Articles
Kerry James Marshall
This article originally appeared in our November/December 2008 issue on Everyday Politics: In a text written for this show and displayed on one of the gallery walls, Kerry James Marshall says “I am working on paintings that address the theme of LOVE.” “Love” is...
First Lady Love
It all started with a dream. "I was in a small library, and she opened the door. She put her file folders down and pinned me to the wall, kissing me," recalls painter Sarah Ferguson. "She was so, so forthright. I found it very refreshing." The woman in the dream was...
No Beauty, No Truth
Mike Kelley’s first feature length movie takes place mainly at a high school. Cheery bright classrooms are full of 30-year-old sloppy students. Auditoriums stage assemblies with campy musicals and pageants. Gleaming lockers line the polished hallways. It’s a regular...
Catherine Opie
California is known as the land of fruits and nuts. And it’s true, we’ve got wacky environmentalists, kooky lefty liberals and fruity homosexuals. And artist Catherine Opie actually fits all three categories, sans the loaded adjectives. Nothing wacky about Cathy, and...