Category: Literature
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Thao Nguyen Phan: “The Sun Falls Silently”
“History is written by the winners and when the North won the war in 1975, they rewrote history,” says Thao Nguyen Phan. In “The Sun Falls Silently”, she transforms this trauma into paintings, light sculptures, projections, and films that gesture toward a more hopeful future.
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Reflections on Brotherly Love and the Intimacies of Men in David Chariandy’s ‘Brother’
A short reflection based on Michael Bucknor’s essay ‘That Body Always Just a Skin Away’: Brotherly Love and the Intimacies of Men in David Chariandy’s ‘Brother’.
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Layo Bright: Let America Be America Again
I keep returning to the surfaces and details of this self-portrait by Layo Bright, and its title, drawn from Langston Hughes—my favorite poet—Let America Be America Again (1935). A 90-years-old poem, and still just as relevant today. Using the language of flowers and colors (inspired by the American flag), Nigerian-born artist Layo Bright explores themes…
プロテオドラ Theodora Poulot 