TK Smith
Doreen Garner
Garner’s practice represents the body as muscle, fat, sinew, and blood, which bespeak an extreme vulnerability and toe the line between beauty and vulgarity.
Derek Fordjour: SHELTER
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?
Derrick Adams: Beyond Spectacle
TK Smith and Derrick Adams discuss translating and exulting the archive and legacy of Patrick Kelly.
Cosmo Whyte: Mining the Body for Gold
TK Smith and Cosmo Whyte discuss colonial retentions, notions of home, and Whyte’s recent exhibition at MOCA GA.
Frederick Douglass: Embers of Freedom
Queer Intimacy: A Conversation with Diedrick Brackens
The implications of emerging fully black and fully queer into the art world, and of creating images wherein men touch.
Krista Clark: Base Line of Appraisal
Striking Power: Iconoclasm in Ancient Egypt
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.