Month: December 2024
ECHOES Episode 3
Jill Magid: Between Words and Deeds
Fausto had tried to speak, but was denied. Instead he fired a gun into the air. Both men reached for the heavens — figuratively (Faust) and literally (Fausto), and both fell, with tragic consequences.
Interview with Carrie Mae Weems
Dark Study: on Emily Jacir, Forensic Architecture, and fugitive documentary
Zora J. Murff: Documenting the Shadow Empire
Amber Esseiva: Call and Response
End of Year Letter: 2024 -> 2025
‘Tis the season for taking stock of what we’ve accomplished in 2024, and for looking forward to what the future holds. On behalf of everyone at Art Papers, I want to thank the individuals and foundations who rallied to support our mission this past year.
Jen Everett: Kinship, Interiority & the Black Femme Gaze
Magdalena Suarez Frimkess—The Finest Disregard
Even her utilitarian tableware—tortilla plates and coffee mugs—appear sculptural, not functional. Whereas many ceramicists, including her husband, take great pains to rid their work of evidence of their physicality, eradicating touch, pressure, emotion, and kinetic energy, Magdalena’s sculptures quiver with her presence. Fingerprints, pinch marks, patchwork, the spontaneity and surety of her brushstrokes altogether engender a perceptible alive-ness.