Nancy Hightower » art http://www.nancyhightower.com Author, Photographer Mon, 16 Oct 2023 01:19:29 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=4.2.38 This Blossom In Your Side: New Essay on Kafka http://www.nancyhightower.com/what-ive-been-up-to/ http://www.nancyhightower.com/what-ive-been-up-to/#comments Mon, 15 Aug 2011 06:38:26 +0000 http://nancyhightower.wordpress.com/?p=193 I have a new essay up over at Fantasy Matters on the ever fantastic Kafka–if you have never read his shorter work (which is speculative fiction at its finest), then perhaps my essay can give you some tips on which stories to try out. Hint: you get crazy village people,  a boy with a “strange” blossom in his side, a machine that tattoos its victims to death,  and a bucket that can fly. And no,  Kafka was not on LSD (in case you were wondering).

But right now I’m am busy writing the catalogue essay for the wonderful artist Xi Zhang, whose work fuses the fantastic, pop culture and Buddhist philosophy. In September and October, I’ll be blogging more about the upcoming Cute and Creepy exhibit, so stay tuned!

]]> http://www.nancyhightower.com/what-ive-been-up-to/feed/ 0 The Cute and Creepy Website Is Up! http://www.nancyhightower.com/the-cute-and-creepy-website-is-up/ http://www.nancyhightower.com/the-cute-and-creepy-website-is-up/#comments Tue, 07 Jun 2011 16:27:13 +0000 http://nancyhightower.wordpress.com/?p=109 Curated by Carrie Ann Baade (whose work graces the newest cover of Weird Tales), the Cute and Creepy exhibit coming in October is sure to be a deliciously creepy and fun show. My essay–geez, that sounds so dry. I promise it isn’t–“Revelatory Monsters: Deconstructive Hybrids, the Grotesque, and Pop Surrealism,” is the catalogue article, and you can see a preview of it on the website.  More news about the show as it comes down the pipeline.

I have other writing adventures coming up–both in the art and fantasy world, so stay tuned!

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