Using retroreflective material, the artist’s latest works look at the way that rivers both carry and conceal as a means of examining history.
AX Mina
AX Mina is a wandering artist and culture writer exploring contemporary spirituality, technology and other sundry topics. Her work has appeared in the Atlantic, the New York Times and Places Journal, and her art has shown in places like the Museum of the Moving Image, the V&A Museum and the Brooklyn Museum. She co-produces Five and Nine, a podcast about magic, work, and economic justice.
Artists Get Inside the “Glitch”
The glitch, perhaps, is that we thought technology, the earth, and the spirit were all separate things when really they all glide together.
The Art, Politics, and Pleasures of Food
While a trip to the grocery store is now a mundane act, in 17th-century Europe, accessing global foods was still a new concept.
Breaking With Monuments as Institutional Selfies
Thomas J Price’s bronze statues of Black individuals look like people we might know or see out in public, rather than generals and political leaders.
Los Angeles Artists Find Community in Mysticism
The city’s complex history of capital and violence is what makes the intersection of art and magic so potent, opening doors for healing and reparations.
Abstractions That Epitomize the US’s Inherent Violence
I imagine artist Linda Arreola wandering in her mind during lockdowns, just like me, asking how such a brutal world could continue.
A Tarot Platform for the Zoom Era
Up until recently, there have been few ways to read tarot cards without using physical cards, even in this era of Zoom and remote work.
Reclaiming the Power of an Auntie’s Stare
Anti-Muslim incidents are the jumping-off point for Los Angeles artist Tanzila Ahmed’s painting series Aunties with Deadly Stare.
Ragnar Kjartansson’s Spiritual Satire
Much of Kjartansson’s work combines dry humor with a sobering examination of power and violence.
Alexander Tovborg Seeks the Sacred in the Aesthetic
Kirken works because modern galleries have quasi-religious qualities, with white walls and empty spaces creating an atmosphere for contemplation.
Kinship Amid a Loneliness Epidemic
Through multiple mediums, Kinship demonstrates the ways that a number of artists had to navigate COVID-19’s influence on their process.
Listening to the Wisdom of Chinese Animal Idioms
Chinese Animal Idiom cards remind us that we can fly free, yes, and we should, but we eventually need somewhere to land.