Melissa Holbrook Pierson – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com Sensitive to Art & its Discontents Thu, 04 Apr 2024 21:04:37 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cropped-Hyperallergic-favicon-100x100.png Melissa Holbrook Pierson – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com 32 32 118955609 John Berger Lost His Eyesight to Cataracts and Learned to See https://hyperallergic.com/880123/john-berger-lost-his-eyesight-to-cataracts-and-learned-to-see/ https://hyperallergic.com/880123/john-berger-lost-his-eyesight-to-cataracts-and-learned-to-see/#respond Wed, 03 Apr 2024 21:10:16 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=880123 After being afflicted with cataracts, the late critic and novelist reflected on the mechanics of sight. ]]>

After being afflicted with cataracts, the late critic and novelist reflected on the mechanics of sight.

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The Story of Three Generations of Artists in One Graphic Novel https://hyperallergic.com/847661/the-story-of-three-generations-of-artists-in-one-graphic-novel-amy-kurzweil-artificial/ Mon, 23 Oct 2023 21:32:03 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=847661 Amy Kurzweil's graphic memoir reproduces her grandparents’ letters, paintings, and documents. ]]>

Amy Kurzweil's graphic memoir reproduces her grandparents’ letters, paintings, and documents.

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Helen Cammock’s Love Letter to New Orleans https://hyperallergic.com/817345/helen-cammocks-love-letter-to-new-orleans/ Sun, 14 May 2023 08:03:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=817345 In a vividly illustrated artist's book, Cammock breaks through the fourth wall of the page to present the city as a composition of energies.]]>

In a vividly illustrated artist's book, Cammock breaks through the fourth wall of the page to present the city as a composition of energies.

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Demolishing the Categories of Word and Image https://hyperallergic.com/776100/demolishing-the-categories-of-word-and-image/ Thu, 15 Dec 2022 21:46:29 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=776100 An anthology of poems, fiction, and translated essays combined with images explores the role of memory and the visual.]]>

An anthology of poems, fiction, and translated essays combined with images explores the role of memory and the visual.

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What Did the Onset of the Age of the Mass Shooting Mean to Americans? https://hyperallergic.com/708721/what-did-the-onset-of-the-age-of-the-mass-shooting-mean-to-americans/ Wed, 23 Feb 2022 21:04:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=708721 Colette Brooks demonstrates how history unites us in both our private and public lives.]]>

Colette Brooks demonstrates how history unites us in both our private and public lives.

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Photography and Its Hidden Power https://hyperallergic.com/672276/photography-and-its-hidden-power/ Wed, 08 Sep 2021 20:14:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=672276 Patrick Nathan suggests that capitalism benefits when human relationships are reduced to two-dimensional representations.]]>

Patrick Nathan suggests that capitalism benefits when human relationships are reduced to two-dimensional representations.

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Victor Burgin’s Unclassifiable Take on the Passages of Art and Life https://hyperallergic.com/616838/victor-burgins-unclassifiable-take-on-the-passages-of-art-and-life/ Sat, 06 Feb 2021 05:00:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=616838 The artist's landmark experimental text, Between, now reissued, remains one of a kind more than three decades after its publication.]]>

The artist's landmark experimental text, Between, now reissued, remains one of a kind more than three decades after its publication.

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Journalist Jeff Sharlet Turns His Attention to Visual Storytelling https://hyperallergic.com/535507/journalist-jeff-sharlet-turns-his-attention-to-visual-storytelling/ Sat, 29 Feb 2020 19:00:40 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=535507 Time and night form Sharlet’s central theme: people who inhabit the night, literally and figuratively.]]>

Time and night form Sharlet’s central theme: people who inhabit the night, literally and figuratively.

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