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Nothing Without Desire: Annie Duncan’s Objects Can’t Live Without You
In this essay, writer and curator Katherine Hamilton discusses the symbolism of objects in Annie Duncan's paintings and how her work carries and subverts the history of still-life painting as a genre. Duncan's work insists that the history of women’s relationship to things must be studied, as modern capitalism attempts to sell us back our identities in pretty prim packages.
The Knights of Longing: Nostalgia and Mysticism in the Work of Steve Bishop
Why is nostalgia so intoxicating? In this essay, Elliott Mickleburgh uses two recent exhibitions by artist Steve Bishop to dig deeper into the philosophy around the mediation of our yearning for a past that can never be recaptured and the material reality we are forced to deal with in the present.
Kan Seidel’s Twisted Americana
A painter exhumes his midwestern upbringing while pushing the boundaries of queer form. In his debut as part of the David Lewis Gallery’s presentation at the 2023 Frieze Art Fair, Chinatown-based artist Kan Seidel depicts his own brand of queer, suburban Americana by way of oil on canvas and clay sculpture.
So Much Bigger on the Surface of Things: Design & Holism in the Work of Philip Seibel
The intersection between art and design has historically generated a number of interesting perspectives on aesthetics. Through Boris Groys’s writing on self-design, Timothy Morton’s contributions to object-oriented philosophy, and the work of the artist Philip Seibel, this text examines how the innermost functionality and the surface qualities of a thing come together to say something profound.
Night Shifts: Art Finds a New Home in Nightclubs
Using three recent exhibitions as anchors, Jack Lancaster explores how the history of modern and contemporary art were shaped by artists showing work outside traditional gallery spaces.
Surrealist Claude Cahun's Radical Legacy
Explore the work and life of Claude Cahun, a pioneering artist who challenged norms of gender and identity, openly resisted the rise of fascism, and continues to inspire artists working today.
