Cora Cohen: Works from the 1980’s

By Alfred Mac Adam

OCT 2022 | ArtSeen

Cora Cohen: Works from the 1980’s is a time capsule, and like all time capsules it is an enigma. Time capsules are supposed to provide people of the future a sample of things typical of the moment when they are buried. Which raises the critical issue of perspective: are we to understand these eight glorious pieces according to what we think they meant thirty-five years ago, or should we understand them according to what they say to us today? Even if we lived through them, the 1980s are as irrecoverable as the 1880s: an abyss separates us from that decade even if human time—memory—may trick us into thinking we actually know that remote moment perfectly.

Dewey Crumpler: The Complete Hoodie Works, 1993–Present

By Maddie Klett

NOV 2021 | ArtSeen

Dewey Crumpler is a painter living in the Bay Area. His solo exhibition The Complete Hoodie Works, 1993–Present at Cushion Works in San Francisco’s Mission District features over 100 small paintings on canvas made over the past 28 years.

20 Best Art Books of 2021

DEC 21-JAN 22 | Art Books

This month, our editors and writers have selected their favorite art books of 2021, featuring interviews, anthologies, photography, critical writings, and more, from authors and artists such as Gillian Laub, Robert Storr, Sky Hopinka, and Édouard Glissant, among others.

Wood Works: Raw, Cut, Carved, Covered

By Alfred Mac Adam

JUL-AUG 2021 | ArtSeen

Works by 20 artists are included in this wood-themed show.