There is a Reading Room set up at Gallery Kayafas as part of my exhibition there called Family Pictures. These are the texts I included: Going to Meet the Man (stories) by James Baldwin Without Sanctuary Lynching Photography in America by James Allen, essays by Hilton Als, John Lewis, Leon F. Litwack, and James Allen Lynching… (read more)
Like a lot of artists, particularly painters, I’ve made my share of self-portraits. I did these paintings to teach myself about myself, to mark time, to solve a painting problem, a variety of reasons. Not all of them are art, but the ones that are have a special place in my practice. I look at… (read more)
Well, the short answer is nobody, and if you don’t believe me you really need to go see his show OF LENGTH AND MEASURES at Carroll and Sons. These pictures marry the poetics of the sublime with the hard reality of the administration of death. He makes clear the beauty of these landscapes comes at… (read more)
Social documentarian Zoe Perry-Wood has a gorgeous show at Kayafas – pictures of BAGLY kids going to their prom. These sweet and participatory portraits and images of kids getting together to celebrate made my heart sing. It was also really great to see photos of LGBT kids just being kids and Perry-Wood photographs them acting like… (read more)