James Baldwin Archives

Charles Gaines: ‘Palm Trees and Other Works’
A Rigor and Specificity to Investigations

by Jody Zellen | Oct 20, 2019 | Reviews

Charles Gaines Palm Trees and Other Works Hauser & Wirth September 14, 2019 – January 5, 2020 Since the early 1970s, Charles Gaines has been making serial artworks in which he carefully maps aspects of nature, transforming living forms like trees into a...

Fred Wilson: ‘Afro Kismet’
Examining Representations of Blackness

by Jody Zellen | Apr 6, 2019 | Reviews

Fred Wilson Afro Kismet Maccarone March 16 – May 25, 2019 Fred Wilson, a MacArthur Foundation “Genius” Grant recipient in 1999, is well known for his installations that reframe and recontextualize art historical objects and cultural symbols relating to...