Animita refers to the concept of the roadside altar, something that we see often in Los Angeles and has a symbolic language all its own. This print by Rodrigo Valenzuela explores this phenomenon.
Thanks so much to Elisa Wouk Amino from Hyperallergic for a highlight piece on my work that came out this past October. There are some little descriptions here...
The gorgeous 2019-2020 Annual from 18th Street Arts Center is available for purchase and download here. Edited by yours truly, with incredible design by Place ...
Note: This essay is also available on the Consumption website and as a downloadable pdf here.
On a mild day in October 2015, a group of people in striped apr...
In December of last year, I had the pleasure of chatting with Christopher Robbins of Ghana Think Tank about his collaborative practice (with John Ewing, Matey O...
I recently wrote this article for the new Grant Kester-edited journal coming out of University of California, San Diego called Field, and it was a wonderful opp...
What follows is the essay I wrote about the Temple Contemporary-initiated project in Philadelphia called Funeral for a Home. This is the result of nearly a year...
Note: This essay was produced in collaboration with the artist for his solo show Leviathan at Kavi Gupta Chicago, on view through December 20, 2014.
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I got to thinking about the thousands of people that graduate with MFAs each year. With government and universities assessing the economic prospects of their graduates in the face of overwhelming student loan debt, I wonder how MFA programs measure up?