Cynthia Cruz considers class privilege and social distance in her explication of the film “The Souvenir”
Category: Essays
The Aerial Muse & Maine’s Fallow Fields of History
Lune Ames explores indigenous history in Yvonne Jacquette’s “Little River Farm”
Joan Jonas’s “Moving Off the Land II” at Ocean Space in Venice
Monika Fabijanska considers feminism and the role of the artist in Joan Jonas’s “Moving Off the Land II” at Ocean Space in Venice
Encountering the Medium: A Few Lessons from James Turrell’s “Shanta II (blue)”
Lucija Furac considers perception and objecthood in James Turrell’s “Shanta II (blue)”
Working Through: the Drawings of Eva Hesse
Cynthia Cruz considers the drawings of Eva Hesse at Hauser & Wirth
The Geist in William Gedney’s Kentucky Photographs
Cynthia Cruz writes about libidinal energy in the Kentucky photographs of William Gedney
When the Death Drive Takes Over: the Libidinal in Joy Division and Amy Winehouse
Cynthia Cruz considers the posture of the libidinal and the death drive
Inner and Outer Space
Cynthia Cruz considers Claire Denis’ film High Life (2018)
Fallback Friday: Casting JonBenét
Degree Critical revisits Will Fenstermaker’s (Class of 2016) consideration of spectatorship and power in “Casting JonBenét”
Photography, Caravaggio & The Musicians
Yínka Elujoba writes about Caravaggio, Roy DeCarava, and the quality of light
Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea
Angella d’Avignon writes about Nancy Holt at Dia:Chelsea
The Sea is Still Beautiful
Sahar Khraibani writes about the sea, terror, capturing beauty, and Nilufer Demir’s photograph of Alan Kurdi
