The Golden Age Of Hoops

April, 2015

Capturing the nuances of everyday human experience has always been a muse for creators of art. I believe it's most interesting when an artist finds a way to reveal something beautiful within the mundane. Artist Erin M. Riley seems to have done just that with her tapestries ("Dream Weaver," Talk, December). The "endless narcissism" that selfies portray, whether true or not, comes from the con­ventional idea that a compliment is usu­ally what is being sought. By stripping the s...