Tag Archives: colonialism

Another Country

by Heather Hart and Jina Valentine | Sep 14, 2018

Another Country

by Heather Hart and Jina Valentine | Sep 14, 2018

Thirteen summers since the original convening of the Black Lunch Table (BLT), the project’s founders Heather Hart and Jina Valentine reconvene many of the original participants to discuss the project’s history and evolution and consider its future trajectory.

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Lee Plested

by Lee Plested | Nov 3, 2016

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor: Lee Plested

by Lee Plested | Nov 3, 2016

Curator Lee Plested joins Art21 Magazine as guest editor for the final 2016 issue, “Place Part II,” investigating notions of place with an emphasis on the art and artists in Vancouver and Chicago.

Mount Rushmore: An Early Placemaking Abomination

by Jayna Swartzman-Brosky and D. G. Brosky | Oct 17, 2016

Mount Rushmore: An Early Placemaking Abomination

by Jayna Swartzman-Brosky and D. G. Brosky | Oct 17, 2016

Writers J. L. S. Brosky and D. G. Brosky offer a critique of creative placemaking and one of the U.S.’s earliest examples, Mount Rushmore.

The Implication of the Barragán Archive: An Interview with Daniel Garza-Usabiaga, Part I

by Pamela Ballesteros | Oct 14, 2016

The Implication of the Barragán Archive: An Interview with Daniel Garza-Usabiaga, Part I

by Pamela Ballesteros | Oct 14, 2016

Scholar and curator Daniel Garza-Usabiaga discusses archival practice in Mexico City, and the complexities of demanding the repatriation of an archive that was legally sold.

New Kids on the Block

Randa Mirza’s Burning Sky

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jun 15, 2016

New Kids on the Block

Randa Mirza’s Burning Sky

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jun 15, 2016

In Lebanese artist Randa Mirza’s series “El-Zohra Was Not Born in a Day,” delicate dioramas speak quiet truths about ancient Arabian stories.

Looking For Ruins

by Catherine Wagley | Apr 25, 2016

Looking For Ruins

by Catherine Wagley | Apr 25, 2016

In a postcolonial world, the site of the 1907 Colonial Exhibition has become a source of inspiration for artists working against colonial ideologies and structures that still exist today.