Essay
Discover MFA Programs in Art and Writing
The artist talks about dismantling street advertisements and their infrastructure.
On more than one occasion I have been accused of disliking Langston Hughes. Untrue.
The black music of herbs.
The artist talks about mixing tradition and innovation.
Reaching June, it had not rained for eight months at Village Wen. The river had long dried out; crops were not growing. On the 13th, it finally rained. Raindrops the size of green mung beans hit the camphor trees by the road, making a sound like popping sesame seeds.
The artist talks about painting the interrelation between frogs, stars, trees, and apples.
The artist talks about how language documents stability and change across cultures.
The artist talks about the genesis, composition, and execution of a recently completed work.
Hawthorn is a plant that exudes the hospitality of an open heart.
“Resistance and change often begin in art.”
The artist talks about the genesis, composition, and execution of a recently completed work.
“The blood of the thing is the truth of the thing.”
In 2017, I moved for several months to Ayvalik, a seaside town in southern Turkey. My father had spent many summers there in a two-story family house that overlooked the Aegean Sea. It was a place he loved. I couldn’t save my father. I decided to save his house instead. With the help of locals, we brought it back to the way it used to be.
Years ago, desperate to find a babysitter in a short period of time, I joined two local parents’ groups on the web and remained subscribed to them long after my situation had been resolved.
The artist talks about reduced attention spans, nature, and being separated from our electronic devices.
The artist talks about the genesis, composition, and execution of a recently completed work.
The artist talks about the genesis, composition, and execution of a recently completed work.
The artist talks about the genesis, composition, and execution of a recently completed work.
The French writer Édouard Louis recorded his days in New York, around the time of the American release of his novel The End of Eddy. The following entries originally appeared in French in the June 6, 2017, edition of Les Inrockuptibles.