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25 October 2017 by nathaniel
Sketching: The World After Us, speculative media sculptures
This blog post is a sketch – something I will occasionally do about my own work, or with others. It will always be a thinking-with of new materials and ideas, with this one coming out of the writing of my forthcoming second book (Ecological Aesthetics: artful tactics for humans, nature, and politics), chats with colleagues […]Archives
20 October 2017 by nathaniel
Artist feature: Shane Walsh, Milwaukee-based painter (UPDATED!)
Shane Walsh is a friend and colleague I used to share an office with, and we’ve even shared a beverage once or twice (OK, twice. Once hot, once cold). He is a teacher and artist I respect greatly as a peer at UWM – he is in Painting and Drawing, while I mostly teach in […]Archives
16 October 2017 by nathaniel
Review: Attempts at a Unified Theory, Sheila Held at Green Gallery, Milwaukee
I first met Sheila Held at a panel presentation I gave in 2014, and she invited me to her studio / home in Wauwatosa for dinner shortly thereafter. I bring this up precisely because of how inviting she and her work – the latter entirely comprised of narrative-alluding and large-scale tapestries – are, in their […]Archives
04 October 2017 by nathaniel
After Gallery: a new kind of space between Riverwest, the East Side, Downtown, and Bronzeville
It is common for a teacher to learn things from his or her students, especially in the fields of contemporary and/or digital art, which are constantly shifting and changing how we think and act, between everyday culture and high- and low-, and those who make, break, and take that culture. Most recently, UWM photo student Vaughan […]Archives
29 September 2017 by nathaniel