WRITING
Current writing appears periodically on Substack.
‘Where The Pencil Meets The Road’ (2016) Manifest International Drawing Annual 10, Manifest Press, 2016
‘Drawing For Sport’ (2016) Drawing: Research, Theory and Practice, Volume 1, No. 2. 2016, p. 211 - 221
https://intellectdiscover.com/content/journals/10.1386/drtp.1.2.211_1
‘Drawing on the Edge of the World’ (2015) Catalog essay for the exhibition Time and Materials at Miami Beach Urban Studios
Time and Materials is a formula that helps one determine the value of one’s labor: it is the cost of the materials and equipment required, plus a rate multiplied by the time it takes to complete the job. While the Time and Materials equation is a way to arrive a specific quantitative value, this project presents artists whose work puts the variables of this equation into play. The exhibition examines the work of six South Florida artists who mix a language of drawing with labor-intensive processes that deconstruct, conflate, and transform ideas about both labor and drawing, and who propose new models through which we may consider the value of one’s labor.
Featuring artists Nathalie Alfonso, AA.CM.FG, Ernesto Oroza, Frances Trombly, Odalis Valdivieso, and Agustina Woodgate. Curated by Michael Namkung
Flying Towards the Ground: A Reader on Flying and Falling (2015)
Compiled by Michael Namkung with contributions by Rob Goyanes, Asif Farooq, Jackie Apodaca, Jeremiah Barber, James Tully Beatty, Jr., Kari De Leeuw, John Shelton, Melissa Wyman, Michael Namkung, Nicole Sorhondo, and Damon Adlao. Edited by Elizabeth Shannon.
Published on the occasion of Michael Namkung's exhibition Flying Towards the Ground at Locust Projects, Miami, Florida, August 29 - October 10, 2015. Edition of 50. by Locust Projects, Miami.