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Summer Quarter Features

The New Art Examiner's Volume 38 Number 1, covering July, August, and September, features 14 reviews of a highly diverse group of artists. In addition, there is an obituary for the Belarusian performance artist and political provocateur Alieś Puškin and a piece about whether or not Kehinde's art is kitsch.

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Summer Quarter (July/August/September) 2023

Free Your Mind

Marissa Jezak examines the art made by individuals currently or previously incarcerated in Michigan prisons.

Mickey Gallery: Five Years of Experimentation

MICHEL SéGARD reviews this gallery's summer show that featured works exhibited in the past five years.

"Hide and Seek"

K.A. Letts Jeanne Bieri and how the work recalls and pays homage to past armed conflicts.

"Dear Louise: A Tribute to Louise Fishman"

PAUL MORENO reviews this posthumous exhibition of the late Louise Fishman's work and its ties to Abstract Expressionism.

"No Words Spoken: The Ordinary in the Works of Kyungwoo Chun"

Leandré D'Sousa chronicles the recent work of Kyungwoo Chun in Goa and Mumbai and how he enrolls communities into participation in his projects.

Worth a Thousand Words—Graphic Biographies of Artists’ Lives

Sean Bieri give us a overview of biographies of well known artists done in the form of graphic novels.

"Richard Haines
Paradise Lost"

PAUL MORENOexamines the work of this artist's images of men in various life activities—a flâneur’s observations.

"There Are Many Ways to Hold Water Without Being Called a Vase"

Michel Ségard ponders the work of Antonius-Tín Bui, Chinese paper cutting pieces of exceptional technical skill and deep social content.

"Then Is Now: Contemporary Black Art
in America"

D. Dominick Lombardi reviews the Bruce Museum's exhibition of significant Black art from the mid 20th century to the present.

"Gordon Parks
The Early Years: 1942–1963"

TOM MULLANEY analyzes this famous Black photographer's early works of street photography with an emphasis on children.

"Degenerate! Hitler's War  on Modern Art"

Diane Thodos ct of Hitler’s DEGENERATE! art exhibition on the lives of early 20th century European artists.

They Exists in the Multi-verse: {\}() {\}∆‡!(){\} (No Nation) at Comfort Station

John Thomure reviews an evening of performance at by
{\}() {\}∆‡!(){\} (No Nation), part
of Comfort Station’s “Force & Motion” series.

Tom Robinson & Loralyn Kumlin at Gallery SoNa

Annette LePique  reviews “Paintings, Miniatures, Wood Mosaics, and Imagery Boxes—Creative Emergence from the Pandemic,” works by Tom Robinson and LoryLyn Kumlin at SoNa Gallery, Chicago.

Obituary: Alieś Puškin (1965–2023) Belarusian performance artist and political provocateur

Chrysalis Magazine and the New Art Examiner commorate the Belarusian performance artist and political provocateur Alieś Puškin.

I.D.E.A.

Wiley, Kitsch, and Politics

In this op ed, MICHEL SÉGARD ­disagrees with The Washington Post art critic Sebastian Smee’s characterization of Keninde Wiley's work as kitsch.

WANTED CHICAGO WRITERS The New Art Examiner is looking for Chicago-based writers interested in the visual arts. Writers would start with short reviews of exhibitions. Later, longer essays on contemporary visual arts issues could be accepted. Writers get paid $50 per review and $75 per article. Please send a sample of your writing or editing (no more than a few pages) and a brief CV to: Michel Ségard Editor in Chief New Art Examiner nae.msegard@gmail.com

Spring Quarter (April/May/June) 2023

Pride Month

Where I Find Ourselves

PAUL MORENO examines three important exhibitions that illustrate the history and state of the LGBTQ+ community.

“Apacolypse Sky”

DOMINICK LOMBARDI looks at this historical exhibition of the AIDS activism in NYC during the 1980s.

“Take My Picture”

REBECCA MEMOLI review's Patric McCoy's photography depicting the Black gay scene in Chicago in the 1980s.

“Tongue & Nails”

ANNETTE LEPIQUE ponders this exhibition that examines the relationship between the body and the definition of one's self.

Art Fairs

Expo Chicago 2023

MICHEL SÉGARD and EVAN CARTER, each give their take on this year's fair.

40 ChatGPT AI-Generated Questions for CHICAGO EXPO:

In Collaboration with SCR2W

Miami Basel 2022

DIANE THODOS analyses the economics and social politics of art fairs.

Interview

Reviews

On the Road: an Interview with Ted Stanuga

NEIL GOODMAN  interviews Ted Stanuga, and discusses his legacy as an Abstractionist in an Imagist town.

“Envision: The Michigan

Artist Initiative 2023”

K.A. LETTS  examines the work of the three finalists in this competition.

Lonnie Holley

SEAN ROBERTS looks at Lonnie Holley's art and music that was featured at Knoxville’s Big Ears festival on March 30, 2023.

House Set Sun

MARISSA JEZAK  assesses this show of works by Anne Speier and Lucie Stahl.

The Alchemists

DESTINY GRAY reviews this Atlanta show of 28 Black artists.

Winter Quarter (Jan/Feb/MAR) 2023

Legacy, History, and Patronage: The Racine Art Museum

NEIL GOODMAN  interviews Bruce  Pepich, the museum's lomg-time

executive director.

William Kentridge at the Ware-house Museum, Milwaukee

DIANE THODOS writes a detailed analysis of this expressionist artists work.

 

Antonia Kuo & Pauline Shaw

PAUL MORENO reviews this two-person show at Chapter NY in New York City and the contrasting aspects of their practice.

"Antonio Obá: Outras águas/Other Waters"

PAUL MORENO examines the deeply personal work of this artist from Brazil with African heritage.

"Lavar Munroe: Sometime Come to Someplace"

ANNETTE LEPIQUE reviews Lavar Munroe's show  that examines the interplay between  race and class.

"Get Together" in Detroit

K.A. LETTS reviews this salon style show at Reyes | Finn featuring more than 120 artists from Detroit.

 

Hangama Amiri

DOMINICK LOMBARDI examines the work of this Afghan artistand how she coped with Taliban censorship.

"Reckless Rolodex"

JOHN THOMURE responds to this show of artists influenced by Lawrence Steger at Gallery 400.

"Faithfully Askew Too"

TROY SHERMAN reviews this uneven exhibition at an artist-run gallery in St. Louis.

Ewuresi Archer

K.A. LETTS assesses the provocative artwork of this Ghanaian-American artist.

Frater and Welsh

MICHEL SÉGARD observes the contrasting approaches to feminism between Jean Frater and Margaret Welsh .

Benny Andrew and Deborah Roberts

CHRISTINE ZAPPELLA reviews the work of two African-American artists at the McNay Art Museum.

Richard Hull

EVAN CARTER evaluates the recent work of this well-known Chicago post-imagist artist at Western

Exhibitions. 

Autumn Quarter (Oct/Nov/Dec) 2022

Scott Hocking at Cranbrook Art Museum

K.A. LETTS reviews the work of this seminal Detroit sculpture and installation artist.

Joe Brainard: a box of hearts and other works

PAUL MORENO looks at a selection of work by this late, beloved New York artist and poet at Tibor de Nagy Gallery.

Celestial Stage: Michiko Itatani at Wrightwood 659

ANNETTE LEPIQUE studies Itatani's current work influenced both by science and Japanese culture.

Jason Revok: Now You See Him, Now You Don't

K.A. LETTS looks at this artists move from graffiti artist to gallery artist in his new show at MOCAD.

Neil Goodman

REBECCA MEMOLI looks at Neil Goodman's latest bronzes at Chicago's Carl Hammer Gallery and his connection to the Midwest.

William Corwin: "Lethe-Ward"

D. DOMIMICK LOMBARDI reviews an intriguing show about recollection at a gallery in Millerton, NY.

Gabriel Orozco, Spacetime

PAUL MORENO reviews this novel but well-hidden show at Marian Goodman Gallery.

David Hockney

EVAN CARTER reviews "The Arrival of Spring" at the Art Institute of Chicago, featuring Hockney's latest work using an iPad.

"The First Homosexuals" at Wrightwood 659

MICHEL SÉGARD analyzes this exhibition about the evolution of art since the word "homosexual" was coined.

John Henry: A Steel Driving Man

NEIL GOODMAN pays tribute to this sculptor noted for large outdoor steel works who passed away in November of 2022 at age 79.

 

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