In the project 60 wrd/min art critic , writer Lori Waxman explores how art writing can serve an expanded field of artists—including those incarcerated, trying to gain visas, working to establish themselves professionally, or just wanting feedback for a secret hobby. For this iteration, Waxman reviewed a Chicago exhibition curated by Michelle Alexander.

“Connective Thread”

Does every little girl dream about her future marriage? I did not, but amid the wedding industrial complex, it is not hard to find sympathy for those beset by related expectations. In any case, there is a plethora of burdens placed on womankind from which to choose. “Connective Thread,” currently on view at Ivory Gate Gallery in Chicago, gathers works by a mixture of emerging and veteran women artists that acknowl

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