Month: June 2020
Kevin Young: The Opposite of a Hoax
On the racialized history of truth, fiction, and hoax.
Dread Scott: Beyond History
Reporting as a performance observer and implicated participant.
The Moment Is Not Sufficient
“Black art” is a varied concept. The way we define the phrase is tied to the way we think about American identity and who has the ability to claim it.
In Solidarity
Art Papers’ mission is, at its core, to offer words in response to the work of artists. Language often fails to account for the unprecedented, the unknown, or the unconscionable. The only words that feel meaningful now are simple but powerful ones: Black Lives Matter.
Toward a Monumental Black Body
The Black body has been objectified and used to incite terror, just as it has been used to revise and shift narratives. To address the growing call for diverse representation in public space, the question is: can artists succeed where the state fails?