Christen Clifford – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/christen-clifford/ Sensitive to Art & its Discontents Fri, 01 Aug 2025 21:11:32 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://hyperallergic-newspack.s3.amazonaws.com/uploads/2020/11/cropped-Hyperallergic-favicon-100x100.png Christen Clifford – Hyperallergic https://hyperallergic.com/author/christen-clifford/ 32 32 118955609 Ruth Asawa Proved That Mothering Is Inherently Artistic https://hyperallergic.com/1030620/ruth-asawa-proved-that-mothering-is-inherently-artistic/ https://hyperallergic.com/1030620/ruth-asawa-proved-that-mothering-is-inherently-artistic/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2025 19:55:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=1030620 Jordan Troeller’s book about the Bay Area sculptor and her artist-mother community shows us how reciprocity and caretaking become the work itself, not just the subject or the conditions.]]>

Jordan Troeller’s book about the Bay Area sculptor and her artist-mother community shows us how reciprocity and caretaking become the work itself, not just the subject or the conditions.

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Art for the Sun Worshippers in All of Us https://hyperallergic.com/769955/sun-seekers-amy-jennifer-khoshbin/ https://hyperallergic.com/769955/sun-seekers-amy-jennifer-khoshbin/#respond Sun, 16 Oct 2022 20:07:00 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=769955 Sun Seekers, by sisters Amy and Jennifer Khoshbin, seems to say: we’ve been cooped up for too long; it’s time to get some fresh air. ]]>

Sun Seekers, by sisters Amy and Jennifer Khoshbin, seems to say: we’ve been cooped up for too long; it’s time to get some fresh air.

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An Artist’s Altars to Unsung Women https://hyperallergic.com/537965/an-artists-altars-to-unsung-women/ https://hyperallergic.com/537965/an-artists-altars-to-unsung-women/#comments Fri, 17 Jan 2020 20:00:17 +0000 https://hyperallergic.com/?p=537965 Rendered in a rainbow of vibrant colors, Clarity Haynes’s portrayals of queer, heavy, and disabled bodies reimagines the white box as a communal space that allows for the possibility of healing.]]>

Rendered in a rainbow of vibrant colors, Clarity Haynes’s portrayals of queer, heavy, and disabled bodies reimagines the white box as a communal space that allows for the possibility of healing.

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Breaking the “Buckskin Ceiling”: Notes from a Day Devoted to Native Feminist Art https://hyperallergic.com/374817/breaking-the-buckskin-ceiling-notes-from-a-day-devoted-to-native-feminist-art/ https://hyperallergic.com/374817/breaking-the-buckskin-ceiling-notes-from-a-day-devoted-to-native-feminist-art/#respond Wed, 26 Apr 2017 21:48:04 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=374817 The Feminist Art Project's annual "Crossroads" conference was a day of panels and performances centering queer, female, and Indigenous experiences.]]>

The Feminist Art Project's annual "Crossroads" conference was a day of panels and performances centering queer, female, and Indigenous experiences.

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In Brooklyn, 600 Women Artists Unite for a Photograph https://hyperallergic.com/332621/in-brooklyn-600-women-artists-unite-for-a-photograph/ https://hyperallergic.com/332621/in-brooklyn-600-women-artists-unite-for-a-photograph/#respond Mon, 24 Oct 2016 23:20:55 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=332621 A group of 600 female artists convened at the Brooklyn Museum for “Now Be Here #2,” which has been called the largest group portrait of female and female-identifying artists in New York.]]>

A group of 600 female artists convened at the Brooklyn Museum for “Now Be Here #2,” which has been called the largest group portrait of female and female-identifying artists in New York.

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Unpacking the Medicated Motherhood Mystique https://hyperallergic.com/139171/unpacking-the-medicated-motherhood-mystique/ https://hyperallergic.com/139171/unpacking-the-medicated-motherhood-mystique/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2014 18:09:20 +0000 http://hyperallergic.com/?p=139171 CHICAGO — On February 13, I found myself in the back seat of a bus in Chicago with the artist Marni Kotak. We felt comfortable in the back of the bus. We are those kinds of women. ]]>

CHICAGO — On February 13, I found myself in the back seat of a bus in Chicago with the artist Marni Kotak. We felt comfortable in the back of the bus. We are those kinds of women.

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