DLG195A Curator/writer, Jillian Steinhauer discusses death and mourning as examined in her powerful exhibition, "In the Presence of Absence."
Update: 2019-05-15
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Art critic/writer and now curator, Jillian Steinhauer hit a collective nerve with a powerfully meaningful exhibition she’s curated at the Elizabeth Foundation for the Arts titled In the Presence of Absence. The show is described briefly here by Mary Louise Schumacher, "When it comes to grief, our culture values the stiff upper lip. But stoic composure comes with a price. It keeps the realities at arm’s length, including truths about the erasure, enslavement and slaughter of Native Americans and Africans. A small show in New York, “In the Presence of Absence,” suggests that mourning may be a means of empowerment and a way through. It is a show that requires a certain openness, a bit of courage even, to experience." — Picking up on a line in exhibition statement from Jillian, it says, This exhibition is dedicated to Henrietta, Suzanne, and Bronia. We learn that two of these women are Jillian's grandmothers, and the third is her partners mother, who have all passed away in the past three years. Jillian takes us on an examination of how she activated her own interest in art, artists and art writing to take her on a journey of healing and understanding grief and death as a personal, as well as a universal level. Talking about these topics and the exhibition helps demonstrate that facing grief is of course sad, but also can be comforting, uplifting and helps us recognize each other as human across all boundaries. A true demonstration that art is healing.
More about the artists in the exhibition HERE:
Inbal Abergil http://www.inbalabergil.com/
Emily Carris https://tinyurl.com/y5gv43ac
Leigh Davis http://www.leighdavisprojects.com/
Valery Jung Estabrook http://valeryestabrook.com/
Hock E Aye, VI Edgar Heap Of Birds, http://heapofbirds.ou.edu/
Nene Humphrey http://www.nenehumphrey.com/
Melinda Hunt,https://www.hartisland.net/
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
M. Carmen Lane https://mcarmenlane.com/
Todd Shalom Todd Shalom | Elastic City
MORE ABOUT JILLIAN STEINHAUER: http://jilliansteinhauer.com/ Jillian Steinhauer is a journalist and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. Her writing has appeared recently in the New York Times, The New Republic, The Nation, and The Art Newspaper, among other publications. She won the 2014 Best Art Reporting Award from the U.S. chapter of the International Association of Art Critics for her work at Hyperallergic, where she was formerly a senior editor. She writes mainly about art and politics, or the intersection of art and the world, but has been known to go on at length about cats, as in an essay commissioned for the 2015 book Cat Is Art Spelled Wrong (Coffee House Press). She received her master's in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU.
More about the artists in the exhibition HERE:
Inbal Abergil http://www.inbalabergil.com/
Emily Carris https://tinyurl.com/y5gv43ac
Leigh Davis http://www.leighdavisprojects.com/
Valery Jung Estabrook http://valeryestabrook.com/
Hock E Aye, VI Edgar Heap Of Birds, http://heapofbirds.ou.edu/
Nene Humphrey http://www.nenehumphrey.com/
Melinda Hunt,https://www.hartisland.net/
Jaamil Olawale Kosoko Jaamil Olawale Kosoko
M. Carmen Lane https://mcarmenlane.com/
Todd Shalom Todd Shalom | Elastic City
MORE ABOUT JILLIAN STEINHAUER: http://jilliansteinhauer.com/ Jillian Steinhauer is a journalist and editor living in Brooklyn, NY. Her writing has appeared recently in the New York Times, The New Republic, The Nation, and The Art Newspaper, among other publications. She won the 2014 Best Art Reporting Award from the U.S. chapter of the International Association of Art Critics for her work at Hyperallergic, where she was formerly a senior editor. She writes mainly about art and politics, or the intersection of art and the world, but has been known to go on at length about cats, as in an essay commissioned for the 2015 book Cat Is Art Spelled Wrong (Coffee House Press). She received her master's in Cultural Reporting and Criticism from NYU.
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