Writing Samples

(LinkedIn compilation of all publications)

To Create a Living Archive: Onyeka Igwe at MoMa PS1 (Submission to Burlington Contemporary Art Writing Prize) (pdf)

*This is an unpublished work; contest decisions are set to be released in mid-September

In A Repertoire of Protest (No Dance, No Palaver), a three-piece video installation at MoMa PS1, Onyeka Igwe choreographs a hermeneutic spiral centered around the 1929 Aba Women’s War, which occurred in Nigeria and was never visually documented…

Mark Yang '20 in Solo Show at Half Gallery (pdf ; direct link)

Viewing paintings by Yang on the bright white walls of Half Gallery is a totalizing experience. The canvases are large, electrified from edge-to-edge with sharply colored limbs that stretch, leap, and collide…

Julia Phillips in Solo Show at Matthew Marks Gallery (pdf ; direct link)

Entering into the world of Visual Arts alumna Julia Phillips ’15 is like entering into a dream: nothing is certain, everything doubles, even triples, as something else…

Asif Mian '21 Encounters the Alhambra (pdf ; direct link)

For Asif Mian ’21, art practice is equal parts ritual and performance, plan and chance. Through deep study of materials (thermal drone technology, plastic, water, light), mythology, and critical theory, Mian creates mixed media artworks that engage the body, expand the possibilities of perception, and…

Kevin Cobb Encounters Hans Holbein (pdf ; direct link)

Kevin Cobb creates remarkable works on canvas, paper, panel, and the screen. An artist of many trades, to which he brings a tremendous amount of generosity of care and spirit…