Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle is a conceptual artist, an idea man. Born 31 years ago in Madrid, raised in Bogotá and Chicago, he’s got a lot to say and two languages to say it in, an arsenal of words behind every image. The artifacts of everyday life are his material. They walk right up and offer themselves […]
Author Archives: Deanna Isaacs
Chi Lives: helen Leister, a bride in blue
Helen Leister says it was the railroad job that spurred Volney into popping the question and set her to thinking about wedding gowns, back in the spring of 1938. The country was still dragging itself out of the Depression then; caution was the order of the day, even when it came to marriage. But when […]
Art People: Mary Jones is looking for a special place
Dotty Christine Gentle and mean Angels dance on her lawn Call her sad call her gone Tell all thats gone wrong She calls herself Serene. Dotty Christine has stilts for legs and a tiny head. Her arms are soft, like tentacles. They curve around a chicken she cradles. Behind her, a cobbled path diverges, its […]
On Video: Jeannie Morris’s Mexican abortion
A couple of years ago, Jeannie Morris was asked to give a talk at a breakfast meeting to a group of lawyers in town for an American Bar Association conference. The veteran sports broadcaster had been asked to choose a topic relating to sports, and she had prepared a speech. But as the time approached, […]