances spectacle and substance, offering visitors plenty to touch and to ponder.
Louis Bury
Louis Bury is the author of Exercises in Criticism (Dalkey Archive Press, 2015) and The Way Things Go (punctum books, forthcoming 2023). He is an Associate Professor of English at Hostos Community College, CUNY, and contributes regularly to BOMB and Art in America.
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Jeremy Dennis Makes a Farce of White Guilt
Dennis’s exaggerated scenarios compel non-Indigenous viewers to confront racial dynamics that many people in the images choose not to see.
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On Getting Things a Little Less Wrong
Climate Futurism suggests that the world’s civilizations must process lessons from its fraught colonialist histories to prepare for future ecological difficulties.
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The Pleasures and Perils of the Amazon Rainforest
What the artworks in Amazonia offer is a means to communicate complex or abstract subjects with uncommon immediacy.
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David L. Johnson’s Critique of NYC Community Gardens
Johnson’s own garden raises questions about restricted access to public spaces.
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Daniel Lind-Ramos Transforms Waste into Totemic Assemblages
Lind-Ramos emphasizes perseverance in the face of catastrophes like Hurricane Maria.
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Alexis Rockman Depicts the Ominous Beauty of Glaciers and Shipwrecks
Rockman renders crashing ships invisible behind clouds of snow.
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The Physical Labor of Writing
Many writers will tell you that writing is a physical activity. Renee Gladman’s drawings convey that idea in a more visceral, less cerebral way.
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Echoes of Joy and Peril in Leda Catunda’s Textiles
The Brazilian artist practices an erasure poetry upon textiles and assembles the results into evocative, semi-sculptural configurations.
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The NYC Exhibition Where Works Cost up to $75
Project Art Distribution’s roving shows exuberantly defy the established art world order.
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Co-Creating With Fungal Mold
Silas Inoue’s “mold paintings” set a dark, suggestive mood.
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Cecilia Vicuña’s Charismatic Vulnerability
Combining elements of Surrealism, Symbolism, and portraiture, Vicuña’s paintings are parables of personal and political awakening.
