Damon Davis Press

2023

Vaughn, Kenya. “Featured artist Damon Davis discusses impact of acclaimed SLAM exhibition, A conversation on ‘The Culture’.” STLAmerican.com. https://www.stlamerican.com/arts_and_entertainment/living_it/featured-artist-damon-davis-discusses-impact-of-acclaimed-slam-exhibition/article_e436d196-a64f-11ee-aea6-2b4de063d91e.html. December 29, 2023.

Goodwin, Jeremy D.. “Hip-hop hooray — St. Louis Art Museum launches hip-hop exhibition with block party.” STLPR.org. https://www.stlpr.org/arts/2023-08-18/hip-hop-hooray-st-louis-art-museum-launches-hip-hop-exhibition-with-block-party. August 18, 2023.

Hays, Gabrielle. “​​In St. Louis, a neighborhood destroyed, and the children who remember.” PBS.org. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/nation/in-st-louis-a-neighborhood-destroyed-and-the-children-who-remember. July 27, 2023.

Brown, Jeffrey and Alison Thoet. “Citywide art project hopes to reveal forgotten history of St. Louis.” PBS.org. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/citywide-art-project-hopes-to-reveal-forgotten-history-of-st-louis. June 27, 2023. 

Stodghill, Ron. “A Walk in St. Louis: A New African American Trail.” NYT.com. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/06/19/travel/st-louis-african-american-trail.html. June 19, 2023. 

Mitter, Siddhartha. “Counterpublic in St. Louis Pushes the Public-Art Envelope.” NYT.com. https://www.nytimes.com/2023/05/09/arts/design/counterpublic-st-louis-public-art.html. May 9, 2023.

Simblist, Noah. “Counterpublic 2023.” e-flux.com. https://www.e-flux.com/criticism/537239/counterpublic-2023. May 4, 2023.

Vaughn, Kenya. “In remembrance of Mill Creek Valley, Historic Black neighborhood honored near St. Louis City SC stadium.” STLAmerican.com. https://www.stlamerican.com/black_history/in-remembrance-of-mill-creek-valley/article_5adbfa7c-b300-11ed-b7dd-0f49e582a8af.html. February 23, 2023.

Norfleet, Miya. “‘Pillars of the Valley’ cements the nearly forgotten history of Mill Creek Valley.” STLPR.com. https://www.stlpr.org/show/st-louis-on-the-air/2023-02-16/pillars-of-the-valley-cements-the-nearly-forgotten-history-of-mill-creek-valley. February 16, 2023.

Hahn, Valerie Schremp. “A Black neighborhood once stood on CityPark site. A new sculpture confronts its destruction.” STLToday.com. https://www.stltoday.com/entertainment/a-black-neighborhood-once-stood-on-citypark-site-a-new-sculpture-confronts-its-destruction/article_c193d78e-b4af-58ea-8c82-d450c79d0ffd.html. February 13, 2023.

2022

Grobar, Matt. “NBCU Academy, NBC News Studios Set Participants For 2nd Annual Original Voices Fellowship.” Deadline.com. https://deadline.com/2022/04/nbcu-academy-nbc-news-studios-set-six-original-voices-grantees-1235000046/. April 11, 2022.

Dafoe, Taylor. “David Adjaye, New Red Order, and 26 Other Artists Will Create Work for a Six-Mile Stretch Along a Main Drag in St. Louis.” ArtNet.com. https://news.artnet.com/art-world/counterpublic-2023-2106157. April 28, 2022.

2021

Frederickson, Ben. “BenFred: St. Louis City SC kicks in to honor Mill Creek Valley's history in stadium district's footprint.” STLToday.com. https://www.stltoday.com/sports/columns/ben-frederickson/benfred-st-louis-city-sc-kicks-in-to-honor-mill-creek-valleys-history-in-stadium/article_8b92b688-ae3e-5cc8-b5f8-9cdbbe059ae9.html. October 22, 2021.

Macaulay, Scott. “Twenty Nonfiction Film Projects Receive Grants from Sundance Institute Documentary Film Program.” Filmmakermagazine.com. https://filmmakermagazine.com/112497-twenty-nonfiction-film-projects-receive-grants-from-sundance-institute-documentary-film-program/. October 27, 2021.

Barron, Sara. “Amna Asghar and Damon Davis explore identity in MOCAD summer 2021 exhibitions” MetroTimes.com. https://www.metrotimes.com/the-scene/archives/2021/06/04/ amna-asghar-and-damon-davis-explore-identity-in-mocad-summer-2021-exhibitions. June 4, 2021.

Wells, Ciyadh. “5 Questions to Damon Davis (post-disciplinary artist)” ICareIfYouListen.com. https://icareifyoulisten.com/2021/02/5-questions-to-damon-davis-post-disciplinary-artist/. February 23, 2021.

2020

White, Brooklyn. “Black Lives Matters Launches USPS Campaign, ‘Write Black Love Letters’” Essence.com. https://www.essence.com/entertainment/only-essence/black-lives-matter-letters- usps-campaign/. December 2, 2020.

THIRTEEN/WNET New York. “American Masters, Firelight Media and Topic Launch New Documentary Short Film Series In the Making October 14” PRNewswire.com. https://www. prnewswire.com/news-releases/american-masters-firelight-media-and-topic-launch-new-documentary-short-film-series-in-the-making-october-14-301151329.html. October 13, 2020.

Miranda, Carolina. “‘Whose Streets? Director Damon Davis Curates “Black August” Resistance Art at L.A. Upstart” LATimes.com. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment-arts/story/2020-08-06/ new-art-space-crenshaw-dairy-mart-black-resistance-black-august-show. August 6, 2020.

Tillet, Salamishah. “We Asked Four Documentarians: How Does Film Shape the Fight for Racial Justice?” NYTimes.com. https://www.nytimes.com/2020/06/30/movies/ava-duvernay-stanley- nelson-whose-streets.html. June 30, 2020.

Steinhauer, Jillian. “Five Art Accounts to Follow on Instagram Now.” NYTimes.com. https://www. nytimes.com/2020/06/11/arts/design/art-accounts-to-follow-on-instagram.html. June 11, 2020.

Scurlock, Amanda. “Proximity Greenhouse Exposes Flaws in Criminal Justice System Through Art and Connection.” LASentinel.net. https://lasentinel.net/proximity-greenhouse-exposes-flaws -in-criminal-justice-system-through-art-and-connection.html. February 6, 2020.

Hill, Eva. “New exhibits come to the Grinnell College Museum of Art.” www.theSandB.com. http://www.thesandb.com/arts/new-exhibits-come-to-the-grinnell-college-museum-of-art.html. January 23, 2020.

Rivera, Zayda. “This South Central Art Installation Is Bringing ‘PROXIMITY’ To The Incarcerated.” BET.com. https://www.bet.com/news/national/2020/01/20/this-south-central- art-installation-is-bringing-proximity-to-the.html. January 31, 2020.

2019

Davis, Ben. “The 100 Works of Art That Defined the Decade.” news.artnet.com. https://news. artnet.com/opinion/100-artworks-decade-part-3-1738743. December 31, 2019.

Parker, Nick. “Visiting artist Damon Davis wraps up time at Grinnell.” thesandb.com. http://www. thesandb.com/article/visiting-artist-damon-davis-wraps-up-time-at-grinnell.html. October 3, 2019.

Wilson, Kea. “Damon Davis Creates a Powerful New Universe Through Videos, Songs and Films.” AliveMag.com. http://alivemag.com/damon-davis-creates-a-powerful-new-universe- through-videos-songs-and-films/. Posted September 4, 2019.

Goodwin, Jeremy D.. “From The Streets To The Galleries, Artists Responded To Ferguson.” news.stlpublicradio.org. https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/streets-galleries-artists-responded- ferguson. August 8, 2019

Stockman, Tom. “And The Winner is… St. Louis Filmmakers Showcase Winners Announced Last Night!” wearemoviegeeks.com. http://www.wearemoviegeeks.com/2019/07/and-the-winner -is-st-louis-filmmakers-showcase-winners-announced-last-night/. July 22, 2019.

UMSL Daily.  “St. Louis artist Damon Davis’ powerful exhibition ‘Negrophilia’ opening Feb. 16 at Galley 210.” blogs.umsl.edu. https://blogs.umsl.edu/news/?p=78178. February 6, 2019. 

Paper Magazine. “PAPER Predictions: 100 People Taking Over 2019.” Papermag.com. https://www.papermag.com/paper-predictions-2625149547.html?rebelltitem=62#rebelltitem62. January 29, 2019. 

Cullors, Patrisse. “Two Cis Black Men Openly Share Their Vulnerability In New Podcast 'Damon And Damon': "This isn’t your Charlemagne or Old Man Ebro."” Blavity.com. https://blavity.com/two- cis-black-men-openly-share-their-vulnerability-in-new-podcast-damon-and-damon. January 2019. 

2018

Valentine, Claire. “Damon Davis' 'Darker Gods' Imagines a New Black Mythology.” Papermag.com. http://www.papermag.com/damon-davis-darker-gods-2623133746.html. December 11, 2018

Kai, Maiysha. “Art and Activism Create Darker Gods for Art Basel Miami.” theRoot.com. https:// www.theroot.com/art-and-activism-create-darker-gods-for-art-basel-miami-1830921572. December 6, 2018. 

Martinez, Alejandra. “Artist Damon Davis Uses The Supernatural To Fight Misrepresentation Of Black Americans In The Media.” WLRN.org. http://www.wlrn.org/post/artist-damon-davis-uses- supernatural-fight-misrepresentation-black-americans-media. December 6, 2018

Griffin, Charmaine. “Patrisse Cullors x Damon Davis Interview | 'Darker Gods'.” Flaunt.com. http://www.flaunt.com/content/patrisse-cullors-damon-davis-darker-gods-for-art-basel-miami. December 7, 2018.

Portilla, Christian. "Darker Gods" Exhibit Mixes Art With the Black Lives Matter Movement.” MiamiNewTimes.com. https://www.miaminewtimes.com/arts/things-to-do-miami-darker-gods- at-our-basel-december-6-9-10940903. December 5, 2018.

Rolland, David. “Smoke Signals Studio on Showcasing Damon Davis’ Exhibit, Darker Gods.” Jitney Books. https://jitneybooks.com/smoke-signals-studio/. December 5, 2018

Ransome, Noel. “Artists Like Damon Davis Are Transforming the Image of Blackness.” VICE.com. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/d3bxgv/artists-like-damon-davis-are-transforming -the-image-of-blackness. November 29, 2018.

Schaeffer, Christian. “Even as Damon Davis' Star Rises, His Work Most Resonates in St. Louis.” RiverfrontTimes.com. https://www.riverfronttimes.com/stlouis/damon-davis-darker-gods-st-louis/Content?oid=22253646. August 1, 2018.

G'Sell, Eileen. “An Afro-Surrealist Project Deifies God-Like Bodies of Color.” Hyperallergic.com. https://hyperallergic.com/450970/damon-davis-darker-gods-in-the-garden-of-the-low-hanging-heavens-luminary-arts/. July 12, 2018

McAnally, James. “A Radical Black Arts Renaissance Is Reshaping a Fractured St. Louis.” Vice.com. https://www.vice.com/en_us/article/43pg3n/radical-black-arts-renaissance -reshaping-post-ferguson-st-louis. July 9, 2018.

Goodwin, Jeremy D. “Damon Davis evokes 'Darker Gods' in expansive show at the Luminary.”  news.stlpublicradio.org. https://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/damon-davis-evokes-darker-gods -expansive-show-luminary#stream/0. June 20, 2018.

Wilson, Calvin. “'Darker Gods' sheds light on the black experience.” STLToday.com. https://www. stltoday.com/entertainment/arts-and-theatre/darker-gods-sheds-light-on-the-black-experience/article_9c9df82d-82bc-5c6b-8164-c2e2670d2387.html. June 14, 2018 

2017

Meyerson, Collier. ‘Whose Streets?’ Captures the Fury and Hope of the Post-Ferguson Moment.”  TheNation.com. https://www.thenation.com/article/whose-streets-captures-the-fury-and-hope-of- the-post-ferguson-moment/. August 30, 2017.

Johnson, Tre. “What Detroit and Whose Streets say about film’s capacity to illuminate racial injustice.” Vox.com. https://www.vox.com/culture/2017/8/17/16143474/detroit-whose-streets- racial-justice-film. August 17, 2017.

Fear, David. “‘Whose Streets?’ Review: Portrait of Ferguson May Be the Doc of the Year.” RollingStone.com. https://www.rollingstone.com/movies/movie-reviews/whose-streets-review- portrait-of-ferguson-may-be-the-doc-of-the-year-201092/. August 13, 2017. 

Mancini, John. “New Documentary, 'Whose Streets?' Shows a Different Side of Ferguson.” NBCNews.com. https://www.nbcnews.com/storyline/michael-brown-shooting/new-documentary- whose-streets-shows-different-side-ferguson-n782306. August 11, 2017.

All Things Considered. “'Whose Streets?' Follows Unrest In Ferguson, Mo., After Michael Brown's Death.” NPR.org. https://www.npr.org/2017/08/09/542468258/whose-streets-follows- unrest-in-ferguson-mo-after-michael-browns-death. August 9, 2017.

Tinubu, Aramide. “Exclusive: Sabaah Folayan & Damon Davis Talk ‘Whose Streets?’” JETmag.com. https://www.jetmag.com/entertainment/whose-streets-interview/. August 8, 2017.

Lane, Anthony. ““Detroit” and “Whose Streets?” The New Yorker, August 7 & 14 Issue (2017). https://www.newyorker.com/magazine/2017/08/07/detroit-and-whose-streets. July 31, 2017.

G’Sell, Eileen. “Damon Davis On Art, Sundance And His Ferguson Uprising Documentary.” alivemag.com. http://alivemag.com/damon-davis-on-art-sundance-and-his-ferguson-uprising- documentary/. June 1, 2017.

Zeitchik, Steven. “True/False Film Fest: Ferguson film 'Whose Streets?,' from the people who filled them.” LATimes.com. https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/movies/la-et-mn-ferguson- streets-true-false-20170306-story.html. March 6, 2017. 

Rao, Sameer. “Magnolia Pictures Acquires Ferguson Uprising Doc, 'Whose Streets?'” COLORLINES.com. https://www.colorlines.com/articles/magnolia-pictures-acquires-ferguson- uprising-doc-whose-streets. February 8, 2017.

Hoffman, Jordan. “Whose Streets? review: searing film gives a voice to the people of Ferguson.” TheGuardian.com. https://www.theguardian.com/film/2017/jan/20/whose-streets-review- ferguson-documentary-sundance-film-festival. January 20, 2017.