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My essay "The Dismembered Drum" in the new Arthur Jafa book, LIVE EVIL, published by LUMA Arles / Walther König
absolutely wonderful oral history of p.e.a.c.e. medium.com/@prkrpubs/me...
Memories of a Southwest Rider: An Oral History of P.E.A.C.E. of Freestyle Fellowship (1974-2025)
Mtulazaji P.E.A.C.E. Davis passed away on October 24, 2025 at age 51. If you can, please consider donating to the gofundme for P.E.A.C.E.’s…
medium.com
November 18, 2025 at 11:48 PM
absolutely wonderful oral history of p.e.a.c.e. medium.com/@prkrpubs/me...
Paul Chan on Schopenhauer 4columns.org/chan-paul/ar...
Arthur Schopenhauer
4columns.org
November 7, 2025 at 7:22 PM
Paul Chan on Schopenhauer 4columns.org/chan-paul/ar...
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Great read, and this quote grabbed my attention
"In Walker’s treatment, sections of man and horse have been cut apart and resoldered together in a tangle of hooves, haunches, bridles and necks, the parts more or less recognizable but the whole an entirely new, unsettled being."
Siddhartha Mitter
"In Walker’s treatment, sections of man and horse have been cut apart and resoldered together in a tangle of hooves, haunches, bridles and necks, the parts more or less recognizable but the whole an entirely new, unsettled being."
Siddhartha Mitter
New from me:
On Kara Walker's radical transformation of a toppled Confederate memorial — the Stonewall Jackson statue from Charlottesville, Va.
Her piece goes on view next month, part of the big MONUMENTS show at The Brick and MOCA in Los Angeles.
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...
On Kara Walker's radical transformation of a toppled Confederate memorial — the Stonewall Jackson statue from Charlottesville, Va.
Her piece goes on view next month, part of the big MONUMENTS show at The Brick and MOCA in Los Angeles.
[Gift link]
www.nytimes.com/2025/09/08/a...
Kara Walker Deconstructs a Statue, and a Myth
www.nytimes.com
September 8, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Great read, and this quote grabbed my attention
"In Walker’s treatment, sections of man and horse have been cut apart and resoldered together in a tangle of hooves, haunches, bridles and necks, the parts more or less recognizable but the whole an entirely new, unsettled being."
Siddhartha Mitter
"In Walker’s treatment, sections of man and horse have been cut apart and resoldered together in a tangle of hooves, haunches, bridles and necks, the parts more or less recognizable but the whole an entirely new, unsettled being."
Siddhartha Mitter
My essay "The Dismembered Drum" in the new Arthur Jafa book, LIVE EVIL, published by LUMA Arles / Walther König
August 7, 2025 at 8:33 PM
My essay "The Dismembered Drum" in the new Arthur Jafa book, LIVE EVIL, published by LUMA Arles / Walther König
These universities are so pathetic.
First they came for Columbia. The dominos of extortion continue to line up… #HigherEd
Cornell Close to White House Settlement of Up to $100 Million
The White House is eyeing a settlement of as much as $100 million in negotiations with Cornell University about an agreement that would reinstate hundreds of millions of dollars in frozen federal rese...
www.bloomberg.com
August 2, 2025 at 2:36 AM
These universities are so pathetic.
Soon come, Arthur Jafa's LIVE EVIL, edited by Flora Katz and Vassilis Oikonomopoulos for @LUMA Arles. Is this the hardest TOC ever compiled? Really might be.
June 19, 2025 at 7:35 PM
Soon come, Arthur Jafa's LIVE EVIL, edited by Flora Katz and Vassilis Oikonomopoulos for @LUMA Arles. Is this the hardest TOC ever compiled? Really might be.
Surrealist protest art by my kid, Donald Trump as giant bee with bloody tentacles and an old man's face, playing a tiny trumpet (trump-et).
June 14, 2025 at 7:42 PM
Surrealist protest art by my kid, Donald Trump as giant bee with bloody tentacles and an old man's face, playing a tiny trumpet (trump-et).
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“I reread the last lines of [Clover’s] acknowledgements in the riot book, where [he] furtively quotes Marx’s letter from May 1843 to his friend Arnold Ruge … ‘And when everything is at an end give me your hand so that we may begin again from the beginning.’”
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
Value Theory for the End of the World
Poet, communist, cat-lover, teacher, music critic, roadrunner, critical theorist, Marxist: though not necessarily in this order, Joshua Clover was all those things--and more. To me, however, he was fi...
www.versobooks.com
April 30, 2025 at 3:20 PM
“I reread the last lines of [Clover’s] acknowledgements in the riot book, where [he] furtively quotes Marx’s letter from May 1843 to his friend Arnold Ruge … ‘And when everything is at an end give me your hand so that we may begin again from the beginning.’”
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
www.versobooks.com/blogs/news/v...
A few favorite music books from 2024: Huggy Bear, Killed (of Kids); Joe Boyd, And the Roots of Rhythm Remain; Jason Lamb, Nomeansno: From Obscurity to Oblivion.
December 31, 2024 at 6:41 PM
A few favorite music books from 2024: Huggy Bear, Killed (of Kids); Joe Boyd, And the Roots of Rhythm Remain; Jason Lamb, Nomeansno: From Obscurity to Oblivion.
Favorite music releases 2024: Lolina, Moin, Two Shell, Skaiwater, British Murder Boys, Lazer Dim 700, Milan W., Nia Archives, Optimo, Dennis Bovell, Shudder to Think, The Hated
December 31, 2024 at 6:38 PM
Favorite music releases 2024: Lolina, Moin, Two Shell, Skaiwater, British Murder Boys, Lazer Dim 700, Milan W., Nia Archives, Optimo, Dennis Bovell, Shudder to Think, The Hated
Well this is super cool. and different www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/a...
Naomi Beckwith Takes the Helm at Crisis-Hit Documenta
Naomi Beckwith, who holds a leadership role at the Guggenheim Museum in New York, said she would make navigating crises a central theme of her exhibition.
www.nytimes.com
December 18, 2024 at 6:42 PM
Well this is super cool. and different www.nytimes.com/2024/12/18/a...
Silvia Kolbowski and Ivan Knapp ponder Trump's win through the lenses of psychoanalysis and group form. Fascinating, though it made me realize that I consider Trump entirely without psyche, an uncanny reactive skin sac
The psychical dimensions of Trump’s win: a discussion with Ivan Knapp
Detail of photo of Trump rally by Peter van Agtmael, The Atlantic. After Trump’s election, I reached out to Ivan Knapp, an art historian in London who has written extensively about the psychi…
silviakolbowskiblog.com
December 17, 2024 at 9:23 PM
Silvia Kolbowski and Ivan Knapp ponder Trump's win through the lenses of psychoanalysis and group form. Fascinating, though it made me realize that I consider Trump entirely without psyche, an uncanny reactive skin sac
Artists Arthur Jafa and Anne Imhof in conversation at Sprüth Magers tonight. Two hours of joy, sorrow, tears, and blood.
November 24, 2024 at 5:27 AM
Artists Arthur Jafa and Anne Imhof in conversation at Sprüth Magers tonight. Two hours of joy, sorrow, tears, and blood.
Betye Saar, detail from the installation Mojotech, 1987/2024, as installed at Roberts Projects.
November 17, 2024 at 3:07 AM
Betye Saar, detail from the installation Mojotech, 1987/2024, as installed at Roberts Projects.
Inside Arthur Jafa's Picture Unit (Structures) II, 2024, at the exhibition 'nativemanson' at Sprüth Magers in Los Angeles.
November 15, 2024 at 7:39 PM
Inside Arthur Jafa's Picture Unit (Structures) II, 2024, at the exhibition 'nativemanson' at Sprüth Magers in Los Angeles.
Describe yourself using 5 things that are probably in your purse/backpack at any given moment:
kershaw funxtion emt folding knife
darth maul lego minifigure keychain
eyeglasses wipes
spare earbud tips
chisel tip sharpie
kershaw funxtion emt folding knife
darth maul lego minifigure keychain
eyeglasses wipes
spare earbud tips
chisel tip sharpie
November 15, 2024 at 1:25 AM
Describe yourself using 5 things that are probably in your purse/backpack at any given moment:
kershaw funxtion emt folding knife
darth maul lego minifigure keychain
eyeglasses wipes
spare earbud tips
chisel tip sharpie
kershaw funxtion emt folding knife
darth maul lego minifigure keychain
eyeglasses wipes
spare earbud tips
chisel tip sharpie