Mimicking the collaborative nature of the Biennial’s curation, five cultural producers in Maine gather in conversation to model the critical potential in slow looking, multiple reads, and shared dialogue.
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On announcing Nat May as the curator for the 2018 PMA Biennial, PMA Deputy Director and Chief Curator Jessica May says, “His research is meticulous, his eye is keen, and his curiosity is unbounded.”
The philosophical movement that has garnered the greatest attention and engaged most thoroughly with the present culture is speculative realism. Skye Priestley explores the components of speculative realist thought and ties them to the logos of current cultural production in Maine.
The 2015 Portland Museum of Art Biennial proves to be a tangle of work from talented artists. Helen Greenbriar examines Alison Ferris’ curatorial choices in this already-controversial show.
Ashleigh Burskey and Catnip James examine the state of Maine’s art through the lens of the Portland Museum of Art’s 2015 Biennial.