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Category: Visual Art

23 paintings of plants on different surfaces in industrial space.
1Fidencio Fifield-Perez, dacament, 2016-present. Courtesy Night Club.

Places, Portals, and How to Look Wrong

Christina Schmid

An episodic journey through this summer’s art offerings in the Twin Cities, including exhibitions at Weinstein Hammons Gallery, Form + Content, HAIR + NAILS, David Petersen Gallery, Night Club, and Dreamsong

Tags: autobiographyceramicslandscapemythologypaintingPlacePrintmakingspectatorship
Two black and white portraits side by side, of people with medium dark skin and faces turned to camera with slight smiles.
1Leslie Barlow (left) and Sayge Carroll (right), 2022. Photo: Ajamu.

Portraits, Practice, Pleasure, and Process

Ego Ahaiwe Sowinski, Ajamu , Sayge Carroll, Leslie Barlow

A transatlantic conversation with Ajamu, Leslie Barlow, and Sayge Carroll: on the sensuousness of material and its potential to transform the experience of identity

Tags: bodyceramicsidentitymaterialpaintingpleasureprocesstransatlantic
Visual Art
11-28-2023

Right(ful) Place: Quilting Tomorrows Through Yesterday’s Images

Stevie Ada Klaark
1Artists in the gallery during a Conversation Lab meeting, published with article by Juleana Enright. Courtesy Public Functionary. Photo: Tricia Heuring.
Design Literature Moving Image Performing Arts Visual Art
11-15-2023

Does Art Need Words? Arts Writers on Arts Writing

Christina Schmid, Nicole Asong Nfonoyim-Hara, Juleana Enright
1Courtesy María José Castillo.
Design Literature Visual Art
11-7-2023

An Idea of a Cow

María José Castillo
Large, multicolored woven artwork hung from white wall and draped onto gray floor.
1Ziba Rajabi, Misordered Story, 2019.
Visual Art
10-18-2023

Identity, Art, and Responsibility: An Artist’s Journey in Diaspora

Aida Shahghasemi
Zoom screenshot with two people smiling.
1Isa Gagarin and Emmett Ramstad in conversation.
Visual Art
9-29-2023

Lunch Break

Isa Gagarin, Emmett Ramstad
Sculptural lamp with electrical cord, brown cloud-shaped base, flat pillar, and white cloud light.
1Peng Wu, "Cloud Rests On Border 边境流云", 2023.
Visual Art
9-15-2023

The Railway Bolt Pulling Itself Off the Rail, Turning Into a Cloud 一 枚铆钉从铁轨上挣脱变成了一朵云

Xiaolu Wang
Many spools of red and purple thread on floor-to-ceiling shelving.
1Chris Larson, The Residue of Labor, 2023. Courtesy Public Art St. Paul.
Visual Art
9-6-2023

Time Is a Boomerang: Residual Histories Wrapped in Post-Industrial Mystique

Christina Schmid
Black and white drawing of a face, torn out and placed on white paper reading: "Art is a process of trial and error."
1At the end of every semester, my students tear up one of their "failed" drawings and paste them on a poster with advice for future students. Photo: Isa Gagarin.
Visual Art

Make Some Scribbles and Hope for the Best: Reflections on Ungrading

Isa Gagarin
Installation on wood paneling with two mounted fish and two shelves with duck decoys, gold trophy, bottles, cassette tapes, and blue milk crate that says "Butch's."
1Rosario Parker Gordon, Object Drag: Mancrafts in the Garage, 2023.
Performing Arts Visual Art
8-29-2023

Midwestern Masculinity: Decoy and Drag

Rosario Parker Gordon
Digital drawing of yellow cat with bubble letters "CLOSE YOUR", a pair of eyes, and pink letters behind the cat.
1Livia Disney, Everything Comes 2 An End!, 2023.
Visual Art
8-22-2023

The Freedom to Be Curious and to Question: A Manifesto for Arts Education

Livia Disney
Clay form on wood panel, painted pink and in the shape of a rose.
1Luci Aslakson, Untitled, 2023.
Visual Art
8-15-2023

In the Eye of the Beholder: Subjectivity and Perception in the World of Art

Luci Aslakson
Photo collage with two selfies of the same person and a red and multicolored quilt.
1Trina Fernandez, Mom Said I Would Look Beautiful in This, 2023.
Visual Art
8-9-2023

Miss U Like Hell, Manila

Trina Fernandez

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