“An Innocent City” opening in Istanbul
I am happy to announce the opening of “An Innocent City” at the RCAC Gallery on Istiklal Caddesi in Istanbul next Thursday, 17 July 2014, from 1830-2000. An Innocent City is an exhibition of stories and illustrations of the everyday objects of Istanbul. The objects presented here were inspired by objects on display in the cases of […]
Speaking at Cittadellarte | The Educational Turn
This weekend (July 12-14), I will be taking part in a workshop on “Socially Engaged Art Practice and Education in Contemporary Discourse” at Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto in Biella, Italy as part of the University of Ideas (UNIDEE). The workshop will be bringing together a diverse group of artists, curators, thinkers, and practitioners who are engaged in and […]
Exhibited at the Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts
I would like to thank the curators and staff of the Art Museum of Nanjing University of the Arts for included some documentary work of my recent exhibitions in their exhibition Overclocking this month. The works featured included the documentary videos of My dad is Li Gang! 我爸是李刚! (2012) by Jin Shan 靳山 and the premier of […]
Speaking at NYU | Radical Archives
Next weekend (April 12), I will be participating in a panel at Radical Archives curated by Mariam Ghani and Chitra Ganesh at NYU’s Asian/Pacific/American Institute. More information: http://www.nyu-apastudies.org/2012/event/radical-archives/ It’s free and open to the public, so if you happen to be in the city, you can book tickets here. Curated by Mariam Ghani and Chitra Ganesh, […]
Visiting Bryn Mawr
I am honored to have been selected to take part in a faculty exchange with Bryn Mawr this Spring. March 17-21, I will be visiting Bryn Mawr to participate in some classes, do some curatorial critiques and meet with students and faculty. Thank you so much to the faculty at Bryn Mawr for making this […]
East Side Monthly features Alumni Exhibition
“The gallery’s first major alumni show will be divided into two installments, with the first opening on February 15 and featuring work by Dawn Clements (graduated 1986), Paul Ramirez Jonas (graduated 1987) and Kerry Tribe (graduated 1997). “We wanted each exhibition to have a diversity of media,” says gallery curator Alexis Lowry Murray on the […]
Art and Archaeology: Collaborations, Conversations, Criticisms – Published!
I am happy to report that after two years of editorial work, Art and Archaeology – the newest addition to Springer’s One World Archaeology series – has been published. You can see a preview of the book here: http://www.springer.com/social+sciences/anthropology+%26+archaeology/book/978-1-4614-8989-4 Thank you so much to all the contributors for your amazing support and wonderful writing, and a huge […]
The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology
Tonight the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago will open the exhibition The Way of the Shovel Art as Archaeology. Curated by Dieter Roelstraete, the exhibition is the extension and resolution of a critical journey begun in an essay for e-flux back in 2009. The exhibition marks the first broad critical treatment by a major institution […]
The Way of the Shovel: On the Archaeological Imaginary in Art
I am very honoured to be a part of the exhibition catalog for The Way of the Shovel: Art as Archaeology that will be opening at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Chicago on 7 November 2013. My thanks to curator Dieter Roelstraete, his team and all the artists for the opportunity to contribute a reflective […]
Premier of Vincent Valdez | The Strangest Fruit
I am happy to announce the opening of the premier of Vincent Valdez’s newest body of work, The Strangest Fruit (2013) which will be on display at the David Winton Bell Gallery until 8 December 2013. The Strangest Fruit places realistic depictions of people known by the artist within an historical subject—the lynching of Latinos in […]