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February 19, 2022 • View in browser
This week, the Biden administration revokes a Trump-era executive order that restricted the style of artworks in federal buildings, find out which colors to avoid around mosquitoes, and read reviews on the latest works of Carrie Mae Weems and Byron Kim.
Also, join us this Tuesday, February 22 at 7pm (ET) for a conversation with Dan Cameron, the fourth recipient of the Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators. He'll be discussing several artists working from the island of Chiloé, his relationship to the community over the past eight years, and the evolution of his own curatorial practice during that time. RSVP here to reserve your spot.
— Elisa Wouk Almino, Senior Editor
Chumono, Muelle de Alma (2005), site specific installation near Cucao, Chiloé, Chile (photo by Dan Cameron)
Dan Cameron expands on his unrealized curatorial project, Alrededores, aimed to showcase artists from the island of Chiloé in their own space.
The Compelling Curatorial Allure of a Chilean Island and its Artists
Here I am on this island many thousands of miles away, in pursuit of something that compels me to return over and over again, and to continue dreaming of a truly marvelous future art exhibition that I may never end up organizing.
The Mystique of Chiloé Reflected in Its Art
Instead of believing I’m helping local artists by bringing international art to Chiloé, the best contribution I can make may be to help provide a venue where local artists and artisans can show their art for the benefit of each other.
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The Biden administration revokes a Trump-era executive order that restricted the style of artworks displayed in federal buildings.
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An encounter between a pedestrian and a group of art students produces one of TikTok’s latest viral catchphrase — “OK, I like it, Picasso.”
A new study identifies four colors that attract mosquitos the most.
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT
Returning to the Island of Chiloé
On Tuesday, February 22, at 7pm (EST), join us for a special event with curator Dan Cameron as he discusses the trips he has taken over the past eight years to Chiloé, an island off the coast of Chile teeming with art, culture, and history, and his upcoming Hyperallergic email exhibition, which features a selection of work by local artists.
The conversation will explore the work of eight contemporary artists based in Chiloé whose images, Cameron says, “have stuck with [him] consistently over the last several years,” and will also focus on how his ideas about curating an exhibition surrounding this unique community have evolved over time.
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Yashua Klos: OUR LABOUR Is Now Open at the Wellin Museum of Art
In his first solo museum show, Klos continues exploring the intersections between the human form, the natural world, and the built environment. Learn more.
HAPPENING IN LA
Tschabalala Self and Philippe Parreno (Pilar Corrias) (photo by Caroline Ellen Liou for Hyperallergic)
Satisfyingly Tactile Art at Frieze Los Angeles
After a two-year hiatus, Frieze has returned to Los Angeles, and materiality takes center stage.
The Spring/Break Art Show Fills Up an LA Warehouse With Eccentric Visions
This year’s theme, Hearsay/Heresy, allowed curators and artists to play with dissent, nonconformity, and truth versus fact.
Connection, Contemplation, and Contested Histories in Contemporary Native American and Indigenous Art
Caroline Ellen Liou reviews Snake whisky still life and other stories at Various Small Fires.
LATEST IN ART
Carrie Mae Weems, Cyclorama – Conditions, A Video in 7 Parts, installation view (photo by Jasmine Weber for Hyperallergic)
Carrie Mae Weems Assesses History in Real-Time
Jasmine Weber talks with Carrie Mae Weems about her unrelenting career and seeing the floodgates open up for Black artists after years of breaking open the doors by force.
A Monumental, Feminist Textile Work, Cobbled Together by Mail
Oana Marian on “The Map” by Alice Maher and Rachel Fallon at Rua Red South Dublin Arts Centre.
Yolanda López, Whose Art Was a Call to Look at Chicana Women
Jordan Karney Chaim on Yolanda López: Portrait of the Artist at the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego.
Byron Kim, “B.Q.O. 23 (Honu)” (2021), acrylic on canvas mounted on panel 54 x 36 inches ( © Byron Kim 2022, courtesy the artist and James Cohan, photos by Phoebe d'Heurle)
Byron Kim Plumbs the Depths of Nature and the Imagination
John Yau on Byron Kim: Drawn to Waterat James Cohan Gallery.
In different ways throughout the series, Kim includes areas where the painting takes over and the inexplicable becomes part of the work. At once literal and imaginative, the shifts in paint handling and degree of representation from panel to panel are what hold our attention, as well as pull us into a state of reflection.
Famakan Magassa’s Virtuous Vice
Billy Anania on Famakan Magassa: Soifs at Albertz Benda.
The Figural Ghosts of Oliver Lee Jackson’s Expressive Abstraction
Eileen G'Sell on Oliver Lee Jackson at the Saint Louis Art Museum.
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(Graphic by Hrag Vartanian/Hyperallergic, original photo via Chris Brook's Flickrstream)
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Self-doubt is easy to come by, in part, because so much of our success feels subjective and beyond our control... Your art’s eloquence in expressing your voice and perspective creates value, and nobody has a metric for that success but you. Most artists spend a lifetime honing their voice to meet that internal logic.
Listening to the Colors in Kandinsky’s Paintings
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Required Reading
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