Neither the West nor the Marginalized Rest: Pia Arke beyond Thule

8th November 2017Minus Plato TodayAfterall, Antonius Diogenes, Candice Hopkins, Pia Arke, Rubens, Three Graces, Ultima Thule, VirgilMinus Plato

The recent issue of the Afterall journal is dedicated to the topic of “Ethno-Aesthetics”, a term coined by the Greenlandic artist Pia Arke in her manifesto of the same name in 1995. Explored across the issue’s “Forward” by contributing editor Candice Hopkins, the manifesto itself and in two essays by Stefan Jonsson (“On Pia Arke”) […]

Bitter Victory and the Patriarch: Rachel Harrison at Greene Naftali, 2016-present

5th May 2017Alexander the Great, Minus Plato Today, Rachel Harrison, Sappho, Three Graces, Winged VictoryAlexander the Great, kourous, Rachel Harrison, Sappho, Three Graces, Winged VictoryMinus Plato

My recent visit to New York City fell exactly in the gap between exhibitions at Greene Naftali. The Paul Chan exhibition RHI ANIMA had just closed and Rachel Harrison’s Prasine had yet to open. As you can tell I’m slightly bitter about this. Something I am much more bitter about is what Trump and the […]