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1 week ago | 
midbrow.org | Brian Slattery
Lilah Heyman’s Friday Night (Nest) is a vivacious portrait of tangled bedsheets, but in its lavish attention to detail, it becomes a study of form as well — the wrinkles in the sheets, the way the light falls from crest to valley, become their own subject.
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1 week ago | 
newhavenindependent.org | Brian Slattery
Alexander Bushnik’s Rhino with Teacups is whimsical enough that it’s easy to overlook the skill it must have taken to create it. But look again: How exactly does it stay together? Why doesn’t it tip right off the wall? The balancing act on display in the piece is mirrored in the walls around it, displaying portraits, landscapes, and abstract canvases that in some ways couldn’t be farther apart in style, but are brought together and made into a cohesive whole.
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2 weeks ago | 
newhavenindependent.org | Brian Slattery
We see crushed cans in the natural urban habitat all the time, but artist Christina Hunt Wood makes us look at them again. There they are, on the road, on the sidewalk, in a layer of scattered leaves. But by turning them to gold, one solid color that connotes value, Wood lets us appreciate the shapes they make, and how varied they can be.
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3 weeks ago | 
midbrow.org | Brian Slattery
Cai Emmons, in the advanced stages of a degenerative disease, has just gotten off a Zoom call with a doctor to discuss end-of-life options. She’s on a small couch, bathed in her home’s warm light. Her walker, which she can use to get around the house, is within reach. But she can’t stand up to be able to use it. She tries to push herself off the couch and fails. She gets a hold of one handle of the walker, but it’s not enough. She tries again and again, for a full minute, determined, but can’t do it.
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3 weeks ago | 
newhavenindependent.org | Brian Slattery
Cai Emmons, in the advanced stages of a degenerative disease, has just gotten off a Zoom call with a doctor to discuss end-of-life options. She’s on a small couch, bathed in her home’s warm light. Her walker, which she can use to get around the house, is within reach. But she can’t stand up to be able to use it. She tries to push herself off the couch and fails. She gets a hold of one handle of the walker, but it’s not enough. She tries again and again, for a full minute, determined, but can’t do it.
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4 weeks ago | 
digitalcommons.osgoode.yorku.ca | Brian Slattery
Publication Date12-7-2019KeywordsAboriginal rights, Indigenous rights, Royal Proclamation of 1763, History of Indigenous Canadian peoples, Aboriginal titleAbstractSome legal historians have argued that the law of Indigenous rights in Canada is a modern invention, stemming from the Calder decision in 1973. In this essay, I consider the origins of Indigenous rights in 18th and 19th century law, focusing on Aboriginal title and the Royal Proclamation of 1763.
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1 month ago | 
newhavenindependent.org | Brian Slattery
Connections and networks run through artist Rita Hannafin’s work on a few different levels. First literally, as her chosen medium is the art quilt, which deploys thread itself in complex ways. Hannafin’s art for decades has also drawn strength and inspiration from the networks and communities of artists around her, as she finds advice from friends and fellow practitioners helps guide her work.
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1 month ago | 
newhavenindependent.org | Brian Slattery
Matt Nilsen, Thin Lear, David Wirsig, and Niagara MoonNever Ending BooksMarch 14, 2025There was a microphone set up, but Matt Nilsen dispensed with it, instead forgetting about the stage and standing on the floor right in front of the audience. He strummed his guitar a couple times, just to test the room. “There’s no graceful way to do this except to just do it,” he said, and started his set.
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1 month ago | 
newhavenindependent.org | Brian Slattery
The plaster hand protrudes from the wall, dangling the gun from its trigger guard. It’s a precarious situation. Were it a real gun, there’d be a danger of it going off. But the gun is actually fashioned from glass; as a symbolic gesture, the gun is dangerous to others, even as it is also in danger of being broken. With a flick of that finger, a bullet could fly, or the gun could fall to the ground and shatter — or both.
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1 month ago | 
midbrow.org | Brian Slattery
The three posters are faded, aged, and wrapped in plastic, but the conviction in the messages — and the strength of the design — remain intact. Notes fixed to the wall, as aged as the posters themselves, offer context for non-Spanish speakers. One translates the slogan on the left-hand side: “Mother: Wherever your name is spoken, victory is said.”“For the blood of our dead and the future of our children, we defend the revolution,” the center one reads.
