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Culture Kaleidoscope

VOICE CHOICE

Artist and Writer James Hannaham Puts the Sign in Signification

An art exhibit flips the script on racist signage from the Jim Crow era

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Village Voice obituary for S. Clay Wilson

ART

The Sun Sets on Pervert Pirates and Horror Vacui Bikers: Remembering S. Clay Wilson, 1942 – 2021

While R. Crumb pounded on the doors of propriety, it was Wilson who ripped them off their hinges, set them afire, and pissed on the ashes

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2015 painting by Maureen Gallace.

ART ARCHIVES

Sublime Shacks: The Vivid Enigmas of Maureen Gallace’s Pastoral Visions

Illuminating hues recall Kodachromes of lingering coming-of-age memories, when emotions race fresh and selfish in advance of understanding or wisdom.

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Village Voice review by R.C. Baker about Japanese artist Takashi Murakami's mix of treacle and insight.

ART ARCHIVES

Takashi Murakami’s Smog of Luxury

Come for the chromatic amplitude and rarefied surfaces of the sculptures and paintings — stay for the Louis Vuitton shop.

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