Duncan Poulton, No Body (2015)

Mimesis, which has been doing the rounds in art since ancient Egypt, reaches a terminal point in this 15-minute film by recent graduate Duncan Poulton (what you see above is just a cut down version). They may not be artists. It is hard to imagine them with such pretensions. But…

Shawn Huckins: Dorothy Quincy, Don’t You Realize That I Only Text You When I’m Drunk (2012)

This is a work of many layers, the earliest one being a portrait of Dorothy Quincy by American realist painter John Singleton Copley. Quincy was the wife of the first man to sign the Declaration of Independence. So her portrait is also a slice of history, nevermind art history. Shawn…