Contents for December 23th, 2024
CONTENTS (please click on the links or scroll down for complete information on each post):
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1. Papo Colo, Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Coco Fusco, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Ana Mendieta, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Yasmin Ramirez, Carmelita Tropicana, FF Alumns, in new publication
2. Bernard Tschumi, FF Alumn, receives Grand Prix d’Architecture from the Académie des Beaux-Arts, and more
3. Willie Cole, FF Alumn, now online at StartlandNews.com
4. Lynn Hershman Leeson, Adrian Piper, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
5. Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, FF Allumn, at Rufus King Manor Museum, Jamaica, Queens, thru March 4, 2025
6. Pamela Sneed, FF Alumn, now online at BrooklynRail.org
7. Carmelita Tropicana, FF Alumn, now in Interview Magazine
8. Paul Zaloom, FF Alumn, now online at https://youtu.be/3qRRmubHlgQ
9. Susan Mogul, FF Alumn, live online with University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 7, 2025
10. Susan Newmark, FF Alumn, at Carter Burden Gallery, Manhattan, opening Jan. 9, 2025
11. Chrysanne Stathacos, FF Alumn, at Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, thru Jan. 18, 2025
12. Ann-Marie LeQuesne, now online at https://vimeo.com/1036471127
13. Colette Lumiere, FF Alumn, at Company Gallery, Manhattan, opening Jan. 16
14. Judith Bernstein, FF Alumn, at Kasmin Gallery, Manhattan, opening Jan. 9, 2025
15. Richard Foreman, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
16. Joyce Kozloff, FF Member, now online at Hyperallergic.com
17. Galinsky, FF Alumn, at Scholastic Art and Writing Awards 2025
18. Kathy Brew, FF Alumn, selected for Tokyo International Cinema Award
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1. Papo Colo, Nicolás Dumit Estévez, Coco Fusco, Guillermo Gómez-Peña, Ana Mendieta, Raphael Montañez Ortiz, Yasmin Ramirez, Carmelita Tropicana, FF Alumns, in new publication
Several FF Alumns have essays in –
A Handbook of Latinx Art
by Rocío Aranda-Alvarado (Editor), Deborah Cullen-Morales (Editor)
https://www.ucpress.edu/books/a-handbook-of-latinx-art/paper
A curated selection of key texts and artists’ voices exploring US Latinx art and art history from the 1960s to the present.
Is the first anthology to explore the rich, deep, and often overlooked contributions that Latinx artists have made to art in the United States. Drawn from wide-ranging sources, this volume includes texts by artists, critics, and scholars from the 1960s to the present that reflect the diversity of the Latinx experience across the nation, from the West Coast and the Mexican border to New York, Miami, and the Midwest.
The anthology features essential writings by Mexican American, Puerto Rican, Cuban American, Dominican American, and Central American artists to highlight how visionaries of diverse immigrant groups negotiate issues of participation and belonging, material, style, and community in their own voices. These intersectional essays cut across region, gender, race, and class to lay out a complex emerging field that reckons with different histories, geographies, and political engagements and, ultimately, underscores the importance of Latinx artists to the history of American art.
Table of Contents
Introduction
FRAMING LATINX ART
The Latino Presence in American Art
E. Carmen Ramos, 2012
Synopsis of the Symposium on the Hispanic American Aesthetic: Origins, Manifestations,
and Significance
Jacinto Quirarte, 1983
Wonder Bread and Spanglish Art
Luis Camnitzer, 1990
Zero Identity: Third Fragments
Papo Colo, 1991
Border Culture: The Multicultural Paradigm
Guillermo Gómez-Peña, 1990
Between Two Waters: Image and Identity in Latino-American Art
Mari Carmen Ramírez, 1991
The Other History of Intercultural Performance
Coco Fusco, 1995
MEXICAN AMERICAN AND CHICANO/A/X PERSPECTIVES
“Portraying Ourselves”: Contemporary Chicana Artists
Shifra M. Goldman, 1988
Indigenismo: The Call to Unity
Amalia Mesa-Bains, 1989
Twentieth-Century Latin American and Latinx Art in the Midwestern United States:
Chronological Overview
Olga U. Herrera, 2008
The Con Safo Art Group (1968–76), San Antonio, Texas
Ruben C. Cordova, 2022
From Populist to Pop: The Graphic Arts of the Chicano and Puerto Rican Movements
Henry C. Estrada, 1999
Birth of a Movement: Thirty Years in the Making of a Site of Public Memory
Judith F. Baca, 2001
La Raza Cósmica: An Investigation into the Space of Chicana/o Muralism
Sandra de la Loza, 2011
¡Tenemos Asco! An Oral History of the Chicano Art Group
Sean Carrillo, Harry Gamboa Jr., Willie Herrón, Glugio “Gronk” Nicandro,
Humberto Sandoval, Joey Terrill, and Patssi Valdez, 2022
Axis Mundo: Constellations and Connections
C. Ondine Chavoya and David Evans Frantz, 2017
The Orphans of Modernism
Chon A. Noriega, 2008
PUERTO RICAN AND NUYORICAN HISTORIES
Puerto Rican Artists in the USA: Solidarity, Resistance, Identity
Susana Torruella Leval, 1998
Cayman and MoCHA: When the Formula Worked
Taína Caragol, 2022
Culture and the People
Ralph Ortiz (Raphael Montañez Ortiz), 1971
The Activist Legacy of Puerto Rican Artists in New York and The Art Heritage of Puerto Rico
Yasmin Ramirez, 2007
The Puerto Rican Equation: Art as Plebiscite for Survival, Struggle, and Sovereignty
Juan Sánchez, 1998
The Possible Role for the Caribbean Artist in an Urban Setting
Jorge Soto, 1980
CUBAN AMERICAN VOICES
Dialectics of Isolation
Ana Mendieta, 1980
Milk of Amnesia/Leche de Amnesia
Carmelita Tropicana, 1995
Double Invisibility: Cuban Performance and the US Context
Elvis Fuentes, 2008
Liminal Places
Teresita Fernández, 2023
DOMINICAN YORK VIEWPOINTS
The Island within the Island: Remapping Dominican York
Tatiana Reinoza, 2018
A Complicated Affair: Performing Life on the Margin between Art and Politics
Nicolás Dumit Estévez, 2011
NEW DIRECTIONS
“Does That Come with a Hyphen? A Space?” The Question of Central American–Americans in
Latino Art and Pedagogy
Kency Cornejo, 2015
Afro-Latinx at NYU: How Multiple Facets of Black Latinidad Are Claiming Space.
Yelaine Rodriguez, 2021
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2. Bernard Tschumi, FF Alumn, receives Grand Prix d’Architecture from the Académie des Beaux-Arts, and more
Bernard Tschumi receives honors and
opens exhibition Poétiques in Paris
On December 4th Tschumi received the Grand Prix d’Architecture from the Académie des Beaux-Arts in a special ceremony under the legendary cupola of the Institut de France. The prize was awarded by Dominique Perrault, president of the jury and Académie member. The award ceremony featured a conversation between Tschumi and architecture writer Francis Rambert, correspondent for the Académie and former director of the Institut Français d’Architecture in Paris.
The Grand Prix is an international award conferred biennially by the Académie des Beaux-Arts to recognize the lifetime achievement of an architect. The award is also known as the Charles Abella Prize. Previous recipients include Alvaro Siza Vieira, Henri Ciriani, and Christian de Portzamparc.
The opening of Bernard Tschumi: Poétiques accompanied the ceremony in the adjoining Pavillion Comtesse de Caen of the Institut de France. On view through January 26, 2025, the exhibition addresses five consistent themes in Tschumi’s architecture and emphasizes the unexpected “poetics” that result from encounters between abstract architectural concepts and the lived reality of cultural and climatic contexts.
“Poetics” is the subtitle of Event-Cities 5, the fifth and final volume of Tschumi’s “project discourse” published by MIT Press in November. The 640-page book is available through bookstores, Amazon, and MIT Press.
Also in Paris, on December 2nd at the UNESCO Headquarters Tschumi received one of three world titles for exterior architecture from Prix Versailles for the Henri Moissan Center at the Université de Paris-Saclay, designed by Bernard Tschumi urbanistes Architectes, with Groupe-6 Architectes for research and specialized labs. The project had already been designated one of the six “most beautiful campus buildings in the world” for 2024 by the Prix Versailles jury, which included architects David Adjaye, Sou Fujimoto, Daniel Libeskind, and Wang Shu. The Prix Versailles, announced each year at UNESCO, celebrates international innovation with ecological, social, and cultural impact.
For photographs, information or review copies of Event-Cities 5: Poetics, please contact Greg Barton at press@tschumi.com
BERNARD TSCHUMI ARCHITECTS
13 East 16th St. | New York, NY 10003
188 Bd Saint-Germain | 75007 Paris
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3. Willie Cole, FF Alumn, now online at StartlandNews.com
Please visit this link:
https://www.startlandnews.com/2024/12/willie-cole-ornithology-ornament/
Thank you.
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4. Lynn Hershman Leeson, Adrian Piper, FF Alumns, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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5. Jodie Lyn-Kee-Chow, FF Allumn, at Rufus King Manor Museum, Jamaica, Queens, thru March 4, 2025
And my last show of this year goes to a solo exhibition at @kingmanormuseum the home of Rufus King, an abolitionist. Come to see my newest ceramic work (and old) at the museum. “Valor & Revolt” is comprised of 17 handmade ceramic pieces that re-examine tools and weaponry of Gold Coast Africans that were confiscated by a European colonizers during the days of chattel slavery. On view 12.19.24 to 3.4.25. Museum hours are at https://www.kingmanor.org/ Stay tuned for events and closing reception details. Come and get a nice postcard for your keepsakes too. Chow for now!
Jodie
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6. Pamela Sneed, FF Alumn, now online at BrooklynRail.org
Please visit this link:
https://brooklynrail.org/2024/12/artseen/pamela-sneed-speaking-tongue
Thank you.
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7. Carmelita Tropicana, FF Alumn, now in Interview Magazine
“Give Me Carmelita Tropicana”
“Theater is fantasy, and few indulge in it better than the campy performance icon Alina Troyano, whose provocative alter ego Carmelita Tropicana ushered in an era of queer spectacle in the downtown scene of the ’80s. But in show after show, Troyano’s fantasy grounds itself in more sobering realities—“Carmelita is tropical and topical”. And this season, it’s about the value of art, both personal and transactional.
“Give Me Carmelita Tropicana!”, Troyano’s collaboration with Tony-winning Appropriate playwright Branden Jacobs-Jenkins (who’s also Troyano’s former student) follows Tropicana’s decision to kill off her persona as Jacobs-Jenkins makes her an offer for its purchase.
It’s a story of the ultimate artistic burden, of New York nostalgia, and of endings—the production is also the final show to be presented at Soho Rep’s three-decade-long home at 46 Walker recently forced into flux.” —MEKALA RAJAGOPAL, Interview Magazine
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8. Paul Zaloom, FF Alumn, now online at https://youtu.be/3qRRmubHlgQ
Fruit of Zaloom
Timed to augment (or ruin) your holiday mood, Lynn Jeffries + Paul Zaloom present their latest spectacle, Santatropolis, a twisted take on Santa Claus-themed amusement parks that used to litter the American landscape before we wised up (or dumbed down.) Using Christmas kitsch as sets and vintage tchotchkes as puppets, they create a naughty-but-nice glance into shifty business practices by Mister Claus himself.
Please like, share, and subscribe to our YouTube channel: FruitofZaloom, Instagram: paulzaloom + realbeakman for more amusement.
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9. Susan Mogul, FF Alumn, live online with University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada, Jan. 7, 2025
Please visit this link:
https://news.uoguelph.ca/event/in-conversation-with-susan-mogul/
Thank you.
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10. Susan Newmark, FF Alumn, at Carter Burden Gallery, Manhattan, opening Jan. 9, 2025
Hello to all, join me to see some recent woven collage work in a group exhibition, Sum of its Parts.
Carter Burden Gallery
Exhibition Dates: January 9-February 5, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday January 9, 6-8pm
Other artists in the exhibit are Ann Winston Brown, Liz Curtin, Gary DiPasquale, and Ann Kronenberg.
Carter Burden Gallery
548 West 28 Street
5th floor/534
New York, NY
Regular Gallery Hours:
Tuesday-Friday 11am-5pm
Saturday 11-6pm
I will be at the gallery on Saturday January 11 from 2-4pm and Saturday January 25 from 2-4pm.
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11. Chrysanne Stathacos, FF Alumn, at Cooper Cole Gallery, Toronto, Ontario, Canada, thru Jan. 18, 2025
Please visit this link:
https://coopercolegallery.com/exhibition/2024-chrysanne-stathacos_chrysanne
Thank you.
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12. Ann-Marie LeQuesne, now online at https://vimeo.com/1036471127
Seasons Greetings
May you travel well for your holidays!
In Transit: A short journey filmed in passing with brief encounters from many points of view.
www.theannualgroupphotograph.com
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13. Colette Lumiere, FF Alumn, at Company Gallery, Manhattan, opening Jan. 16
Everything She Touches Turns to Gold
JANUARY 16th- OPENING OF SOLO EXHIBITION
COMPANY GALLERY NYC
145 ELIZABETH ST.
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14. Judith Bernstein, FF Alumn, at Kasmin Gallery, Manhattan, opening Jan. 9, 2025
JUDITH BERNSTEIN: PUBLIC FEARS
KASMIN GALLERY, NEW YORK
January 6–February 15, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 9, 2025, 6–8pm
509 West 27th Street, New York
Public Fears, 1993, Charcoal on paper, 63 x 47.5 inches
Judith Bernstein’s third solo exhibition at the gallery, Public Fears, will survey nearly 60 years of work—from 1966 to the present—underscoring the enduring urgency of Bernstein’s trailblazing artistry. Including new paintings, works on paper, and a restaging of her iconic Signature Piece (1986), this will be Bernstein’s first New York solo exhibition since the acquisition of her major charcoal screw drawing Horizontal (1973) by The Metropolitan Museum of Art in 2023. The exhibition anticipates the artist’s major museum retrospective at Kunsthaus Zurich in 2026.
Judith Bernstein: Public Fears creates a spectacle that transforms the current atmosphere of aggression and turns it into a weapon of critique. The exhibition serves as a testament to the raw resilience and unapologetic drive of an artist who has overcome censorship. In her words: “for me provocation is agitation and unveiling of serious issues with a sledgehammer. Memorable visual impact is my main priority… I confront issues head-on.”
January 6–February 15, 2025
Opening Reception: Thursday, January 9, 2025, 6–8pm
509 West 27th Street, New York
+1 212 563 4474
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15. Richard Foreman, FF Alumn, now online at NYTimes.com
Please visit this link:
Thank you.
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16. Joyce Kozloff, FF Member, now online at Hyperallergic.com
During the summer of 2021, toward the end of the pandemic, Hrag Vartanian conducted a 4 1/2 hour interview with me. It was recently edited down to 80 minutes (still long for most people!) by Isabella Segalovich and last night, posted. Thank you, Hrag, for your sympathetic questions and responses, Isabella for your careful editing of my ramblings, and Maya Pontone, for your serious contribution about my public art!
Here’s the link to the post on Hyperallergic: https://hyperallergic.com/975959/joyce-kozloffs-patterns-of-resistance/
On the podcast page: https://podcast.hyperallergic.com/episodes/joyce-kozloff-s-patterns-of-protest
And on YouTube! https://youtu.be/5pIkklSzQu0
Thank you.
Joyce Kozloff
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17. Galinsky, FF Alumn, at Scholastic Art and Writing Awards 2025
It is with gratitude and a sense of purpose that I share that I have been selected to be a writing juror for the 2025 National Scholastic Art & Writing Awards.
https://www.artandwriting.org/awards
Writing Juror for the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, a program that has celebrated and nurtured the voices of creative teens since 1923. This distinguished platform stands as an inspiration for young minds, as the awards don’t just evaluate skill; they illuminate originality and personal vision. It is a privilege to join this century-long legacy, where young dreamers step fearlessly into their creative futures.
My commitment to this role as a juror is rooted in my belief that storytelling is both a mirror and a map. In my years of teaching and coaching—from Juilliard classrooms to the stages of TEDx Talks and prisons—I have witnessed the transformative power of creativity. For me, reviewing these submissions of young expression is an act of hope. Hope for a generation that will shape us, challenge us, and remind us of our shared humanity and the connections we so deeply need. I embrace this responsibility with the Scholastic Art & Writing Awards, knowing that I have the privilege of witnessing and supporting the next wave of storytellers.
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18. Kathy Brew, FF Alumn, selected for Tokyo International Cinema Award
Just learned that FOLLOWING THE THREAD has been selected for the Tokyo International Cinema Awards. Again, gratified that the work of these Peruvian weavers from the Sacred Valley is being seen by others around the globe. If interested to see the film, it’s available for streaming through my educational distributor, Documentary Educational Resources. https://vimeo.com/ondemand/followingthethread
Thank you.
Kathy Brew
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