Contents for August 21, 2023
CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):
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1. Guerilla Girls, Coco Fusco, FF Alumns, now online at art21.org
2. Coco Fusco, FF Alumn, now online at ContemporaryAnd.com
3. David Wojnarowicz, FF Alumn, new Primary Information publication now available
4. John Cage, Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Max Schumann, Kiki Smith, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
5. Joseph Nechvatal, FF Alumn, now online at asapjournal.com
6. Jeanette Andrews, FF Alumn, at MIT, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 20
7. Susan Share, FF Alumn, at Indiana University, IN
8. R. Sikoryak, FF Alumn, at City Reliquary, Brooklyn, Aug. 25
9. Power Boothe, FF Alumn, at Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT, opening Sept. 1
10. Barbara Rosenthal, FF Alumn, now online at Personaland.com
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1. Guerilla Girls, Coco Fusco, FF Alumns, now online at art21.org
Please visit this link to a 15 minute film about the Guerilla Girls:
https://art21.org/watch/art-in-the-twenty-first-century/s11/guerrilla-girls-in-bodies-of-knowledge/
Thank you.
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2.Coco Fusco, FF Alumn, now online at ContemporaryAnd.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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3. David Wojnarowicz, FF Alumn, new Primary Information publication now available
We are happy to announce the release of Dear Jean Pierre, a collection of David Wojnarowicz’s transatlantic correspondence to his Parisian lover Jean Pierre Delage between 1979 and 1982. Capturing a truly foundational moment for Wojnarowicz’s artistic and literary practice, these letters not only reveal his captivating personality—and its concomitant tenderness, compassion, and neuroses—but also index the development of the visual language that would go on to define him as one of the preeminent artists of his generation.
Through this collection, readers are introduced to Wojnarowicz’s Rimbaud series, the band 3 Teens Kill 4, the publication of his first photographs, his early friendship with Peter Hujar, his participation in the then-emerging East Village art and music scenes, and the preparations for the publication of his first book. Included with these writings are postcards, drawings, xeroxes, photographs, collages, flyers, ephemera, and contact sheets that showcase some of the artist’s iconic images and work, such as the Burning House motif and Untitled (Genet, after Brassai).
Beyond these milestones, the book offers a striking portrayal of Wojnarowicz as a twenty-something, detailing his day-to-day life with the type of unbridled earnestness that comes with that age and the softness of love and longing. This disarming tenderness provides a picture of a young man just beginning to find his voice in the world and the love he has found in it.
Although the two exchanged letters in equal measure, Delage’s correspondences have largely been lost, leaving us with only a revelatory glimpse into the internal world of Wojnarowicz during what turned out to be his formative years.
This publication is produced in coordination with P.P.O.W Gallery and stems from their exhibition Dear Jean Pierre: The David Wojnarowicz Correspondence with Jean Pierre Delage, 1979-1982, which was curated by Anneliis Beadnell and Cynthia Carr in 2022.The Jean Pierre Delage Archive is in the Collection Hartwig Art Foundation as a promised gift to the National Collection of the Netherlands (Rijksdienst voor het Cultureel Erfgoed / Rijkscollectie).
Dear Jean Pierre is 616 pages and produced in full color. It is published in an edition of 4,000. It retails for $40.
Buy now: https://primaryinformation.org/product/dear-jean-pierre/
Thank you.
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4. John Cage, Allan Kaprow, Claes Oldenburg, Max Schumann, Kiki Smith, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
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5. Joseph Nechvatal, FF Alumn, now online at asapjournal.com
Digital, Viral, Magical: A Conversation with Joseph Nechvatal has been conducted by Jonathan Eburne and published at ASAP Journal ~ the scholarly publication of the Association for the Study of the Arts of the Present ~
Please visit the link here: https://asapjournal.com/digital-viral-magical-a-conversation-with-joseph-nechvatal-joseph-nechvatal-and-jonathan-p-eburne/
Thank you.
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6. Jeanette Andrews, FF Alumn, at MIT, Cambridge, MA, Sept. 20
MIT! Sept. 20! I am just beyond grateful and so excited to be performing and speaking at the @mitmuseum for the Boston / @mit premiere of In Plain Listen with the @bostonsymphony and @mit fellow Valerie Chen on the cello.
I’ll also perform pieces from my repertoire and be joined by Professor of Anthropology Graham M. Jones and Professor of Computer Science Arvind Satyanarayan in a conversation about magic, culture and visual communication. Major thanks to @grahammygrammy and @kate_t_s_w for coordinating everything to make it happen!!
Co-sponsored by Amar G. Bose Research Grants, MIT Anthropology , MIT CSAIL, and Morningside Academy of Design. @mit_csail @mitdesignacad
Thank you.
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7. Susan Share, FF Alumn, at Indiana University, IN
I am honored and thrilled that 6 pieces of my artwork were purchased this summer for the collection at the Herron Art Library Fine Press / Book Arts collection at Indiana University in Indianapolis. I also sent along some archival material including published articles about my work and postcards. They are cataloged on the IUCAT system.
I couldn’t be more pleased. Many thanks to all involved. Susan Share
Thank you.
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8. R. Sikoryak, FF Alumn, at City Reliquary, Brooklyn, Aug. 25
Carousel returns with comics readings and projections (plus some live music) from cartoonists, graphic novelists, and other artists.
Featuring
Jacob Halton
Yinfan Huang
Arielle Jovellanos and Julia Riew
Jason Little
Daisy Ruiz
and more!
Hosted by R. Sikoryak
The show will be followed by a book signing.
At The City Reliquary 370 Metropolitan Ave, Brooklyn, NY 11211
Friday, August 25, 2023
Times: 7:30pm door 8:00pm show
Tickets: $10 in advance; $12 at door (Free for City Reliquary members)
Tickets: https://withfriends.co/event/16567971/carousel_comics_performances
Artist Bios:
Jacob Halton is a background designer and comic artist who loves making trippy stories and cyberpunk art.
Find more of his work at https://jacobhalton.com/
Instagram @jacobhalton
Born and raised in China, Yinfan Huang is a NY-based illustrator and cartoonist who creates joyful, whimsical work for children’s books, magazines, brands, and institutions around the world. She is the first Asian cartoonist published in The New Yorker in print without growing up in the West. She is the illustrator of the children’s book The Couch Potato and is working on her first graphic memoir, Yellow Singing Sail.
Find out more of her work at http://www.yinfanhuang.com/
Instagram @yinfanhuang and @infuncomic
Arielle Jovellanos is a Filipina-American freelance illustrator, comic artist, and writer. Recent works include Girl Taking Over: A Lois Lane Story (DC), Evil Thing: A Villains Graphic Novel (Disney-Hyperion), and Black Star (Abrams Megascope). She would like a cat.
Instagram @joviellety
Julia Riew is a composer-lyricist and writer from Missouri. She is best known for Dive (AKA: “The Korean Disney Princess Musical”) which is currently being developed into a stage musical with Tony-Award winning director Diane Paulus and GLAAD-Award winning playwright Diana Son for the American Repertory Theater after amassing over 130k followers and 3 million likes worldwide.
Instagram @juliariew
Jason Little is the author of the forthcoming Polly & Molly, a graphic novel about love, family, the space-time continuum, and genitalia. His previous books include Borb, a hilarious daily strip collection about a tragically alcoholic homeless man, and Jack’s Luck Runs Out, a story set in Las Vegas and told with playing card characters.
Instagram @beecomix
Daisy Ruiz, better known online as @Draizys, is a Bronx-bred Illustrator, and writer. Ruiz uses illustrations to tell stories of nuanced moments of her upbringing in The Bronx, narrating experiences of body shaming in adolescence and the search for acceptance within white-dominated alternative interests.
R. Sikoryak is a cartoonist (Constitution Illustrated, Terms and Conditions, and The Unquotable Trump) and the host of Carousel. He illustrated the comic books that appear in the new novel by Tom Hanks, The Making of Another Major Motion Picture Masterpiece.
Find out more of his work at https://www.rsikoryak.com/
Instagram: @rsikoryak
Thank you.
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9. Power Boothe, FF Alumn, at Five Points Gallery, Torrington, CT, opening Sept. 1
Hello friends,
I have an exhibition of recent paintings at Five Points Gallery, 33 Main Street, Torrington, CT.
The Opening will be on September 1, 2023, from 6 to 8 pm.
I look forward to seeing you at the show.
Best,
Power Boothe
Chair of Fine Arts
Professor, Painting
Hartford Art School
University of Hartford
200 Bloomfield Avenue
Hartford, CT
Thank you.
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10. Barbara Rosenthal, FF Alumn, now online at Personaland.com
Online exhibition.
A performance still shot by Barbara Rosenthal, FF Alumn, is in the current “PersonaLand Personal Archeology: Looking Back / Working Forward” show, Aug 1-Sept 28
Online: https://personaland.com/hut/exhibition/personal-archeology
Curator: Stewart Wilson
It’s a shot from my “Identity Theft Masks” interactive performance at Ten Gales Gallery, London, 2010, curated by Zia Fernandez. I also performed it in Brooklyn, at the SET Gallery, curated by Irina Danilova and Hiram Levy of Project 59, in 2009 and also in 2009 at Tina B: The Prague International Art Festival, curated by Monika Burian.
Thank you.
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