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Daniel Gerwin is an artist and writer living in Los Angeles.

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Deconstructing the Masculinity of Hercules

by Daniel Gerwin May 31, 2022May 31, 2022

Artist Kyle Staver’s portrayal of the mythic hero feels balanced, as if to say: sure, the 12 labors are absurd, but isn’t all human endeavor?

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Abstractions Inspired by Light and Space Are an Exciting Perceptual Experience

by Daniel Gerwin February 27, 2022February 25, 2022

These are works in the tradition of Light and Space, but instead of light, Brian Wills works with the earthy media of paint and colored thread.

Posted inOpinion

How MFA Programs Perpetuate the Taboo Against Artists Having Children

by Daniel Gerwin February 2, 2022February 3, 2022

Both male and female faculty internalize the idea that responsibility for raising children precludes serious art and then they recapitulate it.

Posted inOpinion

The Myth About Having Children as an Artist

by Daniel Gerwin October 4, 2021October 4, 2021

COVID-19 demolished the canard that serious work is incompatible with family life. We can no longer entertain the illusion that raising children requires a total sacrifice of any other endeavor.

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The Feminist Power of Beauty

by Daniel Gerwin July 31, 2021July 30, 2021

Beauty remains an uncomfortable territory for many contemporary artists, which makes the boldness of Sarah Ann Weber’s aesthetics all the more compelling.

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A Residency Designed for Artist-Parents Is the First of Its Kind in US

by Daniel Gerwin July 18, 2021July 19, 2021

The Interlude Artist Residency in the Hudson Valley gives artists focused time to work “without ignoring the real and often conflicting requirements of parenthood.”

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Artist Residencies Need to Start Thinking About Parents

by Daniel Gerwin October 6, 2020November 5, 2020

Amir H. Fallah, Ellen Lesperance, Joyce Kozloff, and other artists share their experiences with residencies.

Posted inArt

Peter Williams’s Afrofuturist World and Its Cyclones of Color

by Daniel Gerwin October 1, 2020November 5, 2020

It is past time that Williams receives the institutional attention he deserves.

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Julie Mehretu’s Sublime Abstractions of History

by Daniel Gerwin January 6, 2020January 9, 2020

Packed with traced and freehand marks, Mehretu’s artworks inspire awe of what might be called an informational sublime, a 21st-century twist on the artistic tradition.

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Finding Crystalline Clarity in the Seemingly Chaotic

by Daniel Gerwin December 10, 2019December 9, 2019

The technical mastery of Annie Lapin’s paintings is like that of a juggler who can simultaneously toss balls, bowling pins, flaming torches, and a chainsaw.

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Brian Belott’s Satirical Modernist Grids

by Daniel Gerwin November 9, 2019November 8, 2019

In his current exhibition, Belott degrades the modernist grid, making it lumpy with swollen puffs that participate in the artwork’s visual order while satirizing it.

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The Aspirations of a Generation of Black Artists Visualized in Soul of a Nation

by Daniel Gerwin July 22, 2019July 19, 2019

At the Broad’s iteration of Soul of a Nation: Art in the Age of Black Power, there is scarcely a work that does not demonstrate how deeply we are struggling with the same issues that concerned Black artists a half-century ago.

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