Tag: art

by jad

MoMA, Duchamp, and a Birthday at the Raphael Exhibit

We’re in the Eternal City of Rome, but my mind’s still in the city that never sleeps—partially, because I’m very jet lagged and have barely slept in the past 48 hours, but mostly because I’ve a shit ton of photos left from our time there and it’s been way too hot to take many photos here. So I’ll be sharing some shots from the art museums we visited. This is the Rothko room at MoMA. 20 years ago, I only visited the Met and spent the whole time in the Modern Art section where I saw a Rothko for the … Continue reading “MoMA, Duchamp, and a Birthday at the Raphael Exhibit” →

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First Time at the Fremont Solstice Parade

Seattle! @colleengreen420 is cool and will be performing COOL at the @clockoutlounge on July 22, so be there and don’t be square—be cool instead! x This cutie patootie’s got a piece up at @abbeyarts called RED that you should go check out and maybe purchase. I am very proud and ever grateful for her endless care and support, so give her a follow and show her some love immediately: @christine.bingham.art x This was the first time I’d ever been to the Fremont Solstice Parade, and, of course, I found myself in the thick of it on my first try. x … Continue reading “First Time at the Fremont Solstice Parade” →

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The Girl Closet at Once Removed

This was @atm__4ever at @once__removed 02 last night with @sofiiakmusic playing in the background. I’ll have more to say in another post about this durational dimension of the exhibit beyond just “wow,” but for now, just enjoy the interplay of light and shadow. x If @once__removed is an interrogation of impermanence, then @atm__4ever’s durational piece at last night’s opening of this second activation of a home destined for demolition is a searing indictment of time. You’ve heard of “a riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma”—this is whatever that means for the ephemeral within the truly fleeting. I first … Continue reading “The Girl Closet at Once Removed” →

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Nomad Studies at the Georgetown Art Attack

Do not double park. Do not block bike lane. x Christine showed her work in progress and some finished pieces at today’s pop-up Nomad Studies showcase at @siderailcollective, as part of @georgetownartattack. It was a very quick turnaround, but so worth it to be part of this warm community. x Marginal way. x

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Growing Up Middle Eastern Here (Readymade: Big Gulp and Mailbox)

Interstitiality. The service area in between two sections of artwork at the 9th Avenue gallery. x A central question in Gizelle’s exhibit is: what does it mean to grow up Middle Eastern here? This question speaks to a universal diasporic unease between “here” and “elsewhere,” but for those of us inscribed in Arabic script on a backdrop of Alpha Beta Charlie, the question cuts more deeply. Our very existence “here” rends us in two, like an act of betrayal. In many ways, I relate more to Gizelle’s parents’ experience than her own. I chose to come here as an adult. … Continue reading “Growing Up Middle Eastern Here (Readymade: Big Gulp and Mailbox)” →

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Gizelle’s Belltown Show, and Modern American Masculinity

I kept saying that I’ve had Gizelle’s Belltown Art Walk show in my calendar for a year, and today my phone reminded me that we in fact did hang out exactly one year ago today, when I must have put it in my calendar, because it was already in there the next time we met up and she excitedly relayed her plans for it. I had a vague idea what to expect, but walking into the space still took my breath away, like “wow.” The sheer scale of these pieces, combined with the patient labor it took to make them … Continue reading “Gizelle’s Belltown Show, and Modern American Masculinity” →

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Maximalism and Stolen Valor at the Cornish BFA Show

The word “maximalist” was used a couple of times in this year’s @cornish_artdept BFA bios, but none embodied it as fully as @masonsmixedmedia’s “explosion” of art titled something about a horse (?) – with so much to take in, I forgot to note it down. For reasons that will become very obvious, this work could not be contained within a single post. x Coffee shop and church pews through dirty and colored windows. x Mason Webb @masonsmixedmedia at the @cornish_artdept BFA exhibit. I laughed when I read the artist description of these pieces, itself a work of dada: 1, 2025, … Continue reading “Maximalism and Stolen Valor at the Cornish BFA Show” →

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Being, Having, Seeing (More from the Cornish BFA Show)

“If all of the technical forces of capitalism must be understood as tools for the making of separations, in the case of urbanism we are dealing with the equipment at the basis of these technical forces, with the treatment of the ground that suits their deployment, with the very technique of separation.” (Guy Debord, Society of the Spectacle, as featured in @cloecaroljane’s artist statement at the Cornish BFA exhibit) x “Being, Having, Seeing,” Cloe Caroljane Short @cloecaroljane at the @cornish_artdept BFA exhibit. Everything about this install – from the graphic aesthetic to the post-internet motifs to the naming convention (e.g. … Continue reading “Being, Having, Seeing (More from the Cornish BFA Show)” →

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Strange Food and Little Makers: The Cornish BFA Show

I’ve been thinking about Luigi Ghirri again. Christine sent me a video about him, seeing something in his work that would resonate with me, not knowing that I’d already noticed that affinity a couple years ago. It was nice to have validation of my hubris. Here’s what Ghirri had to say about photography: “Beyond all critical and intellectual explanations, beyond all negative aspects it might posses, photography is, I think, a formidable visual language tor fostering this desire for the infinite that inhabits each of us. As I have said before, it is a great adventure in the world of … Continue reading “Strange Food and Little Makers: The Cornish BFA Show” →