M. Charlene Stevens

Cuong Tuse Seen and Unseen

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Cuong Tuse’s exhibition “Nghịch Dất” (Translation “Against the Land”) at the Ho Chi Minh City Fine Arts Association featured an expansive collection of painting and sculpture. Tuse was mostly known for paintings that depicted settings hauntingly devoid of figures but serving as portraits of the unseen. The artist continues the play with presence and absence … Read more

Songs in the Key of Mard: Nathaniel Mellors @ The Box

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The press release for Songs in the Key of Mard – the solo show of Nathaniel Mellors at The Box in Downtown L.A.’s Arts District – was a musical track, accessible through a QR code. Nathaniel Mellors plays with the words “press release,” repurposing the term into a call to action. The creative license taken … Read more