Displacement Geology
Tamsin Spencer Smith’s third collection of poems is now available through FMSBW Press. A love letter to the natural world and the wild human heart, the cover of this book is based on a painting by Kevin Earl Taylor.
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XISLE, a novel
Tamsin Spencer Smith’s first novel is now available through FMSBW Press. Set in Havana, Miami, and Washington D.C., the political thriller canvases four decades of intrigue and romance, amidst the backdrop of US-Cuba policy. Cover art based on a painting by Jerry Lyles.
All that’s Solid Melts into Paint: Alex Kanevsky
This essay originally appeared in Juxtapoz Magazine on September 30, 2020. Alex Kanevsky’s exhibition of new work at Dolby Chadwick Gallery focuses on the human figure. Whether lying on a bed, sharing a meal, or riding a horse, each subject appears in syncopation with their surroundings. Each painting comprises still life, landscape, and portrait. Interior and exterior […]Read Post ›
Chelsea Wong: The Pleasure of Joy
The post was originally published by Juxtapoz Magazine on June 22, 2020. Picasso is reputed to have said, “The purpose of art is washing the dust of daily life off our soul.” Chelsea Wong doesn’t deny daily life its grit; she sprinkles it with pixie dust, making all the souls her paintings exemplars of the kind […]Read Post ›
TAMSIN SMITH & EMILIO VILLALBA
Originally posted on Art & Politics:
first published in Juxtapoz Magazine, December 20, 2019 Two Hands, One Brush: Tamsin Smith & Emilio Villalba Collaborate @ Adobe Books Gallery ? THE PAINTER’S ALPHABET Tamsin Smith + Emilio Villalba Adobe Books Gallery 3130 24th Street, San Francisco Exhibition: Nov 22-Dec 9, 2019 ? Painting collaborations are typically plagued…
David Ligare @ LewAllen Galleries
LewAllen Galleries // August 30th, 2019 through October 12, 2019. This article originally appeared in Juxtapoz Magazine, September 5th, 2019. David Ligare: Elements of Radical Renewal By Tamsin Smith David Ligare had his first solo exhibition in New York in 1969. Elements at Santa Fe’s LewAllen Galleries marks his forty-eighth. In the way that Homer, Virgil, […]Read Post ›
MARYAM YOUSIF & NICK MAKANNA
Originally posted on Art & Politics:
first published in Juxtapoz, August 14, 2019 Maryam Yousif, “Puabi Bust”, glazed stoneware, 18 x 10 x 20.5 inches, 2019. Back to Back: Maryam Yousif & Nick Makanna @ Guerrero Gallery By Tamsin Smith & Matt Gonzalez ———————— Maryam Yousif: Puabi Live! / July 20 – August 17, 2019 &…
Between First & Second Sleep
FMSBW has released Tamsin Smith’s Between First & Second Sleep with praise from poets, including Matthew Zapruder, Donald Beagle, Beau Beausoleil, Mary Julia Klimenko, and Kevin Killian, who wrote: “…a book to savor with great pleasure. It’s not only a kind of poetry new to me, it’s several kinds, each one impressive in a different […]Read Post ›
Word Cave
Announcing the release of my verse collection Word Cave; now available on Amazon.com. Published by Risk Press, this beautiful book features a cover portrait by Emilio Villalba (see featured photo) back cover collage detail by Matt Gonzalez, and photographs by Josh Smith, All proceeds from the sale of the book benefit SITES UNSEEN a non-profit, which activates alleys around Yerba Buena in […]Read Post ›
