*blows party horn* *shoots confetti cannon* Ahhh…Happy New Year, dearest Filthy Dreams readers! Get ready for that champagne hangover after battling the hoards of amateur drinkers on these final days of 2019! Yes, I know, the end of the year is the time when we’re supposed to reflect on these last 12 months or at … Continue reading
Ho Ho HooooooooWHOAA! Hello there, cheeriest Filthy Dreams Christmas cookies! What’s that? What am I doing? Well, I’m just making a list and checking it twice. No, not my shopping list! Planning is for fools! And who wants to plot too far in advance about the gifts you’re giving to OTHER people this holiday season?! … Continue reading
I can only imagine how impossible it must be to put together a biennial that everyone likes—to curate a group of works over the course of several years that will need to speak to the issues on everyone’s minds in the here and now, even though the news cycle moves at the speed of light. … Continue reading
Despite being hailed as the most “diverse” Whitney Biennal yet, the most famous works to captivate the nation’s attention managed to continue to be white artists and their struggle. We’re speaking, of course, about Jordan Wolfson’s Real Violence (2017) and Dana Schutz’s Open Casket (2016)–two shocking portrayals of sensationalized violence that centralized white suffering in … Continue reading
As most faithful Filthy Dreams readers will probably know, the shit hit the fan this week over Dana Schutz’s misguided painting Open Casket, which depicts Emmett Till in his casket, at the Whitney Biennial. To be honest, I knew as soon as I saw it at the Biennial press preview that it was a problem. … Continue reading
Forget about your wool scarf that your grandmother spent three months knitting for you. These days the city is wrapped around queer threads–colorful, uncompromising and double stitched.
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Well, if queer utopia can be glimpsed within the aesthetic, so can queer dystopia, as proved by Bjarne Melgaard’s utterly terrifying, yet, oddly satisfying and engrossing installation on the third floor of the Whitney Biennial. Continue reading
To preempt all the multitudes of lists that will probably emerge about the 2014 Whitney Biennial, I thought I’d toss my confetti-covered hat in the ring with the 5 queer artists to look for in the 2014 Whitney BIennial. Continue reading