Wassup Censors?

Larry Clark‘s retrospective exhibition opens today at Musée d’art Moderne de la Ville de Paris.  The artist is known for his talent in depicting both fictional and true stories of disturbed youth through a raw and glaringly graphic eye.  His photo documentations  (Tulsa, Teenage Lust) and his films (Bully, Kids, Ken Park, Wassup Rockers) have [...]

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Interview With James Roper in Issue 16 of Hi-Fructose Magazine

Issue 16 of Hi-Fructose Magazine features an interview I conducted with UK-based artist, James Roper. I encourage you to pick up a copy but in the meantime, here’s a snippet: “…to grasp the complexity of Roper as a creator is to know him first and foremost as a thinker. If the viewer were to act [...]

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Andy Ritchie Reviews “Temporal Surfaces” for Art Slant

Thanks to Andy Ritchie for the excellently-written “post-mortem” review of “Temporal Surfaces”, the show I guest-curated for White Walls this past month. Read the review on the Art Slant Pick List and if you missed the show, you can still check out the work on the White Walls website.

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Feature Article on James Marshall (Dalek) in Issue 15 of Hi-Fructose

I recently conducted an interview with James Marshall (Dalek) for Hi-Fructose discussing his latest work and a decade of creativity. Issue 15 is on newsstands now!

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Visionaire 56: SOLAR

Visionaire is a the gold standard of art and fashion publications. Released three times a year, the album features a different theme and format with each issue. The 56th publication, “Solar”, is one of the most innovative expressions of packaging and design I have seen thus far. What appears under indoor light as an all-white [...]

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Editorial Piece in Issue 13 of Hi Fructose

Be sure to pick up Issue 13 of Hi Fructose and check out the article I wrote on the artist Candice Tripp. Love her work!

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Tracking Transience: The Art of Hasan Elahi

In the recent Winter issue of Colors Magazine, there is an article on the art of surveillance that is quite intriguing. The featured work belongs to Hasan Elahi who, in 2002, was stopped by the FBI at the Detroit airport and questioned about his whereabouts on September 11th.

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Interview With Travis Louie in September Issue of Jux

I conducted an interview with the very talented artist Travis Louie for the September issue of Juxtapoz Magazine. We had a chance to discuss his early influences, the foundation of his aesthetic, as well as the stories behind his intriguing characters. It’s on newsstands now!

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A&O Interview With Jesse Reno

I’ve been mesmerized by Jesse Reno‘s paintings for years. To call them mere paintings is almost myopic, relegating them to a definition that can easily be obtained through a cursory inspection. It’s best to take your time with Reno’s work, to examine the layers, the complex pattern work, scrawled lines, and his preternatural subjects who [...]

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New Editorial Pieces in Issue 12 of Hi-Fructose

I have a couple of pieces in the latest issue of Hi-Fructose. The first is an introduction for the interview Annie Owens did with Michael Page and the second is a book review on Joe Ledbetter’s new book, Creatures of Habit. Issue 12 of Hi-Fructose is on newsstands now.

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