Micro essays on artists we can’t stop thinking about
All the Strings that Bind: Patty Chang at Friends Indeed and Cushion Works
Chang’s work displays a longstanding preoccupation with the boundaries and trace appearances of the body.
Love Letter to Bean Gilsdorf
The stiff gravitas of US politicians made floppy and satirical.
Love Letter to Dr. Qinqin Liu
Painting California’s watersheds as a way to cope with the climate crisis.
Love Letter to Katherine Ace
Exploring fantastical and surreal subjects in masterful portraits.
Love Letter to Laida Lertxundi
The pleasure of finding ways to describe a filmmaker’s roving vision.
Love Letter to Luke Chueh
On feeling guilty enjoying a Luke Chueh painting.
Love Letter to Betye Saar
Betye Saar’s found object assemblages visualize the possibility of liberation.
Love Letter to Jazmin Anita
The power of Black women portraying themselves as diverse and beautiful.
Love Letter to Pauline Oliveros
Listening to music as an act of kinship.
Love Letter to Pace Taylor
Conflicting desires in fields of soft pastel and leaden graphite details
Love Letter to jayy dodd
A glitchy, intimate escape during quarantine questions value systems