Artist Carrie Moyer and gallerist Brendan Dugan join Rail Artseen Editor Amanda Gluibizzi and Rail contributor Ksenia M. Soboleva for a conversation on Louise Fishman, with an introduction by Phong H. Bui. We conclude with a poetry reading by Coco Gordon Moore.
Gallerist and publisher Brendan Dugan is the founder of Karma. Located in the East Village, Karma began in 2011 and represents emerging, established, and under-recognized multigenerational artists. The gallery handles work in all media, including painting, sculpture, photography, video, drawing and printmaking, and accompanies many of its exhibitions with Karma-published monographs. In 2018, Karma opened its standalone bookstore that presents artist books and rare ephemera alongside the gallery’s publications.
Carrie Moyer
Artist and writer Carrie Moyer is known for her sumptuous paintings which explore and extend the legacy of American Abstraction. Moyer’s work has been exhibited throughout the US and Europe, including the 2017 Whitney Biennial and several solo museum presentations. Between 1991-2008, Moyer and photographer Sue Schaffner collaborated as Dyke Action Machine! She has received awards from the Guggenheim and Joan Mitchell Foundations, Anonymous Was a Woman, and Creative Capital, among others. Moyer’s first monograph, released this past fall by Rizzoli Books, includes writing by Johanna Fateman, Lauren O’Neill-Butler, and Katy Seigel. Along with Lisa Corinne Davis, she co-directs the MFA Program in Studio Art at Hunter College. Moyer is represented by DC Moore Gallery in New York City.
Formerly Associate Professor at Ohio State University, Amanda Gluibizzi is the founding Co-Director of the New Foundation for Art History (NFAH) and Artseen Editor for the Brooklyn Rail. She specializes in mid- and late-20th century art, design, and urbanism in the United States, Europe, and Latin America. Amanda is the author of Art and Design in 1960s New York (Anthem Press, 2021).
Dr. Ksenia M. Soboleva is a New York based art historian specializing in queer art and culture. She holds a Ph.D. from the Institute of Fine Arts, NYU, with a dissertation on art, AIDS, and lesbian identity in the United States. Soboleva is currently working on a book project titled Friendship as a Way of Art: Queer Identity and Visual Citation, and co-editing (with Svetlana Kitto) the first major publication on the lesbian gallery Trial Balloon. Her writings have appeared in the Brooklyn Rail, BOMB Magazine, Hyperallergic, Ursula Magazine, as well as various exhibition catalogues and artist monographs. She teaches at the New School and NYU.
Phong H. Bui is an artist, writer, independent curator, and Co-Founder and Publisher/Artistic Director of the Brooklyn Rail, Rail Editions, River Rail and Rail Curatorial Projects.
The Rail has a tradition of ending our conversations with a poetry reading, and we’re fortunate to have
Coco Gordon Moore
reading.
Coco Gordon Moore
Artist and poet Coco Gordon Moore lives in Brooklyn, NY. She is a student of the Poetry Field School and Cool Memories. Her work explores classic themes of sex, the struggle of pleasure, and death. She is the author of two chapbooks A Sketch of Romance and Today I Hate the Sun. Her work has appeared in Shitwonder and Apology Mag. Her new chapbook Waiting Room is forthcoming.
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