Visual Art Page 48
Kaitlin Jencso’s Transformations of the Mundane in the Digital Era
Jencso manipulates our attention to be just as glued to the devices as the girl in the image appears to be.
The House Gallery: An Interview with Joy Davis, Owner and Director of Waller Gallery
Joy Davis talks about navigating home and work, public and private, and dreams versus reality.
No Glitter Allowed: Ballroom 101
An interview with Marquis Revlon Clanton and Joseph Plaster on the historic collaboration between JHU Peabody Library and Baltimore's ballroom community
Exhuming Domestic Roots
Zoë Charlton's Images Merge Family Memories into Metaphor
The artist Zoë Charlton enjoys roaming the aisles of craft stores, filling her basket with an assortment of materials, especially decorative stickers of trees, leaves, clouds, and various birds, such as geese, ducks, owls, and hawks.
Art AND: Corynne Ostermann
An Interview with painter, installation artist, singer/bassist of Natural Velvet
Ostermann’s visual art functions as a commentary on and celebration of celebrity culture and so-called feminine touches like roses and lipstick. Her paintings often mash up imagery of specific objects, like Kim Kardashian’s engagement ring, with stand-ins for fertility and farce, like sliced oranges
Artspeak and Audience: Art Writing as Bridge or Barrier
International Art English has enforced a hermeticism of contemporary art that is not particularly healthy
As a pragmatist and the editor of an independent publication that collaborates with artist groups and cultural institutions, I see so much room for improvement in the language and accessibility employed to attract new audiences