Jackson Davidow

If You Should Fall | Jackson Davidow In the work of queer artists, salvaged materials bathhouses, bars, and cruising grounds become useful once more.

In 1917, Marcel Duchamp purchased a urinal, signed it, and called it art. @jacksondavidow.bsky.social writes on the queer artists who’ve expanded the readymade’s conceptual terrain to honor and advance more complex understandings of queer history.

Thank you Brian 💕

If You Should Fall | Jackson Davidow In the work of queer artists, salvaged materials bathhouses, bars, and cruising grounds become useful once more.

In January, the artist Daniel Goldstein died at the age of seventy-four. @jacksondavidow.bsky.social writes on his “Icarian” series and other artists preserving artifacts of queer life from oblivion.

Truth Is Never Finished | Fady Joudah They came back for the map, but the map laughed them off: Who bombs hospitals to inherit the earth?

But I really hope you read Fady Joudah’s essential poem, also published today online there- thebaffler.com/latest/truth...

If You Should Fall | Jackson Davidow In the work of queer artists, salvaged materials bathhouses, bars, and cruising grounds become useful once more.

My latest essay for @thebaffler.com offers a theory of the queer readymade. It is about how artists have salvaged weathered materials from gay gyms, bathhouses, and cruising grounds—and repurposed them as works of art. thebaffler.com/latest/if-yo...

Excited to moderate the “Speculative Archives” panel at the Multiple Formats Art Book Fair and Symposium at BU tomorrow, 4-5pm. Featuring Caleb Cole, Ebony Gill (Boston Urban Archive), and Dell Marie Hamilton. Please join- free entry!

This is really special because Atlanta Contemporary is the latest incarnation of Nexus, an arts cooperative and gallery where Walker exhibited his work, curated shows, and even published his only book, The Theater Project, at its affiliated Nexus Press, in the 1980s and 1990s.

Spring 2025 Exhibition Opening (Feb 27, 2025) | Atlanta Contemporary Come to Atlanta Contemporary on February 27 to see the new exhibitions, meet some of the artists and curators, have a drink, and enjoy the company of the…

Christian Walker: The Profane and the Poignant is coming to Atlanta Contemporary! Atlanta friends, I hope to see you at the opening next week, 2/27, 6-9pm. atlantacontemporary.org/events/winte...

Last year I wrote about his exhibition at SPOKE - www.bostonartreview.com/read/spoke-g...

Jay Critchley: Democracy of the Land, Inc., FLAGrancy Jay Critchley confronts our torrid history of what it means to be an American and how control and access to the Land defines our identities.

Look forward to being in dialogue with Jay Crichtley after a screening of his films at Montserrat College of Art Galleries on 2/12 at 6pm. He has a great solo show on view there www.montserrat.edu/event/jay-cr...

This looks like a fabulous opportunity for an artist doing archival work on "hidden histories" in the Boston area: reckoningsproject.org/call-for-art...

Last year, I wrote a chapter called "Queer Dialogues in Art, Therapy, and Life: On John O’Reilly and James Tellin" for the book Modernism, Art, Therapy, edited by Suzanne Hudson and Tanya Sheehan. I just learned that it is now open access--excellent news!
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When Women Run the World: Gail Thacker's Queer Feminist Marvel - Momus In late June 2024, a couple of weeks before Joe Biden withdrew his bid for reelection and Kamala Harris launched her campaign for president,...

I wrote an essay about Gail Thacker, queer art, liberal feminism, and political disenchantment. It’s a critical revisitation of Gail’s amazing videos “When Women Run the World” (1979-80), starring Pat Hearn, Mark Morrisroe, Shelley Lake, Steve Stain, and the artist herself.
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