Stephen Varble made the city streets his stage, using garbage to create his alter-ego, Marie Debris.
Author Archives: Michael Valinsky
Michael Valinsky is a writer from Paris and New York. He received his B.A. in Poetics and Praxis at New York University. His work has been published in i-D Magazine, Hyperallergic, OUT Magazine, BOMB Magazine, NewNowNext.com, Lambda Literary, Kirkus Reviews, Artsy, Surface Magazine, eBay and The WILD Magazine. He is the author of .TXT, Zurich: 89plus/LUMA Publications, 2014. Michael is the former Editorial Assistant at Kirkus Reviews. He currently works and lives in Los Angeles.
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Jack Kerouac’s Beat Paintings
A new catalogue of Kerouac’s paintings is crucial in studying the overlap in his investment in writing and painting.
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The Inner Life of David Wojnarowicz Through His Words
A new transcription of the artist’s recorded journals offers readers a unique perspective on his inner life and the daily realities of individuals living with the threat of AIDS.
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Fax Messages to US Politicians with Striking Political Art
The Los Angeles-based design studio Use All Five has expanded its Artifax project, which uses original artwork as letterheads for messages to local representatives.
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Open Doors and Wounds in David Sedaris’s Calypso
David Sedaris’s Calypso is an intimate portrait of a writer who has, for so long, shared his entire life with a captivated audience.
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Photography in Search of the Real
Real Worlds invites viewers to consider photography not just as documentation of myriad moments but as a means to more deeply understand lives and interpersonal relationships in Western cities.
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The Art Object as Institutional Critique
The artists in Décor urge viewers to question the creator’s role in the management and presentation of art.
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The Impossible Beauty of New York’s 1980s Ballroom Scene
Joseph Cassara depicts the harrowing effects of AIDS on a community that was systematically dismissed and under-served by the city of New York.
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The Politics of Sound in a Prison
Lawrence Abu Hamdan attempts to reconstruct the psycho-physical conditions in which prisoners lived at Syria’s Saydnaya prison by using recorded testimonials.
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Making Art from Global Trade Routes
Hugh Scott-Douglas takes viewers on a journey through the oceanic trade and zeroes in on the interference of bodies and labor in global transactions.
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A Modern Poet’s Timeless Word Bank
Maureen McLane starts off her collection with a gaze that projects itself from the ground to the depths of the galaxy.
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The Contemporary Oddities of the Los Angeles Contemporary Archive
LACA’s non-circulating collection is an ever-expanding project, encompassing documents and ephemera from contemporary artists, researchers, and writers working in and around Los Angeles.