• Reviews

Kate Zambreno Juggles Celebrity Obsession and Self-Image in a Book of Critical Essays

Kate Zambreno's 'Screen Tests' is an exploration of our fascination with fame as a vehicle to understand how we conceive of ourselves.

• By
  Ruby Brunton
• Aug 15, 2019 9:35 am

• Features

Subcultural Treasures

In the early 1990s, Blake spotted the ascent of identity art and began to seek out ways to work around it.

• By
  Brian Droitcour
• May 1, 2018 9:00 am

• Interviews

Performing Is Storytelling: Q+A With Chris Kraus

Chris Kraus has a mind-bending talent for theorizing and performing femininity in the same monologue. The Los Angeles-based author and Semiotext(e) editor spent years directing independent films…

• By
  Kayla Guthrie
• Jun 21, 2011 4:32 pm

• Interviews

Painter as Pig, Painting as Prostitute

Describing the work of Norwegian artist Bjarne Melgaard, it's difficult to avoid a manic, rambling inventory of the materials and images used in his paintings and installations, which, in the case of…

• By
  Kayla Guthrie
• Jun 15, 2010 5:48 pm