“Not Figures, Not Bodies, But Humans”: Jennifer Packer in conversation with Lee Ann Norman
Wednesday, September 20th, 2017
Her show is at the Renaissance Society, Chicago, through November 5
Lee Ann Norman
Lee Ann Norman is a writer and culture maker who loves to tell good stories about the arts in our everyday. Her scholarly investigations and creative yarns highlight an interest in designing spaces that allow people to learn about each other and themselves through the arts. Broadly, she's curious about how others read the world and how their reading(s) influence everything. Specifically, she wants to understand more about the role of conversation and inquiry in creative pursuits. Her writing has appeared in a variety of publications, including BOMB, Studio, the Studio Museum of Harlem's magazine, and the Penn GSE Journal on Urban Education. Lee Ann studied art criticism and writing at the School of Visual Arts. She is currently based in New York.
Featured Articles by Lee Ann Norman
Guns, Guerrillas, Music Videos: The Propeller Group at the MCA Chicago and James Cohan
Friday, June 24th, 2016
Two recent shows of new work by the Propeller Group.
The State and the Studio: Coco Fusco on Performance Art in Cuba
Saturday, December 19th, 2015
The performance artist, curator, and writer discusses her new book about Cuban art.
“Paper Should Be Edible, Nutritious”: John Cage’s Diary
Wednesday, October 28th, 2015
The radically inventive and prolific musician’s ethics and curiosity are revealed in a new diary facsimile by Siglio Press.
More Articles by Lee Ann Norman
“A little bit of slippage”: The Sculptures of Painter James Siena
Friday, April 17th, 2015
New sculptures at Pace, based on little-seen work the painter has been making since the 1980s.
Always the Bride: Maria Yoon’s Marriage Experiment
Thursday, February 26th, 2015
The artist’s documentary about her 50 marriages explores the institution’s changing place in American culture.
Dorothy Iannone: The Book of Love
Friday, January 9th, 2015
Siglio’s new book of collected works gives an overview of the startling artist’s affectionate, erotic drawings.
The Critic as Activist: Thoughts on Race, Voice, and Agency in the Art World
Saturday, January 3rd, 2015
How does the role of the critic address social justice?
Nixed Metaphors: Lee Ann Norman on Robert Gober
Wednesday, November 12th, 2014
Norman addresses the contradictions and occlusions of Gober’s representations of sex and race.
Burning Inside: Passion, Politics, and Disruption at Paul Kasmin
Thursday, August 7th, 2014
Arson as a kind of avant-garde, reorganizing our experience of the exhibition space.
