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February 26, 2022 • View in browser
This week, a number of artists released statements regarding the Russian invasion of Ukraine, a rare archeological discovery surfaces in London, and reviews of David Diao, Toni Morrison’s The Black Book, Sharon Lockhart, Taiko Chandler, Kamoda Shōji, and more. This week also marks the return of our popular A View from the Easel series and we hope you or someone you know will consider submitting your studio.
And this Tuesday, March 1, at 7 pm, we will be hosting the final online conversation as part of the Emily Hall Tremaine Journalism Fellowship for Curators. Join us to hear about Jeremy Dennis’s exhibition of Shinnecock art history and the work of contemporary artists affiliated with that tribal nation. RSVP is required (and free) and we look forward to welcoming you.
— Hrag Vartanian, editor-in-chief
Lisa Bowen, "Nowedonah’s Legacy" (2021), cigar box, collage, mixed media (all photos by Jeremy Dennis unless otherwise noted)
Artist and curator Jeremy Dennis delves into the past and present of the Shinnecock Indian Nation’s long-standing presence on what is now known as Southampton Village on Long Island, NY.
Ten Thousand-Year Art Tradition of the Shinnecock People
Shinnecock’s continued presence as a sovereign nation has been slowly rendered invisible by neighbors in the Hamptons.
Indigenous Resilience and Futurism in the Hamptons
In addition to predicting the coming of colonization, environmental destruction, and capitalism, Indigenous artists have also envisioned a world where these things never happened.
SPONSORED
Angela Davis — Seize the Time Is on View at Rutgers’ Zimmerli Art Museum
Featuring rarely seen archival materials alongside artwork, the ambitions of this exhibition in New Brunswick, NJ, go beyond introducing visitors to the American activist and intellectual. Learn more.
NEWS THIS WEEK
A protest against Russia's invasion of Ukraine in New York on February 24, 2022. (photo by Andriy Yatsykiv via Flickr)
As violence intensifies and anti-war protests erupt across the country, Ukrainian artists voice their hope and hopelessness.
TikTok is providing a bottom-up view of life upended by violence and war in real-time.
The “most important” discovery in a century is drowned out by the drumbeat of protest against the British Museum and its ties to BP.
140+ artists and scholars call on NYC to reverse its decision to relocate the controversial Roosevelt statue to North Dakota.
HueArts NYC, a new citywide initiative, calls on Mayor Eric Adams to create a designated $100 million fund to help POC-led cultural entities.
Tate Britain will commission an artist to “critically engage” with Rex Whistler’s controversial mural, though critics have long called for its removal.
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A Theatrical Tapestry at the Public Theater Explores Age and Asian American Identity
In Out of Time, co-presented with the National Asian American Theater Company, the first all-Asian American cast over the age of 60 performs new monologues by award-winning playwrights. Learn more.
UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENT
The Art-historical Past, Present, and Future of the Shinnecock Indian Nation
On Tuesday, March 1, at 7pm (EST), join us for a special event with curator and artist Jeremy Dennis as he discusses the art-historical legacy of the Shinnecock Indian Nation, of which he is an enrolled member, and his upcoming Hyperallergic email exhibition.
The conversation will also explore Dennis’s exhibition Outcropping- Indigenous Art Now, which is on view at the Southampton Arts Center on Shinnecock’s ancestral homelands through April 9, 2022, and features work by contemporary Shinnecock artists and Indigenous artists from various sovereign nations throughout the United States.
LATEST IN ART
David Diao, “Rietveld drives BMW” (2021), acrylic on canvas, 72 x 72 inches (image courtesy Postmasters)
David Diao’s Long Search for Painting’s Many Identities
John Yau on David Diao: Berlin Chair in Pieces at Postmasters.
One key to understanding Diao’s art is that he has long worked with a reductive geometric vocabulary, while always pushing back against any of postmodernism’s reductive narratives, denying subjectivity.
Toni Morrison’s The Black Book Was a Groundbreaking Archive, Anthology, and Scrapbook
Taylor Michael on Toni Morrison’s Black Book at David Zwirner.
Life, Death, and the Cosmos Come Together in Sharon Lockhart’s Art
Madeleine Seidel on Sharon Lockhart at Gladstone Gallery.
Taiko Chandler, “Blue Surge” (2021), monotype print on Tyvek (image courtesy Denver Botanic Gardens and Scott Dressel-Martin)
The Layered History of Japanese Printmaking, Distilled in an Emerald Tapestry
Kealey Boyd highlights how Taiko Chandler’s abstractions, textures, and colors are an extension of Japan’s extraordinary midcentury printmakers.
Chandler carves an uncanny edge to her unique fusion of Op Art, bold abstraction, and the voices of the Joryū Hanga Kyōkai. Like the waves, art movements are both circular and never the same upon return.
Kamoda Shōji, One of Japan’s Most Celebrated Ceramic Artists
Lauren Moya Ford shines a light on a rare opportunity to witness Kamoda Shōji’s exquisite but little-seen work up close.
An Artist Shifts the Focus of a Folktale from Guilt to Liberation
Vittoria Benzine on Batu Belah, Batu Bertangkup: The Devouring Rock at Trotter & Sholer.
Studio of Antoine Duchenet, Caen, France
A View From the Easel
Our series returns! This week's installment takes us on an artist studio tour from Raleigh, North Carolina, to Caen, France.
Want to take part? Check out our submission guidelines.
MORE FROM HYPERALLERGIC
Film still from Blackalachia, Moses Sumney with his band (image by Moses Sumney, courtesy TUNTUM unless otherwise noted)
A Musician’s Introspective Journey Through the Lush Appalachian Landscape
Colony Little talks with Moses Sumney about "Blackalachia" and encouraging creatives to define their art on their own terms.
Fun Facts and Unexpected Stories About Artists and the Art World
Did you know Maurizio Cattelan has worked as a morgue assistant or that Annie Leibovitz created an album cover for Cyndi Lauper?
Searching for a More Inclusive History of Ornament
Isabella Segalovich expands on Thomas Weil’s “New Grammar or Ornament” and how it offers a new, more inclusive taxonomy of stylistic forms.
Playground Looks at the Psychological and Physical Carnage of Childhood
Eileen G'Sell reviews Laura Wandel’s debut film and how it examines the carnage wrought between children when grown-ups look the other way.
An Artist-centered NFT Platform?
Misha Maruma looks at how NFT platforms like Feral File empower digital and new media artists rather than focusing just on the market.
Required Reading
This week, the Met Museum acquired a Renaissance bronze, Ukraine’s museums are scrambling to protect their collections, reviewing the new Elden Ring video game, and more.
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