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Extending the Underground Railroad into the Present
With his recent works on linen, Joe Lewis plies the idea of moving human bodies regarded as contraband via the surveillance network of the state. Click Here To Read the Full Article
Artist Joe Lewis draws parallels between the Underground Railroad and today’s migrant trafficking
February 5th, 2020 New exhibit ‘Forced Exodus: Coded Messages From the Underground Railroad’ currently at the Mesa College Art Gallery When Joe Lewis came across a story last summer about giant X-rays scanning vehicles at the border to detect migrants, he found the...
Ferrocarril Subterraneo No Nada Galeria
Reviewed by Lani Asher December 2, 2019 Joe Lewis's show at No Nada Galeria, "Ferrocarril Subterraneo," links the storied Underground Railroad to the contemporary journey of refugees fleeing violence today in the Americas. Woodcuts of slave ships and their human cargo...
Primary Peoples, Colors and Shapes: Recent Work by Joe Lewis
August 19 - September 26, 1993 A lot of people have problems with art that has political content because it makes them look at themselves, and that's the thing that makes them upset. It makes them think about things that they'd rather forget, or shows them that they...
Tantalizing Quilts Woven with Poetic, Political Messages
By Melissa Stern Pavel Zoubok gallery is currently hosting an intriguing show entitled Piecework. Riffing on the traditional women’s work of piecing fabric together, the five artists in this exhibition have produced quilt-like works that belie the traditional...
Joe Lewis Fashion Moda
By Miss Rosen Located in the heart of the South Bronx, Fashion Moda was an art space in operation from 1978-1993. Founder Stefan Eins was soon joined by artist Joe Lewis and local teenager, William Scott, who became co-directors. Fashion Moda was a concept and an...
Joe Lewis: Clairvoyance
JOE LEWIS: CLAIRVOYANCE by Walter Robinson The sleeper exhibition of the summer had to be the show of photos by Joe Lewis in the project gallery at Kathleen Cullen Fine Art on West 26th Street. Printed in black and white so that the metallic emulsion becomes almost...
Mutant Monkey Business
The Phatory is pleased to announce a new installation in the gallery’s window by Joe Lewis entitled Mutant Monkey Business which will be on view starting Sunday, May 1st, through Friday, May 22nd. All are welcome to the unveiling, Sunday, May 1st, from 5 -7:00. As “an...
‘Pump Up The Volume!’ Exhibit
"Pump Up The Volume!", a free exhibit in Sac State’s Robert Else Gallery, interprets the world and music of hip-hop through art. The artists, Jane Dickson and Joe Lewis, know their subject: They were in the South Bronx when hip-hop was born in the 1970s and have...
Junk Dada: The Stories Behind Noah Purifoy’s Joshua Tree Sculptures
Tanja M. Laden September 22, 2015 "'Aurora Borealis" "Noah was short on explanations of his work. He expected people to bring their own meanings and thoughts to his works. The use of discarded materials only increased the intellectual layers and meanings of his...