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In Conversation with Professor Rattanamol Singh Johal, Curator of Wallach Art Gallery's Homage: Queer Lineages on Video
You step through a latex curtain to enter a dark chamber separated from the rest of the gallery to watch P. Staff's video piece The Foundation . Your attention is fixed on the clips of the archives, the underground queer parties, the foaming bed, but you can still hear the reciting of poems from Rirkri Tiravanjia's 2008 video work Untitled (John Giorno reads) on the other side of the gallery. Entrance to P. Staff's The Foundation , 2015 The exhibition "Homage: Queer Lineage

Viela Hu
Oct 26, 2025


a less busy sunset spot the locals took us to
I have returned by posting reflections on the shows / architectures I have been seeing / hearing / feeling for the past two years. Please...

Viela Hu
Sep 13, 2025


Summer Internship Entry 6 - Time Management and the Future
As I conclude my short but eventful summer internship as my professor's research assistant, I realize that my biggest takeaway that will...

Viela Hu
Jun 26, 2025


Summer Internship Entry 5 - Ferdinand Deligny and Independent Research Project
I was organizing texts and images for my professor's participation in the event "Fernand Deligny: Cartographer of the Wanderings of Those...

Viela Hu
Jun 23, 2025


Summer Internship Entry 4 - Avery Classics Collection Martin Kippenberger's Psychobuildings (1988)
Since I went to NYU Fales, I learned to use the special collections at libraries to expand the primary document pool in my academic...

Viela Hu
Jun 18, 2025
Summer Internship Entry 3 - Copyrights
After going to NYU Fales, I also learned about the importance of copyrights for these special archives as some libraries, like NYU Fales,...

Viela Hu
Jun 11, 2025


Summer Internship Entry 2 - academia.edu Digital Archive
I went to organize my professor's collection of his own writings at his office. I scanned all of the documents and turned them into...

Viela Hu
Jun 9, 2025


Summer Internship Entry 1 - NYU Fales Archive
My professor is working with a filmmaker who is making a documentary on the 1974 Schizo-culture conference. My professor contacted one of...

Viela Hu
Jun 4, 2025


HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY! LOVE IN ART
Happy Valentine’s Day! At the mention of this holiday, we conjure images of pink and red roses along with piles of chocolate and gifts...

Viela Hu
Feb 19, 2023


HAPPY NEW YEAR! 2023: THE YEAR OF THE RABBIT
新年快乐! Happy Chinese Lunar New Year! 2023 is the Year of the Rabbit in Chinese zodiac! To celebrate, let’s take a look at some traditional...

Viela Hu
Jan 22, 2023


A MUNDANE LIFE, AN UNCONTROLLABLE LIFE, A NEW LIFE: AKI SASAMOTO
The New Year marks a new beginning: new outfit styles, new artworks, new routine plans, yet we always find ourselves end up somewhere...

Viela Hu
Jan 12, 2023


HAPPY 2023 NEW YEAR’S DAY!
Happy 2023 New Year’s Day! 元旦快乐!元旦 is the Chinese word for the first day of new year, the mark of a new beginning. To celebrate, let’s...

Viela Hu
Jan 1, 2023


THE JOLLY MAN IN RED: A VISUAL HISTORY OF SANTA CLAUS
Merry Christmas! Wishing everyone a very wonderful holiday season and a prosperous New Year! I grew up listening to tales of Santa...

Viela Hu
Dec 26, 2022


THE ORDINARY AND THE PECULIAR: STELLA ZHANG
In the last blog, I discussed the serene, eternal beauty in Masao Yamamoto’s photography. Today, let us take a look at a similar,...

Viela Hu
Nov 1, 2022


A TRANQUIL WORLD: MASAO YAMAMOTO
Amongst the chaos of urban life floats a nude woman, flies a lone bird, and flows a constant serenity unknown to contemporary life yet...

Viela Hu
Oct 9, 2022


WOMAN, FLOWER, AND ELEPHANT: SANYU
I am deeply interested in the wonder of the human body and its role in art. Many of the artists I talked about in my last blogs were...

Viela Hu
Sep 25, 2022


NOISE OR MUSIC: MARCEL DUCHAMP
I was at the MoMA, again, and there was a work that deeply enraptured me. When I think of Marcel Duchamp, immediately I conjure an image...

Viela Hu
Sep 19, 2022


THE SPIRITUAL IN ART: VASILY KANDINSKY
I was at the Guggenheim’s Vasily Kadinsky: Around the Circle the other day and wanted to share a few works from the exhibition. Frank...

Viela Hu
Aug 21, 2022


BODY, SPACE, NATURE: TOYO ITO
In the last two blogs, I discussed the relationship between body and space through painting. Today, let’s take a look at the relationship...

Viela Hu
Aug 7, 2022


PILGRIMAGE IN PAINT: THE PENITENCE OF SAINT JEROME IN THE MET
It has been a while since I updated a museum blog. I was at the Met the other day, and I wanted to share a piece that has caught my eye:...

Viela Hu
Jul 24, 2022
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