art Archives • Ink 19

Gross Indecency: The Three Trials of Oscar Wilde
- Archikulture Digest
- October 7, 2018
Oscar Wilde flies high and crashed to the ground after an ill-conceived lawsuit.
Pentecostal
- Archikulture Digest
- February 6, 2018
Art and politics collide when an ancient painting compromises refugee’s attempts to flee a war.
Nots
- Music Reviews
- January 19, 2017
Cosmetic (Goner). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
White Glove Test: Louisville Punk Flyers 1978-1994
- Print Reviews
- April 29, 2015
Low-budget posters for lo-fi bands that made the 1980’s bearable in Louisville Kentucky.
For No Good Reason
- Screen Reviews
- April 21, 2014
A shadow documentary of Hunter S. Thompson told by his longtime collaborator Ralph Steadman.
Levitated Mass
- Screen Reviews
- April 4, 2014
Artist Michael Heizer moves a 340 ton rock from Riverside, California to the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, and Carl F Gauze finds a documentary on the process its own enigmatic work of art.
Renoir
- Screen Reviews
- April 18, 2013
A view into the last few year of French Impressionist Auguste Renoir’s life. Carl F Gauze is beguiled by its stillness.

Animals and Objects In and Out of Water
- Print Reviews
- February 19, 2010
Carl F Gauze recommends this collection of posters from the hottest graphic artist of the year, Jay Ryan.
Grail Pages
- Print Reviews
- September 10, 2009
The inside skinny on collectors of original comic book art and Carl F Gauze‘s take on the guys who dig pictures of men who wear their underwear outside their pants.
The Soddyssey and Other Tales of Supernatural Law
- Print Reviews
- August 24, 2009
Bruce Phillips goes all goony over this new collection of Batton Lash’s pioneering creepy/funny comic series.
The Compact Duchamp: Amp After Amp
- Print Reviews
- January 6, 2009
A slim volume of black and white collage art gets Carl F Gauze all hot and bothered about Dada.
The Compact Duchamp: Amp After Amp
- Print Reviews
- January 6, 2009
A slim volume of black and white collage art gets Carl F Gauze all hot and bothered about Dada.
The Best of Write Now!
- Print Reviews
- August 26, 2008
Hey kid! Wanna write comics? Carl F Gauze suggests you read Danny Fingeroth‘s collection of interviews and articles from Write Now!, a magazine for Super Hero cartoonists, first.
Indie Girl
- Print Reviews
- April 1, 2008
Arne Johnson and Karen Macklin lure young women away from the sofa and to the drawing board. Andrew Coulon thinks the time is ripe.

Paul Duncan
- Music Reviews
- December 15, 2006
Be Careful What You Call Home (Home Tapes). Review by Aaron Shaul.
The Science of Sleep
- Screen Reviews
- October 17, 2006
In Michel Gondry’s new film, a young man lives in a dream world as he pursues his artistic neighbor. Good date movie, sayeth Carl F Gauze, before collapsing back into existential ennui.
Striking Images
- Print Reviews
- September 6, 2006
Marshall Presnell finds hidden truths about America on the back of a matchbook. Or, in this case, a handsomely printed volume full of reproductions of the best (and worst) of vintage matchbook art.
Heavy Metal Thunder
- Print Reviews
- June 28, 2006
Metal up your… bookshelf? For Linda Tate, the memories come flooding back after immersing herself in the denim n’ leather goodness of this anthology of heavy metal album covers.
Last Life in the Universe
- Screen Reviews
- July 6, 2005
Master cinematographer Christopher Doyle collaborates with upcoming Thai filmmaker Pen-ek Ratanauang for the first time on Last Life in the Universe. Aaron Shaul thinks it might be the best film he’s seen so far this year.
Sleepytime Gorilla Museum of Natural History
- Music Reviews
- December 21, 2004
Aiming to Answer Common Questions (Web of Mimicry). Review by Carl F Gauze.

Mong Tong
- Music Reviews
- July 6, 2020
Mystery (Guruguru Brain). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Episode 111: Carnaval
- The Lacking Organization
- July 3, 2020
It took Cheo a couple of years to get back into his usual Latin-flavored slinky tinkles after leaving his previous band, but we’re all glad to hear he’s back.
Bad Cop / Bad Cop
- Music Reviews
- July 3, 2020
The Ride (Fat Wreck Chords). Review by Christopher Long.
Gaytheist
- Music Reviews
- July 2, 2020
How Long Have I Been On Fire (Hex Records). Review by Carl F. Gauze.
The Jerry Cans
- Music Reviews
- July 2, 2020
Echoes (Aakuluk Music). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
A Musical Manifesto for the Pandemic
- Wax On
- July 1, 2020
Robyn Hitchcock and the Egyptians Globe of Frogs helps Jeffrey Schweers endure the pandemic in another burst of Wax On!
Laion Roberto
- Music Reviews
- July 1, 2020
A Taste for Mojo. Review by Stacey Zering.
Episode 110: Walk Don’t Run
- The Lacking Organization
- June 30, 2020
If you’re wondering if Acid Tongue is about having a particularly caustic wit, or about some sort of psychedelic dosage, the answer is yes.
Hinds
- Music Reviews
- June 30, 2020
The Prettiest Curse (Mom + Pop Records). Review by Bob Pomeroy.
Coriky
- Music Reviews
- June 29, 2020
Coriky (Dischord). Review by Scott Adams.