Like Calvino, Ellen Zweig understands that a person's own experience and culture determines his or her perceptions. With this in mind, she thoughtfully examines her interaction with Chinese culture.
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"For Jagannatha" by Stacey Allan
Jim Long's painting series For Jagannatha began with a discovery. On a visit to a friend's studio in 1988, Long found some used masking tape on the floor that was covered with translucent drips of paint, the byproduct of applying a ground coat to newly stretched canvas.
Read More"California Strange Fruit: Ken Gonzales-Day's 'Lynching in the West'" by Anna Meliksetian
At first sight, At Daylight the Miserable Man Was Carried to an Oak and Golden Chain, photographs by Ken Gonzales-Day, appeal to the senses as beautiful landscapes. That aesthetic appeal is challenged, however, by the knowledge that the distinctive trees at the center of these images have something in common: bodies once hung from their branches.
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