March / April 2016 Issue
“Renewal”

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Alter Ego: TRISTAN on Finding Himself Online

by Willa Köerner | Apr 29, 2016

Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web

Alter Ego: TRISTAN on Finding Himself Online

by Willa Köerner | Apr 29, 2016

In a partnership with multimedia publishing platform NewHive, ART21 Magazine features digital artist TRISTAN, the winner of our #NewRenewal open call.

Looking Beyond the Western Art World

by Ben Valentine | Apr 27, 2016

Looking Beyond the Western Art World

by Ben Valentine | Apr 27, 2016

Ben Valentine writes from Cambodia to share his misgivings with the New York art and Silicon Valley tech worlds, emphasizing that a focus on creativity, not art, allows for a true appreciation and understanding of all cultures.

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.

To Live, Die, and Come Back to Life on Twitter

by Corinna Kirsch | Apr 22, 2016

To Live, Die, and Come Back to Life on Twitter

by Corinna Kirsch | Apr 22, 2016

An inquiry into three artists continually refining—and re-refining—their identities on Twitter.

E. Jane’s Imagined Future

by Alexis Avedisian | Apr 18, 2016

E. Jane’s Imagined Future

by Alexis Avedisian | Apr 18, 2016

Alexis Avedisian investigates artist E. Jane’s battle against the discrimination that’s been systemically built into how the internet functions.

More than Human: From the Politics of Plastics to Shifting our Species Into the Unknown

by Willa Köerner | Apr 15, 2016

More than Human: From the Politics of Plastics to Shifting our Species Into the Unknown

by Willa Köerner | Apr 15, 2016

Morehshin Allahyari and Daniel Rourke’s project Additivism uses 3D printing to reach untethered ways of thinking and being.

New Kids on the Block

Caitlin Berrigan’s “Unfinished State”

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Apr 13, 2016

New Kids on the Block

Caitlin Berrigan’s “Unfinished State”

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Apr 13, 2016

Caitlin Berrigan’s “Unfinished State” investigates the landscape of Lebanon, where abandoned construction projects stand as the casualties of a post-conflict economy.

The New Situationists

Everyone Gets Lighter: On John Giorno, Ugo Rondinone, and the Gift of Exchange

by Erin Sweeny | Apr 11, 2016

The New Situationists

Everyone Gets Lighter: On John Giorno, Ugo Rondinone, and the Gift of Exchange

by Erin Sweeny | Apr 11, 2016

This inaugural article of a new column titled “The New Situationists” investigates the romantic and collaborative relationship between poet John Giorno and artist Ugo Rondinone.

Entropy and Growth: a Museum Reborn

by Tim Svenonius | Apr 8, 2016

Entropy and Growth: a Museum Reborn

by Tim Svenonius | Apr 8, 2016

SFMOMA’s Senior Content Strategist Tim Svenonius shares an inside look at San Francisco’s ever-changing landscape.

Writer-in-Residence

Bearing Witness

by Jessica Lynne | Apr 6, 2016

Writer-in-Residence

Bearing Witness

by Jessica Lynne | Apr 6, 2016

In this essay, ART21/CUE Writer-in-Residence Jessica Lynne describes the nuances in Kambui Olujimi’s exhibition, “Solastalgia.”

PROGRESS BE LYK: An Interview with Shawn Huckins

by Lindsey Davis | Apr 4, 2016

PROGRESS BE LYK: An Interview with Shawn Huckins

by Lindsey Davis | Apr 4, 2016

In this interview with Denver-based artist Shawn Huckins, he reveals the motivations behind his contemplative, yet hilarious reinventions of historical paintings.

Affixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex | An Interview with Tiona McClodden

by Jessica Lynne | Mar 23, 2016

Affixing Ceremony: Four Movements for Essex | An Interview with Tiona McClodden

by Jessica Lynne | Mar 23, 2016

An interview with filmmaker Tiona McClodden about her digital project memorializing poet and activist Essex Hemphill.

Material Renewal: Four Artists Turning Trash into Art

by Lindsey Davis | Mar 18, 2016

Material Renewal: Four Artists Turning Trash into Art

by Lindsey Davis | Mar 18, 2016

A look at the work of four artists using discarded materials to create sustainable art.

Reviving the Black Arts Movement Through the Speculative Black Imagination

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 9, 2016

Reviving the Black Arts Movement Through the Speculative Black Imagination

by Nettrice Gaskins | Mar 9, 2016

Scholar Nettrice Gaskins explores the Black Speculative Arts Movement where artists use futurism and science fiction to “re-see” mythologies and histories.

Center Field: Art in the Middle

The Sensation of Un-thought Thoughts: An Interview with Simone Forti

by Caroline Picard | Mar 1, 2016

Center Field: Art in the Middle

The Sensation of Un-thought Thoughts: An Interview with Simone Forti

by Caroline Picard | Mar 1, 2016

Caroline Picard interviews experimental dancer, choreographer, and writer Simone Forti, who recently held a two-day workshop at Northwestern University entitled “Thinking with the Body.”

Queer Berlin

Dark Art(s), Coven Berlin, and the Queer Erotic Occult

by Ali Fitzgerald | Mar 1, 2016

Queer Berlin

Dark Art(s), Coven Berlin, and the Queer Erotic Occult

by Ali Fitzgerald | Mar 1, 2016

Ali Fitzgerald investigates the emergence of mysticism and the occult in Berlin’s art scene, exploring the cyber-feminist collective Coven Berlin whose goal is to ‘conqueer’ the universe, and a new Berlin bookstore specializing in forbidden books.

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor, Willa Köerner

by Willa Köerner | Mar 1, 2016

Letter from the Editor

Letter from the Editor, Willa Köerner

by Willa Köerner | Mar 1, 2016

Guest editor Willa Köerner delves deep into the theme of our new issue, “Renewal,” highlighting upcoming articles and interviews centered around rebirth and revival.