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Between The Pen and The Brush
The Other Side of the Desk presents a focus upon professionals whose efforts support artists in their careers. The path is personally different for each individual, though the choices one makes, to pursue a degree in Art History, to take on professional positions in art galleries, work for artists, and so forth, these choices define […]
Deborah Jack: 20 Years, a mid-career survey Pen + Brush NYC
Over the decades, her works have collectively become part of the (de)colonial memory of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. In the Netherlands we know or hear little or nothing about St. Maarten unless a hurricane like Luis (1995), Ivan (2004) or Irma and Maria (2017) passes over the island and leaves it devastated.
sloan leo on Community Design and “A Watermelon for Leo”
Sloan Leo believes there is no design without community, and no purpose without justice. This fall, their “A Watermelon for Leo” is on view at Pen + Brush in New York.
A Disrupted Inheritance
With the threat of statelessness looming, the artist kept true to form, and her citizenship status immediately became one of her materials, as in when she pinned images of her family to her chest with acupuncture needles, in a performance which she called “Recuérdame,” or “Remember Me,” performed at Pen + Brush.
From the Archive: Brooklyn Rail ArTonic
With shows like this, Pen + Brush positions itself as a unique space for observing the trajectory of feminist art over time…
Hyperallergic essay on Women’s Work
The familiar expression “women’s work” persists in our cultural lexicon, but five artists/activists present visions that reshape its definition in a massive and thoughtful exhibition.
Ms. Q&A with curator Grace Aneiza Ali
Women’s Work: Art & Activism in the 21st Century features the work of five women artist-activists whose roots span the globe. Each engage the current political moment via their artmaking.
ART News Women’s Work Slideshow
View some works from Women’s Work Art & Activism in the 21st Century at Pen + Brush, New York
With a New Exhibit, Women’s Work Is in the Art Gallery
In the Pen + Brush spirit of women’s involvement in activism, politics, and art, Ali reflected on the the 2017 Women’s March as a sampling of women’s work: