Julia Curl – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/julia-curl/ Sensitive to Art & its Discontents Fri, 08 Dec 2023 22:41:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cropped-Hyperallergic-favicon-100x100.png Julia Curl – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/julia-curl/ 32 32 118955609 How peter campus Changed the Video Art Game https://hyperallergic.com/860906/how-peter-campus-changed-the-video-art-game/ https://hyperallergic.com/860906/how-peter-campus-changed-the-video-art-game/#respond Sun, 10 Dec 2023 21:00:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=860906 “Three Transitions” from 1973 depicts a slippery reality that thwarts the notion of video as an inherently “documentary” medium. ]]>

“Three Transitions” from 1973 depicts a slippery reality that thwarts the notion of video as an inherently “documentary” medium.

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Carla Williams Takes Ownership of the Gaze https://hyperallergic.com/857841/photographer-carla-williams-takes-ownership-of-the-gaze/ https://hyperallergic.com/857841/photographer-carla-williams-takes-ownership-of-the-gaze/#respond Tue, 28 Nov 2023 22:20:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=857841 Williams’s scholarly interest in the Black female form paralleled a decades-long private photographic practice that began in the 1980s. ]]>

Williams’s scholarly interest in the Black female form paralleled a decades-long private photographic practice that began in the 1980s.

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Jay DeFeo Put a Lens Up to the World  https://hyperallergic.com/853828/jay-defeo-put-a-lens-up-to-the-world/ https://hyperallergic.com/853828/jay-defeo-put-a-lens-up-to-the-world/#respond Thu, 09 Nov 2023 22:52:28 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=853828 Recently discovered work demonstrates DeFeo's status as a major contemporary photographer. ]]>

Recently discovered work demonstrates DeFeo's status as a major contemporary photographer.

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A Global History of Women’s Photography Includes Over 300 Artists https://hyperallergic.com/802228/a-global-history-of-womens-photography-includes-over-300-artists/ Thu, 20 Apr 2023 20:24:30 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=802228 This book unearths a trove of unseen images from the past two centuries.]]>

This book unearths a trove of unseen images from the past two centuries.

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The “Society Photographer” of NYC’s Downtown Underground https://hyperallergic.com/803551/the-society-photographer-of-new-yorks-downtown-underground/ Tue, 28 Feb 2023 21:03:57 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=803551 Jimmy DeSana’s work remains transgressive, even by today’s standards.]]>

Jimmy DeSana’s work remains transgressive, even by today’s standards.

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Bernd and Hilla Becher’s Misunderstood Oeuvre https://hyperallergic.com/776069/bernd-and-hilla-bechers-misunderstood-oeuvre/ Wed, 02 Nov 2022 20:35:31 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=776069 Critics who have deemed the photographer couple’s work outmoded and detached are simply wrong.]]>

Critics who have deemed the photographer couple’s work outmoded and detached are simply wrong.

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Pierre Clémenti, Rebel With a Cause https://hyperallergic.com/774870/the-rebel-life-and-work-of-pierre-clementi/ Fri, 28 Oct 2022 19:20:11 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=774870 The French director made his films with his own earnings as an actor, not for monetary gain or widespread recognition but as a form of self-realization. ]]>

The French director made his films with his own earnings as an actor, not for monetary gain or widespread recognition but as a form of self-realization.

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Women’s Photography as a Tool of Resistance https://hyperallergic.com/765431/womens-photography-as-a-tool-of-resistance/ Wed, 05 Oct 2022 21:03:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=765431 What is a feminist picture? A MoMA exhibition is the latest to attempt to answer this question. ]]>

What is a feminist picture? A MoMA exhibition is the latest to attempt to answer this question.

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Jean Painlevé Revealed the Otherworldliness Beneath the Water’s Surface https://hyperallergic.com/759177/jean-painleve-revealed-the-otherworldliness-beneath-the-waters-surface/ Thu, 15 Sep 2022 20:34:57 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=759177 His detailed images of microscopic aquatic creatures suggest a version of Surrealism’s dream realities.]]>

His detailed images of microscopic aquatic creatures suggest a version of Surrealism’s dream realities.

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Justine Kurland Cuts the Male Canon to Pieces https://hyperallergic.com/745400/justine-kurland-cuts-the-male-canon-to-pieces/ Thu, 14 Jul 2022 21:28:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=745400 In SCUMB Manifesto, Kurland slices up her collection of photo books by men to create collages that subvert the male gaze.]]>

In SCUMB Manifesto, Kurland slices up her collection of photo books by men to create collages that subvert the male gaze.

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Using Her Mouth and Feet, Lorenza Böttner Created an Immense Body of Work https://hyperallergic.com/739979/lorenza-bottner-leslie-lohman-museum/ Sun, 03 Jul 2022 20:04:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=739979 A childhood accident took her arms away but the transgender artist survived to create paintings, photography, and performances focused on depicting the body.]]>

A childhood accident took her arms away but the transgender artist survived to create paintings, photography, and performances focused on depicting the body.

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Art’s Conventional Signifiers Are No Longer Useful https://hyperallergic.com/726962/pratt-mfa-fine-art-photography-thesis-exhibition-2022-review/ Wed, 27 Apr 2022 21:57:50 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=726962 Pratt’s MFA Thesis Exhibition features immersive presentations that transcend the parameters of traditional painting. ]]>

Pratt’s MFA Thesis Exhibition features immersive presentations that transcend the parameters of traditional painting.

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Kia LaBeija’s Photographs Tell a Story as Multifaceted as the Artist Herself https://hyperallergic.com/723588/kia-labeija-photographs-fotografiska/ Thu, 14 Apr 2022 21:59:02 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=723588 The photographer chronicles her life as a queer woman of color born with HIV.]]>

The photographer chronicles her life as a queer woman of color born with HIV.

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Street Photography That Highlights the Female Gaze https://hyperallergic.com/711108/street-photography-that-highlights-the-female-gaze/ https://hyperallergic.com/711108/street-photography-that-highlights-the-female-gaze/#comments Wed, 16 Mar 2022 21:06:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=711108 Twelve women photographers demonstrate their creative ingenuity and raw technical skill.]]>

Twelve women photographers demonstrate their creative ingenuity and raw technical skill.

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Artist Sophie Calle Took a Job as a Maid to Spy on the Guests https://hyperallergic.com/697958/sophie-calle-the-hotel-review/ Wed, 02 Feb 2022 22:04:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=697958 Calle’s methodical analysis makes the reader more curious about the artist herself than the guests she spies on.]]>

Calle’s methodical analysis makes the reader more curious about the artist herself than the guests she spies on.

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Challenging the Perception that Photographs Present an Objective Vision https://hyperallergic.com/704790/challenging-the-perception-that-photographs-present-an-objective-vision/ Thu, 13 Jan 2022 22:02:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=704790 Imagining the photographic print as a singular art object.]]>

Imagining the photographic print as a singular art object.

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Neglected 20th-Century Women Photographers Begin to Get Their Due https://hyperallergic.com/678130/20th-century-women-photographers-get-their-due/ Wed, 29 Sep 2021 20:35:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=678130 The exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum aims to move beyond Euro-American historical narrative.]]>

The exhibition at the Metropolitan Museum aims to move beyond Euro-American historical narrative.

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The First Museum Exhibition of Brazilian Modernist Photography Outside Brazil https://hyperallergic.com/672093/fotoclubismo-brazilian-modernist-photography/ Wed, 15 Sep 2021 20:34:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=672093 This retrospective of the work from a São Paulo photo club is a reminder that Modernism was not solely a European phenomenon.]]>

This retrospective of the work from a São Paulo photo club is a reminder that Modernism was not solely a European phenomenon.

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Nona Faustine’s Family Album https://hyperallergic.com/658114/nona-faustine-family-album/ Sat, 26 Jun 2021 04:03:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=658114 Faustine's depiction of household shared by three generations of Black women presents matriarchy as a source of power. ]]>

Faustine's depiction of household shared by three generations of Black women presents matriarchy as a source of power.

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