Month: November 2021

Katherine Jentleson: Whose History of American Art?

Katherine Jentleson and Logan Lockner reflect on the creation of two concurrent exhibitions at the High Museum of Art—”Really Free: The Radical Art of Nellie Mae Rowe and “Gatecrashers: The Rise of the Self-Taught Artist in America.”

Type:
Interviews
Source:
November 24, 2021
Location:
Atlanta, GA
Credit:
Interview / Logan Lockner

Angela Ziqi Zhang and Maggie Crowley: Flash, Bang, Fizz

In the summer of 2021, two solo exhibitions in Chicago, one by Maggie Crowley and another by Angela Ziqi Zhang, echoed one another in many ways: connected by the dotted lines of the artists’ friendship and shared history, the presentations revealed common concerns—around value and experience, affect and attention—that play out in both of their practices through distinct visual and material registers.

Type:
Interviews
Source:
November 17, 2021
Credit:
Interview / Anna Searle Jones

A Training in Suspense—Stacey Abrams’ While Justice Sleeps

In “Training in Suspense,” Courtney McClellan questions the implication of veracity in the recent spate of politician-penned political thrillers by way of Stacey Abrams’ new novel, While Justice Sleeps.

Type:
Features
Source:
Fall 2021
Location:
Atlanta, GA
Credit:
Text / Courtney McClellan