“Authenticity in Art…”
By Camille Okhio. I have been so concerned with Authenticity recently. And sincerity. I feel that they go hand in hand, especially with an artists work. If I do not feel that there…
“Bats!!!”
By Maude Delice A staple of the superhero mythology is, there’s the superhero and there’s the alter ego. Batman is actually Bruce Wayne, Spider-Man is actually Peter Parker. And it is in that…
“L’ Enfant Terrible…”
Alexander McQueen By Maude Delice. Tuesday 20 April 2004, Joyce McQueen interviews her son, fashion designer Alexander McQueen, for the Guardian: Joyce McQueen: What is your most terrifying fear? Alexander McQueen: Dying…
David Hockney…
By Camille Okhio. What interests me most about Hockney, rather than the visual content of his work is the window through which he views the portrait. His thought about the variation of viewpoints…
Amos Tutuola…
“A World of Ghosts” by Steven Thompson Though I write about an astounding book, forgive the immediate digression towards music. In 1981, Brian Eno and David Byrne made an album called ‘My Life…
“Primitivism…”
By Camille Okhio. The Black and White Picasso show at the Guggenheim was Black and White in more than one way. The narrative created by the show was exceptional, showcasing Picasso’s early to…
“The Priest, They Called Him…”
By Maude Delice. Nothing exists until or unless it is observed. An artist is making something exist by observing it. And his hope for other people is that they will also make it…
Brooklyn Banks and the “Gods”…
By Shaggy. skateboarding has always being a California thing. Warm climate and surfing year round, thus making sense as to why skateboarding was birthed there. “real” careers had to be being a Cali’…
Louise Bourgeois…
Spider!!! By Camille Okhio Photo by Berenice Abbott, 1949. Of course I could not say enough positive things about a female artist, who in her old age focused mostly on sculpting gargantuan blatantly…
“Please mention Nina Simone…”
By Crystal Alyse. “Jazz is not just music, it’s a way of life, it’s a way of being, a way of thinking. . . . the new inventive phrases we make up to…
Damien Hirst: Revisiting the Life Cycle…
By Camille Okhio. To refer to Damien Hirst’s work as gauche or obvious at this point is a supremely over-used art world cliché. Discussing his work has now become this cyclical conversation of…
Yayoi Kusama…
A Visual Exploration of the Mind. By Camille Okhio. Yayoi Kusama Self-Obliteration, 1967. Tate-Modern Retrospective. Viewing my first Yayoi Kusama’s Infinity Net, was like experiencing the feeling of abruptly waking up from a…
James Baldwin…
A Man Beyond. By Crystal Alyse. What do you call a voice so succinct, so crisp, and so clear: a voice readily available to any audience? His blackness, his gayness, his poverty never…
Ben Hall…
Man of Many Frequencies : The conceptual meanings of Ben Hall. By Marina Garcia-Vasquez The subterranean studio apartment is a laboratory of experimentation. It is a room where light filters in at street…
Paul Pope…
“Paul Pope is the Comics Destroyer.” By Jeffrey Wendt. For a working cartoonist to call himself a “destroyer” of comics, when what he primarily does is create comics, it must be understood as…
Anti – Hero Skateboards, Andy Roy and Shaggy…
This beautiful place called New york, and the characters one meets daily never fails to make me smile.. I had met Shaggy through a mutual friend (Justin,) and found him quiet informative about…
The Devětsil : Capturing the Unseen…
A History of The Czech Society of Photography and how it redefined a war-torn Europe By Laura Whitcomb. Night descends on the summers of Prague with fearsome storms sending many into the cavernous…
