i really enjoy her work from the 90s. had the pleasure of attending her talk for work and she is such a presence. love her practice of making space for herself rather than asking for representation. pictured below is her 1993 work âBlack Panther Last Supperâ but i strongly urge you to look up her piece âYo Mommaâs Last Supperâ (1996)âŚitaly loved it, however at the time, mayor guiliani tried to impose a decency panel for museums because of it in 2001. the confrontational air of her work makes those with (either conscious or unconscious) biases uncomfortable but itâs a great learning and thinking moment.
Jun 13, 2024
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for overall artists, i really enjoy the body of work by photographer renĂŠe cox. i love her takes on representation and her unapologetic nature. i wasnât much of a photography girl before her, but i get it now. i also really enjoy the paintings of oda iselin sønderland and the mood sheâs able to capture with them. and i canât forget the works of aya takano! i love the world sheâs crafted and the figures that come out of it. she reminds me that iâm a woman but also still a girl if that makes sense.
for favorite contemporary works of art in general, thatâs even harder as i have so many! for now, iâll choose kiki smithâs 1996 piece âconstellationâ (pictured here). but i could go on forever.
May 18, 2024
Discovered this artist at the Venice Biennale where she had her do not agree with agnes martin all the time series on exhibition. Somehow in a pavilion of the âbest selections in the worldâ they were some of the few pieces that felt relatable and deserving. What do i know, Iâm a random American community college student who won the chance to walk amongst the rich for a day. Anyway, I adore her snarky, metamodernist, minimal style
Mar 1, 2025
This sculpture is in SLAMâs permanent collection and they recently put it on display after a long time in storage
Sheâs my favorite artist, and you can look at this piece for an hour and it keeps feeling fresh, like you never get to the bottom of understanding it.
I like her work (and this piece in particular) because itâs emotionally rich. To me it embodies paradoxes like being both playful and somber, lively and elegiac, busy but unified, individual but collective, primal but contemporary, geometric and organic, abstract yet figurative, dissonant and harmonious, pattern and noise, cheeky and serious, quiet and commanding.
Go spend some time with her.
Dec 17, 2024
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liking ur rec = saying hi when we go to get our morning papers from the end of our driveways (picture me doing so tony soprano style)
Aug 12, 2024
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she canât see my bank account so itâs ok.
Mar 21, 2025
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started writing this a few hours ago when i first saw this ask, then decided against posting but i've since changed my mind. there really is no justification for it outside of entitlement. even from a selfish lens, there's no long term benefit to its usage. it harms the world and culture in more ways than one.
a.) the water and energy usage that isn't a secret at this point. "no ethical consumption under capitalism" yadda yadda and yeah corporations are extremely culpable in the state of the environment but there really is no need for chatgpt and the planet is already too delicate at the moment.
b.) the exploitation of workers in the global south. this program is not just a computer figuring it all out, there are in fact humans behind it. it reminds me of the acceptance of fast fashion and how people have the tendency to divorce the idea of the garment worker from the garment they wear when all clothing is handmade in some way, shape or form. you need hands to man a sewing machine, you need human eyes to moderate content. also, content moderation can be a thankless job with psychological repercussions.
c.) the erosion of social skills, humanity and media literacy...this one is very personal. like, you have a cushy email job but can't write an email? you need a computer and a worker in kenya to get paid a dollar an hour to figure out a daily routine for you? i've seen the program churn out blatantly incorrect information. fine tuning a prompt or chat or whatever to give you the exact (possibly incorrect) answer you need isn't really that much less work than sharpening your research skills by cracking open a dictionary or using boolean search keys in google. again, the main issue with this kind of stuff is the entitlement to convenience, with no thought towards the repercussions within and outside of us. we are losing major recipes (critical thinking and media literacy) here, people!
i probably did an iffy job are coherently articulating my thoughts here but i am in fact, human. and thatâs the beauty of it all.
Oct 1, 2024