Alicia Eler is a cultural critic and arts reporter at the Minneapolis Star Tribune and author of "The Selfie Generation: How Our Self-Images Are Changing Our Notions of Privacy, Sex, Consent, and Culture" (2017).
Art
CHICAGO — At its most rarefied levels, art as social practice seems oxymoronic. Is it possible to produce work that jars the elitist art world out of its aesthetic bliss while appearing on its sanctified white walls? Probably not. Cheryl Pope's solo exhibition Just Yell at Monique Meloche Gallery ir
Opinion
CHICAGO — A nail house is not a sharp object or an eyesore. It's a site to behold, one that holds its ground. The term "nail house" is a literal translation from the word dingzihu (钉子户), a Chinese word meaning either a household or person who will not leave their home to make way for real estate dev
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CHICAGO — Selfies are private moments made available for public consumption. When the shutter snaps, the subject realizes that they're ready to admit something about themselves that would otherwise remain hidden.
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CHICAGO — As we settle into midway-through-summer mode here in the city that does sleep sometimes, we spend more time hanging at the beach, BBQing with friends and generally chillaxing. With this slowing down of general movement comes the proliferation of — wait for it! — the summer group show.
Opinion
CHICAGO — A Honduran street artist who goes by the name of Urban Maeztro, a translation of "Urban Master," is covering the walls of the country's capital, Tegucicalpa, with posters of art historical images holding neon weapons.
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CHICAGO — Are you a viewer, voyeur, or just a wallflower? These interchangeable labels provide a curious starting point for ways to think about the relationship between the subject and the (art) object in Slippery Slope, a group exhibition at Woman Made Gallery in Chicago.
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CHICAGO — There’s always some sort of surprise awaiting you in the basement. Consent is not necessary here; you are allowed to freely descend the stairs of Woman Made Gallery, where two solo exhibitions by Brenna Conley-Fonda and Robin Hustle await. Both of these artists implicate their bodies and b
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CHICAGO — This week's selfie series is curated entirely from submissions that you, dear internet reader, sent to me through the selfies [at] hyperallergic [dot] com email address. I was wondering if you'd accept the challenge to write, and indeed, you did. Thank you. You are fearless.
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CHICAGO — You thought that headline was a joke, right? It might be a phallucy, or a fallacy, or it could be just plain phantasmagoric, or phallocentric or ... it could be why you decided to stop for a minute and read this story.
Interview
German-born, Istanbul-based Turkish artist Taner Ceylan, a prominent Turkish artist whose work deals with the hidden histories of the Ottoman Empire.
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CHICAGO — Every performance online and off is essentially about energy. Marina Abramović knows this, and so after her 2010 endurance-based performance at MoMA "The Artist is Present," she disappeared in order to train with shamans in Brazil where she learned more about energy, and took time to heal.
Opinion
We turn our gazes toward men and masculinity, and suddenly everyone feels safe again. Consider The New Inquiry's Further Materials Toward a Theory of the Man-Child, a response to the ongoing conversations around Preliminary Materials for Theory of the Young-Girl, which uses the body of the young-gir