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 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>
Ross Lynch: Sympathy for the devil, MONROWE magazine
"As a culture, we are mistakenly obsessed with highs and lows. We assume that if a person likes philosophy, they could not possibly enjoy the Kardashians. One cannot read Borges and then turn around to consume “50 Shades of Grey” in the same breath. In the role of Jeffrey Dahmer, Ross Lynch smashes the high-low convention...." more >
THE RISING ARTISTS OF MIAMI ART BASEL, gQ
"Art (with a capital A) is knocking at the door of popular culture. And if you haven't been paying attention now's the time to catch-up. Luckily we've done the required legwork in anticipation of the art world's most crazy, booze-fueled event...." 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 >
