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"Bearing Witness" by Jessica Lynne

Added on March 8, 2016 by CUE Accounts.

This essay was written in conjunction with Kambui Olujimi: Solastalgia, on view at CUE April 7 – May 12, 2016.

Presently, there is no system that tracks the number of extrajudicial killings of civilians by police officers in this country. There is no annual tally of the victims, no final grand evaluation outlining the who, what, when, or why. There are only approximations and estimates. What we must do then is draw conclusions based on that which is reported and shared publicly. When the smoke clears, we are most often faced with the following scenario: police officer shoots/strangles/chokes unarmed civilian.

"Collage and the Landscape of Familiarity" by John McKissick

Added on March 25, 2015 by Admin.

This essay was written in conjunction with Mira Burack: from the bed to the mountain. On view at CUE Art Foundation, May 2nd through June 6th, 2015.

from the bed to the mountain evokes Mira Burack’s home in the foothills of the Ortiz Mountains of New Mexico. Elaborated through photocollaged installations and collections of found objects, this landscape of familiarity includes both intimate domestic space and the natural world. Inside and outside meet in the mountainous wall mural leafed together from cutout photos of a rumpled comforter. In her work, the way to place passes through sleep.

"Ernst Fischer 18%" by Brienne Walsh

Added on January 7, 2015 by CUE Accounts.

This essay was written in conjunction with Ernst Fischer: 18%, on view at CUE Art Foundation February 7 - March 14, 2015.

Through the lens of a camera, an object is captured. But what happens when you zoom in on an object to such a microscopic degree that the picture no longer resembles the thing it’s supposed to portray — or even its molecular components? The image collapses in on itself, until it is nothing more than a pixelated, flat plane that transmits no information.

"Dina Kelberman's I'm Google" by Stephanie Barber

Added on August 7, 2014 by Admin.

This essay was written in conjunction with Dina Kelberman: What Is In It, on view at CUE Art Foundation September 6 - October 18, 2014.

Smoke becomes fibers and fibers become wood and wood wood packaged and packages packed packages which become buckets which sit on bleachers which surround stadiums which call to grass which calls to painted lawns of chemical colors and turn romantic in the night.