Writers

The Architect of the Unholy Trinity: James M. Jason In an era defined by algorithmic playlists and the rapid-fire consumption of digital content, James M. Jason stands as a defiant architect of the difficult. The Italian visionary, who first emerged in 1989 within the claustrophobic “death-gloom metal” scene under the moniker “Gothic,” has spent nearly four decades orchestrating a radical “genetic mutation” of his artistic craft. What began as a...

The Art Museum of the University of Memphis (AMUM) will present an exhibition about the Memphis art scene surrounding the artist, writer, and South Main preservation and arts champion Robert McGowan (1947-2012). In 1987, McGowan co-founded the arts journal Number:Inc. with fellow artists Don Estes and Cory Dugan. In 1988, he opened the Memphis Center for Contemporary Art which showed over 100 artists until it closed in 1991. The exhibition...

Mathias Will is an artist based in Hamburg, Germany, working mainly in film, performance and graphic art. He is interested in mixing and merging these media. Cities and street life inspire his work: Interventions and disruptions of daily routines through performances by “The White Man”, a complex character. Films offering new perspectives and a non-narrative approach. Graphic works commenting on the ugliness and graceful beauty of the things that surround...