“We spoke… with co-curators Astria Suparak and Ceci Moss about examining the movement’s legacy, combing through the Riot Grrrl archive, and Miranda July’s app.”
New York Times picks Alien She for Fall Arts Preview
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EXPO CHICAGO 2014
Videos selected from over 140 galleries of The International Exposition of Modern and Contemporary Art.
Art Papers review of Alien She
“Through this broad focus on community, channeled and multiplied through a diversity of accessible communicative media, Alien She asserts that Riot Grrrl’s power is very much in the present.”
VICE Magazine’s Noisey on Alien She
“Alien She curators Astria Suparak and Ceci Moss have exhaustively pulled together a comprehensive exploration into the feminist punk rock movement… The riot grrrl scene runs deep both in terms of the other art it inspired and the ethos and attitude it bred.”
Artforum Critics’ Pick of Alien She
“the exhibition never sinks into nostalgia—rather, its tone channels the unapologetically personal attitude of Riot Grrrl.”
City Paper review of Alien She
“Alien She is superbly designed, comprehensive and approachable… [It] resounds riot grrrl’s, and feminism’s, hold on contemporary life.”
Boing Boing feature on Alien She
The exhibit provides a view into the passion and diversity of the original Riot Grrrl movement, and highlights how these ideas have broadened and evolved in the work of contemporary artists.
PIGEONS ON THE GRASS, ALAS: Contemporary Curators Talk about the Field
Published by The Pew Center for Arts & Heritage, this is a book of interviews with curators talking about their influences, aspirations, and challenges.
Pitt News review of Alien She
“Alien She captures the irrepressible legacy of riot grrrl and avoids reverting to a nostalgic reflection on better days. Instead, it uses the movement as a platform from which a new generation can explore the feminist and queer issues”
Huffington Post feature on Alien She
“The collected artworks reflect on, challenge and continue feminist critiques of the ’90s, evoking the diversity of identities and senses of self-determination that have sprung forth in the years since.”
ALIEN SHE
This exhibition provides a view into the passion and diversity of the punk feminist movement Riot Grrrl, and highlights how these ideas have broadened, evolved and mutated in the work of contemporary artists.
RIOT GRRRL CHAPTERS MAP
An online, collaborative project tracking Riot Grrrl chapters across the world, from 1991 to the present.
Wall Street Journal selects Miller Gallery
The Miller Gallery at CMU, directed by Astria Suparak, is the “Art Place” to visit in Pittsburgh, as selected by Warhol Museum director Eric Shiner in The Wall Street Journal.
RIOT GRRRL CENSUS
A public survey and expanded oral history of the lasting impact, intergenerational and global, of the Riot Grrrl movement.
Art Info announces ICI Curatorial Award Nominees including Suparak
“If you’re betting on who will make up the next set of influential international curators, this list could make you rich.”
Observer’s Gallerist announces Independent Vision Curatorial Award Nominees including Suparak
“Independent Curators International has announced the nominees for its 2012 Independent Vision Curatorial Award, a prize given biennially that rewards emerging and mid-career curators who have shown, in a recently curated project or exhibition, according to a released statement, ‘exceptional creativity and prescience in their exhibition-making, research and related writing.'”
“Best of 2011: Culture Award” for Pittsburgh Biennial
“Best Super-Friends Imitation on the Art Scene: The Pittsburgh Biennial… The result was an ambitious and audacious survey of area artists”
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