Creating the Context w/ curator and writer TK Smith
Studio Noize bringing in the big guns to discuss the wide world of Black art. In episode 133 we talk to the curator, writer, and cultural historian TK Smith about his work creating and explaining the context in which Black art is produced. We get into his curatorial practice which includes shows at the Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw, GA, and the Woodmere Art Museum in Philadelphia. Tk has written for Art In America, the Monument Lab Bulletin, and Art Papers. He tells us how he reviews shows and what were some of his favorite shows he’s seen recently including the Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse previously on view at the Virginia Museum of Fine Art. Its an in-depth conversation with one of the bright young thinkers in contemporary Black art. Listen, subscribe, and share!
Episode 133 topics include:
Curating and institutions
the importance of networking
curating shows
Looming Chaos by Zipporah Camille Thompson
the Dirty South: Contemporary Art, Material Culture, and the Sonic Impulse
writing exhibition reviews
exploring the meaning of monuments
Looming Chaos by Zipporah Camille Thompson
Smith’s curatorial projects include Roland Ayers: Calligraphy of Dreams at the Woodmere Museum of Art in Philadelphia, PA. (2021), the 2021 Atlanta Biennial exhibition Virtual Remains at the Atlanta Contemporary in Atlanta, GA. (2021), and Zipporah Camille Thompson: Looming Chaos at the Zuckerman Museum of Art in Kennesaw, GA. (2020).
His writing has been published in Art in America, the Monument Lab Bulletin, and ART PAPERS, where he is a contributing editor. In 2021 he was invited to be the inaugural writer-in-residence at the Vashon Artist Residency and, most recently, he was a 2022 recipient of an Andy Warhol Writers Grant.
Smith is a doctoral student in the History of American Civilization program at the University of Delaware, where he researches art, material culture, and the built environment. He received his Master of Arts in American Studies and his Bachelor of Arts in English and African American Studies, with a certificate in Creative Writing from Saint Louis University.
See More: www.tksmith106.com + TK Smith IG @tksmith106
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