Tag Archives: Bronx

Elle Pérez’s Search for Intensity

by Larissa Pham | Jun 10, 2019

Elle Pérez’s Search for Intensity

by Larissa Pham | Jun 10, 2019

Larissa Pham discusses the themes of performance behind the profound photographs by Elle Pérez. Often mistaken as documentary, Pérez’s work is carefully composed, and a collaborative effort between their subjects, many of whom are peers.

New Kids on the Block

Gina Siepel’s Listening Trips

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jan 26, 2016

New Kids on the Block

Gina Siepel’s Listening Trips

by Jacquelyn Gleisner | Jan 26, 2016

In July 2011, the artist Gina Siepel paddled down the Bronx River with four strangers. This series of excursions in the northernmost borough of New York City, along with four …

Art21 Extended Play

Perspectives from the “Gramsci Monument”

by Ian Forster | May 22, 2015

Art21 Extended Play

Perspectives from the “Gramsci Monument”

by Ian Forster | May 22, 2015

“I don’t do something for the community, I do something, I hope, for art and the understanding of art – my goal is this.” —Thomas Hirschhorn Today’s ART21 Exclusive features the …

Season 7 Preview: Thomas Hirschhorn

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 2, 2014

Season 7 Preview: Thomas Hirschhorn

by Nicole J. Caruth | Oct 2, 2014

In this preview from ART21 Art in the Twenty-First Century Season 7, artist Thomas Hirschhorn describes the importance of having community support when creating his temporary monument projects.