by Sam Bantly Taylor | Apr 3, 2023
This essay is a part of the exhibition catalogue for the 2021 show PLEASERE TURNCART SHERE featuring the photographic works of Nicholas Seitz. — I._PLEASE_____________________ Consider 840 photographs of a shopping cart corral. For any viewer, this might be a...
by Sam Bantly Taylor | Mar 14, 2023
Lapse Grasp, a solo exhibition containing six recent works from artist Jason Hackett, opens up a richly allusive space to consider the spiritual output of human hands–the grounded piety baked into the act of making along a full spectrum of labors. Hackett’s sculptural...
by Sam Bantly Taylor | Oct 17, 2022
There In the Air is a stunning exhibition. I mean that, to begin with, at complete face value. One cannot fail to be impressed at the technical excellence and detail Brooklynn artist Kyle Andrew Phillips has packed into a whopping 99 oil paintings completed in only...
by Sam Bantly Taylor | Oct 20, 2021
In response to Richard Haley’s exhibition at Shockoe Artspace, Inhabiting the Space Underneath the Skin: Things to Do In between Sleeping and Making Breathing a Voluntary Activity. Works 2003-2021 Richard Haley has been making art with and about his working body for...
by Sam Bantly Taylor | Aug 2, 2021
For a mid-sized city, Richmond contains an impressive variety of art repositories. We have our towering institutions, enduring commercial spaces, non-profits, pop-ups, and start-up ventures. One token of the city’s growing cultural ecosystem is the Blackburn Gallery...
