Writing
Selected Writing
kIN OF kILNS, SURFACE MAGAZINE
“Alex Matisse is quick to tell me he is not an artist. ‘Potters have this bizarre dedication to a material,’ he says. ‘And people that make art make art. I don’t think it matters what you do… but there is a distinction’.... more >
LAUREN AMBROSE GOES TO THE SOURCE, MONROWE
"For Ambrose, inhabiting a new character is the high art of not thinking too deeply about it — at least not in the moment. ‘You do all that research, and you read stuff, and you have ideas from the outside world. And then you put it all in the pot, and the only thing that matters is being present’...." more >
ESCAPE, EXPLORE, EMBRACE: LIGHT AND SYNESTHESIA AT NYCB, MONROWE
"In 1966, artist James Turrell began experimenting with light as material, creating permeable sculptures using carefully arranged LED bulbs. In that moment, joining the ranks of California’s Light and Space movement, he helped lay the foundations for installation artwork and what it would be for years to come...." more >
DO EASy, MONROWE
“I have never learned to walk with the reflexes of a true New Yorker. Even after three years, I fumble like a tourist. It seems ‘New Yorker’ is not a thing you are as it is a thing you sync up with. It’s an ethos in transit....” more>
RIOT OF PERFUME, MONROWE
“Like many exhibits in New York City that were supposed to take place this month, MOMA’s examination of anarchist, art collector, and probable-terrorist Félix Fénéon (1861-1944) has been placed on permanent hold....” more >
The Vevers Era: Celebrating a Decade of Transformation at Coach, HIGHSNOBIeTY
“As the world paused in the Spring of 2020, Coach approached its 80th birthday. With all of New York City sheltering in place, Creative Director Stuart Vevers took to his desk and drew a wild card. Soft curves. Pastel hues. Squish. In the Pillow Tabby, a statement bag for the pandemic era was born, and the statement was: ‘Hold me.’....” more>
THE RISING ARTISTS OF MIAMI ART BASEL: jamian juliano villani, GQ MAGAZINE
"Jamian Juliano-Villani wants her work to be like television. So she draws from TV’s visual vocabulary, referenc-ing everything from old propagandist cartoons to anime. Her paintings are acrylic, both painted and airbrushed, sometimes quick to complete and sometimes grueling. She’s a night owl, a smoker, and, with a solo show com-ing up this February at MOCAD, unbelievably prolific...." more >
THE MYTH OF DIGNITY, A DIATRIBE ON SHAME, FASHIONXFILM
“When I first discovered Dir. Steve McQueen’s Shame (2011) I was in the middle of the unfolding disaster that was my early twenties. At a time when everything felt out of control, Shame spoke to me on a level I didn’t yet have the maturity to put into words...." more >
Stan Douglas: Luanda-Kinshasa, coolhunting
"The recording studio on East 30th Street in Manhattan was once holy ground. Carved out of the abandoned remains of an old Armenian Church, it was a place where musicians shared in a mutual, perhaps now lost, struggle: to record that singular, perfect take...." more >
ZUZA KRAJEWSKA: IMAGO, monrowe
"Whatever the genre — fashion, documentary, or fine-art — Zuza Krajewska is a portrait photographer above all else. Her most recent project, 'Imago,' is a perfect expression of this fact. The work delves into a subject only Zuza as an artist could adequately capture: life in the Studzieniec juvenile detention center (a borstal)...." more >
Polina Sova's flowers, Mardou & Dean Gallery
"Polina Sova is 2016’s answer to O’Keeffe’s distinctive, floral paintings. Though the imagery is similar (evoking feminine power, plant life, and sexuality) Sova’s variation on the theme contains an added element: photographic fidelity...." more >
ART IN THE ARCHIVE: “YOUR GIORGIO”, MONROWE
"As Derrida writes in the very first sentences of his introduction to 'Archive Fever,' 'Arkhe we recall, names at once the commencement and the commandment,' the beginning and the order...." more >
War / photography, MONROWE magazine
"To become a war photographer requires a bit of sociopathy: the ability to stand aside in a traumatic scenario and do nothing but watch and shoot. Getting the photo has to be everything...." more >
Unmasking onibaba, FASHIONXFILM
"Noh theater can seem strange at first. Its actors move with staccato slowness, the singers howl to the beating of drums, and the stage is left more or less bare...." more>
THE RISING ARTISTS OF MIAMI ART BASEL: HUGO MCCLOUD, GQ Magazine
"A former industrial designer, McCloud prefers to utilize materials you’d expect to see on a construction site, not inside a gallery. His works are made from materials like brass, heated black tar, and the silver paint often used to coat city rooftops. But despite the heaviness of his works, which include enormous metal sculptures and textured paintings, his process is actually quite methodical, influenced by the meditative repetition of traditional Indian woodblock printing and textile production...." more >
are your motives pure?, CoolHunting
"With characters and landscapes composed in stark ink, self-trained artist Raymond Pettibon‘s style is a melding of images and text — reminiscent of William Blake’s illustrated poems — wryly focusing in on motifs of American life...." more >
