The Give and Take  (@the_give_and_take) a visual association game on Instagram between me and rotating guests. I post an image, and my guest posts another in response. What results is a conversation through pictures that evolves organically into mini-exhibitions of sorts. The links between images are sometimes obvious, sometimes cleverly subtle. Sometimes literal, sometimes thematic or emotional. As someone who loves to play with pictures to see how they relate to one another, and how together they can take on new meaning, it's interesting to see how these meanings take different shape when two brains with deep visual databases and varying tastes collaborate.

In an age where we’re all bombarded with fleeting images, incessantly connected, but often starved for actual connection, this feed is an improvised yet lasting exchange between two people communicating through visual threads.  Rather than an endless stream of random images, this creative volley generates waves of associations that deliver an unexpected and dynamic dialogue, and a memorable and refreshingly diverse sequence of artwork results. Participating guests include Photo editors, creative directors, photographers, curators, artists, directors, writers and more.

My current guest playing is The Underground Museum Director Megan Steinman (@megsmegsmegs)  Please join us!

Jon Henry, selections from Stranger Fruit, 2014– From the stunning work and haunting heartbreak of #khadijasaye’s story (see previous post, thank you Toby!) maddening injustice is hanging heavy in the air, and I land on this powerful se
Khadija Mohammadou Saye, In This Space We Breathe, 2016-17. Thinking today about Khadija’s haunting self portraits. “Khadija a young photographer exploring the ‘migration of traditional Gambian spiritual practices’. This seri
Jason Schmidt, selected works from Artists I + II. (Published by Steidel 2007, 2015) -Thomas Demand, 2003 -Sophie Calle, 2004 -Ed Ruscha, 2003 -Yoko Ono, 2011 -Mark Bradford, 2015 -Pierre Huyghe, 2001 -Andreas Gursky, 2003 -David Byrne, 2011 -Victori
Wayne Lawrence, Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera, 2005-2013. When my mind moves to portraits, Wayne’s Orchard Beach: The Bronx Riviera sticks out. These portraits consists of loving couples, sweet families and proud vantage points. There is so
Stefan Ruiz, House of Xtravaganza, featured in Aperture’s Family issue, 2018. Thinking about unconventional love being universal, and a deck of cards playing to that important tune (see previous post- thank you Naima + Toby!), brings me to the
Naima Green, 2019, Pur·suit. Green reimagines Cathy Opie’s seminal work Dyke Deck, 1990’s. This work is a set of playing cards that looks playfully at the lives and love of 90s lesbians. Pur·suit aims to look at Green&rsquo
Catherine Opie, selected works from ‘In and Around Home’, and ‘Domestic’ series + Self Portrait/ Cutting, 1993-2004. Oh how a few weeks can change everything.  From celebrating kissing in public with pride (see prev
Kadar Small, PDA, 2020, New York City Thinking about Nan’s raw expression of love and how 40ish years later we are still having conversations around that expression publicly. Enter Kadar Small’s newest series PDA, which explores what it
Nan Goldin, selected works from The Ballad of Sexual Dependency, 1980s, New York City. “The Ballad of Sexual Dependency is the diary I let people read,” Goldin once wrote of her seminal work that influenced us all. I land here in this vi
Tracey Emim, My bed, 1999. Thinking about lounging and cigarettes of the last post brings me to Tracey’s seminal work about depression and humanity. “After a long, bedridden bender following a bad break-up, when Emin finally left her shee
Michele Abeles, Red, Rock, Cigarettes, Newspaper, Body, Wood, Lycra, Bottle. 2011. (From the series, Re: Re: Re: Re: Re:) Lara Baladi’s trippy tapestries infused with smoke and hallucinations (see previous post!) led me to Abeles’ self- r
Lara Baladi, detail from “Oum el Dounia” (2000–07) Thanks Audrey, I really love Hassan Hajjaj's work, and it makes me think of Lara Baladi's large-scale digital tapestries. This body of work is is a tripped out collage tapestry tha