A few weeks ago, I was gifted a small artwork by Kandis Williams from Amber Esseiva and the Institute for Contemporary Art in Richmond, VA. A Field is an exhibition curated by Esseiva showing at the ICA through September 12, 2021. Within it, Williams educates us on the history of prison labor farms in Virginia. […]
Corey Durbin
COREY DURBIN is an artist, writer, and photographer from Guantanamo Bay, Cuba; living and working in Brooklyn, NY.
The Perpetual Garden with Clement Oladipo and Kandis Williams
Interview with Hayley Cranberry Small, Artist and Founder of Lutte Collective
by Corey Durbin
Hayley Cranberry Small (she/her) is an Artist, Urban Planner, and Ceramicist working out of Brooklyn, NY. They started Lutte Collective, a platform for highlighting disabled and chronically ill artists, in 2017. Corey Durbin: Thank you so much for taking time to talk with us, could you start by telling us a little bit about yourself […]
In Conversation with Leslie Diuguid of Du-Good Press, the First and Only Black Female Owned Fine Art Printshop in New York
by Corey Durbin
The following interview was dictated from a video conversation that took place on January 28, 2021. Leslie Diuguid: I can’t wear these. (removing headphones) Corey Durbin: I can’t hear you. LD: (muffled) . . . blah blah blah blah CD: Okay, I got you. LD: Okay, here I am, but yeah, that’s the disappointing thing. […]
Breaking Currents: eddy at M23
by Corey Durbin
An eddy, the titular inspiration for this show, is a flowing water phenomenon where the current is disrupted by inverse movement, causing a whirlpool. This exhibit of young emerging sculptors makes a similar gesture against a cultural current, long spiraling toward doom. M23 is a small gallery in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, the […]
Rebel Irreverence: Tamara Santibañez at Selenas Mountain
by Corey Durbin
It’s October 25th and I’m making the trip to Selenas Mountain in Ridgewood, Queens, for the opening of Tamara Santibañez’s Rebel Irreverence. I arrive shortly after the start, expecting the least amount of traffic for the day. However, I’m met at the front door by Olivia Swider (gallery co-founder and curator with partner Michael Fleming), […]
