Called the “most Mexican of cities,” Guadalajara boasts tequila, charros and mariachis among its unique regional inheritances. Agave, the plant from which tequila is produced only grows in certain regions of Jalisco; any eager tourist can take the tequila train (literally) to Tequila for a tour of a 19th century tequila factory. Charros, a Mexican […]

As a first-rate artist showing at a nice second-tier venue in the third world twice in the past six months, I can report back to my homies in NY with a comparison, and some helpful info. I have come to Beijing for a one-month Artist’s Residency at Red Gate Gallery Bei Gao Studios, fabricating work […]

Upon entering the Rivington Arms gallery, a narrow, sparse exhibition space in Manhattan’s East Village, I was immediately confronted with an artful photograph of one of Frank Lloyd Wright’s most acclaimed works, the famous Falling Water House located in Western Pennsylvania. Printed in black and white, the photograph was placed there to pay homage to […]

The work ranges from entire installations to small scale intriguing pieces in finely crafted presentations reminiscent of wunderkammers: strange, curious collections which seem to refer to religious and magical framings of the body in counterpoint to an underlying contemporary theme, the functional commoditization of body parts. The work goes further than this, however, in referencing […]

I met up with the puckish Joseph Aloi, in his home on a quiet Tuesday, who, clad in a worn T-shirt of his own design and two full sleeves of tattoos was in the midst of ordering a garden burger over the telephone as he admitted to me that he was a hypoglycemic. In between […]

For my generation (say, 18-34, demographically speaking, particularly males), early video games are source of intense nostalgia and affection. The lurid, eyeball-searing color and bizarre cartoon logic of those games suggest an era of fruitful experimentation in a medium that had yet to establish conventions. Possibly, the industry had yet to be professionalized; game-design was […]

Alexandra Rutsch is a compelling New York visual artist who takes personal risks by exploring her and her family’s existence in stark, revealing, even biological detail. Recently, Alexandra and I had a candid Q&A about this overlap between her art and life.Milton Fletcher: What are the current pieces you are working on?Alexandra Rutsch: I’ve been […]

Miguel Gutierrez storms on the raw stage of Dance Theater Workshop to U2’s New Year’s Day—a sign of the rebirth to follow—to set up for his show. The clothes come on and off as he references his past works through video, including a dance around a Christmas tree. He pushes iron before a mirror and […]

While the presence of foreign-born artists has impacted and defined contemporary British art, this is neither an isolated or new occurrence.  Prior to the 18th century, British art had long been dominated by a series of foreign-born artists. Globally, post-war Modernism has been informed and shaped by artists moving independently or through necessity to foreign […]

Fitting into spaces is what people who dwell in cities, especially NYC, do. We fit a lifetime of accumulated matter into minuscule apartments, bodies into subway cars, varying degrees of education and talent into varying degrees of annoying jobs. We fit booze into lunch hours and miniature dogs into purses. We structure lives around a […]