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 ›
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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…
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 ›
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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 &…
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 ›
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 ›
Gina M. Contreras, Sola Chola @ Park Life Gallery, 220 Clement Street, San Francisco, July 12-August 18, 2019 A review by Tamsin Smith, first published by Juxtapoz Magazine on August 12, 2019. What would a film reel of your inner thoughts look like? Close your eyes and imagine all those looping voices, memories, desires, and […]Read Post ›
Emilio Villalba: Modernist Recoding by Tamsin Smith. This article originally appeared on November 27, 2918, in Beautiful Bizarre Magazine. Known for his arresting portraiture, Emilio Villalba has blazed a quick and dynamic path in art communities from California to New York and across the globe with multiple exhibitions and an active and impressive social media following. […]Read Post ›
