Jessica Simmons-Reid

3 weeks ago | artforum.com | Jessica Simmons-Reid

The Palisades firestorm broke out several days before the scheduled opening of “Mothership,” Isabel Yellin’s solo exhibition at the Frederick R. Weisman Museum of Art at Pepperdine University. Perched on a coastal bluff in Malibu, the museum had only just survived a previous wildfire that swept through the surrounding mountains in December 2024. When I finally made it to Yellin’s exhibition, the only open road that accessed the museum coiled through a once-verdant canyon now charred.

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2 months ago | artforum.com | Jessica Simmons-Reid

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Jan 15, 2025 | frieze.com | Jessica Simmons-Reid

In ‘New Waves’ at Perrotin, four large-scale, elegantly minimalist photographs by Leslie Hewitt rest on the floor leaned against the wall – an irregular display tactic that the artist frequently employs. Embracing the dimensional space of the room, these works breach the invisible boundary between image and viewer; their physical weight and heft position them as discrete sculptural entities.

Sep 1, 2024 | artforum.com | Jessica Simmons-Reid

While the word extraterrestrial can conjure images of fantastical or menacing alien beings, it more generally refers to anything, whether animate or inanimate, known or unknown, that exists beyond the immediate atmosphere of our planet. Similarly, the word alien, while infused with otherworldliness, encompasses a broader sense of outsiderness and is often wielded as a derogatory accusation.