Features
Is Art Still “What Makes Life More Interesting Than Art”?
FROM THE ARCHIVES: November/December 2001— Cay Sophie Rabinowitz wrote on the tragic events of September 11, 2001, and the ability of art to go on in the aftermath.
A Brief History of Power
Contributing editor Stephanie Bailey traces the lines of electrification to political power via Chilean artist Iván Navarro and the 38th EVA International in Ireland.
The Energy Paradox
Japanese artists’ and cultural workers’ strategies for response to the Fukushima disaster.
Zina Saro-Wiwa
Poncili Creación Fights a More Beautiful Fight
Maxwell Paparella spends time with exuberant Puerto Rican performance collective Poncili Creación.
Henrik Olesen: What is Most Deep is the Skin
On artist Henrik Olesen’s “Hysterical Men” and “The Walk,” which concern mental illness and the pathologization of queerness by way of historical figures.
On Evasion
A formal and historical reading of a set of drawings probably forged by an analyst and used to make various claims about autistic people.
Vacant Presence
On how and why artists Park McArthur, Jesse Darling, and Julia Phillips use bodily supports without depicting the figure.
Sitting Beside Yvonne Rainer’s Convalescent Dance
Contextualizing Rainer’s “Convalescent Dance” (1967) alongside the spectacularization of disabled bodies during the Vietnam War, and framing convalescing as a radical act.
St. Louis: Navigating the Brick City
The urban landscape can be seen as a transcription of a city’s history. In St. Louis, the construction and destruction of brick buildings reveal a racialized history of segregation and inequality.