Weekend

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This weekend’s issue spotlights three artists whose long careers deserve wider recognition: John Yau visits the studio of painter Choong Sup Lim; Nancy Princenthal celebrates the life of sculptor Carol Hepper; and Michael Glover reviews the early work of Nina Hamnett, a painter associated with the Bloomsbury Group.

Yau also examines the Cinque Gallery’s rich contribution to Black culture; David Carrier digs into Fredric Jameson’s take on Walter Benjamin; and Louis Bury looks at ecologically engaged installations by Gyun Hur and Shoshanna Weinberger.

— Thomas Micchelli, Co-Editor, Hyperallergic Weekend

Carol Hepper, Force of Nature

Hepper welcomed absurdity in her juxtapositions of the organic and the fabricated, unafraid of making sculpture that could raise a laugh, or an eyebrow.

Nancy Princenthal

Nina Hamnett, a Painter of the Bloomsbury Group, Comes Into View

You could say that Nina Hamnett fell victim to her own reckless self-mythologizing.

Michael Glover

Ecological Art Infused by Memoir and Identity

Gyun Hur’s and Shoshanna Weinberger’s installations emphasize poetic innuendo rather than overt autobiography.

Louis Bury

An Artist Between Two Worlds

Nearly 50 years ago, Choong Sup Lim left South Korea for New York City in search of freedom in art and life.

John Yau

Cinque Gallery, Another Chapter of Black Art History

The legacy of Cinque Gallery demonstrates that the work of Black artists between 1969 and 2004 was as diverse as its mainstream counterpart.

John Yau

Fredric Jameson's Deep Dive Into Walter Benjamin

The Benjamin Files by Fredric Jameson explains everything by reference to everything else, in a way that often makes the narrative all but impenetrable.

David Carrier

Required Reading

This week, a giant mural by Nina Chanel Abney, taking down ALL statues, the Ivy League cartel, the trope of the old woman artist, artwashing and extractivism, and more.

Hrag Vartanian

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