ABOUT ARTISTS

Alex Bag

• "Alex Bag | FCA Grant Recipient." n.d. Foundation for Contemporary Arts. https://www.foundationforcontemporaryarts.org/recipients/alex-bag/.
• "Alex Bag Biography." n.d. EAI. https://www.eai.org/artists/alex-bag/biography.

James Bantone

• "About — James Bantone." n.d. James Bantone. https://www.jamesbantone.com/about.
• Ndlovu, Nicole. 2024. "Swiss artist James Bantone is obsessed with perception." The Face, April 23, 2024. https://theface.com/culture/james-bantone-artist-exhibition-ugg-milan-design-week-interview.
• Elat, Claire Koron. 2023. "Reality TV as a Sociological Analysis: JAMES BANTONE." 032c, September 7, 2023. https://032c.com/magazine/reality-tv-as-a-sociological-analysis-james-bantone.

Phil Collins

• "About Phil Collins." n.d. Shady Lane Productions. https://shadylaneproductions.art/about-the-artist/.
• Molesworth, Helen. n.d. "MAN WITH A MOVIE CAMERA: THE ART OF PHIL COLLINS." Artforum. Accessed March 19, 2025. https://www.artforum.com/features/man-with-a-movie-camera-the-art-of-phil-collins-187117/?utm_source=chatgpt.com.
• "Phil Collins Turner Prize 2006 | Tate." n.d. Tate. Accessed March 19, 2025. https://www.tate.org.uk/whats-on/tate-britain/turner-prize-2006/phil-collins-turner-prize-2006.
• "Multimedia artists in the country of glamour: Exhibition Hall Münster shows Phil Collins." 2007. Stadt Münster, May 31, 2007. https://www.muenster.de/pressemeldungen/web/frontend/design/kommunikation/show/666024.

Ryan Trecartin

• "Trecartin." n.d. Artnet. https://www.artnet.com/artists/ryan-trecartin/.
• Simoniti, Vid. 2018. "Digital art and the alt right: Can you fight fire with fire?" The Point Magazine, September 24, 2018. https://thepointmag.com/criticism/digital-art-alt-right/.

Xaviera Simmons

• "Xaviera Simmons - David Castillo." n.d. David Castillo. https://davidcastillogallery.com/artists/xaviera-simmons/.
• "Xaviera Simmons: “How might our entire history have been different…?” | Broad Strokes Blog | National Museum of Women in the Arts." 2020. National Museum of Women in the Arts, January 8, 2020. https://nmwa.org/blog/artist-spotlight/xaviera-simmons-how-might-our-entire-history-have-been-different/.

Kalup Linzy

• "STORIES & INSIGHTS. 2023. 'Meet Kalup Linzy.'" Canvas Rebel, December 18, 2023. https://canvasrebel.com/meet-kalup-linzy/.
• "James Franco & Kalup Linzy 'Dreams, Fame and the Savage' | THE BREEDER." 2025. THE BREEDER, January 23, 2025. https://thebreedersystem.com/uncategorized/james-franco-kalup-linzy-dreams-fame-and-the-savage/.

Mickalene Thomas

• "About Mickalene Thomas." n.d. Mickalene Thomas. https://mickalene.herokuapp.com/about.
• "Mickalene Thomas: 'The ultimate mission is to create a visual history of Black women.'" 2022. Upstate Diary. https://www.upstatediary.com/mickalene-thomas.

Martine Syms

• MoMA. 2017. "Projects 106: Martine Syms." Museum of Modern Art. https://www.moma.org/calendar/exhibitions/3665.
• "Martine Syms Interview: Total Lafayette Anticipations, Paris." 2023. Pin-Up Magazine. https://www.pinupmagazine.org/articles/martine-syms-interview-total-lafayette-anticipations-paris.

Rashaad Newsome

• "About Rashaad Newsome." n.d. Rashaad Newsome. https://rashaadnewsome.com/about/.

Vaginal Davis

• "Vaginal Davis: Performance Artist, Feminist, Queer Icon." 2006. Vaginal Davis Blog. https://www.vaginaldavis.com/blog/2006_06_04_arc.html.
• "Vaginal Davis: Rebel with a Cause." 2023. Metal Magazine. https://metalmagazine.eu/en/post/vaginal-davis.

Kwesi Botchway

• "Kwesi Botchway: Biography." n.d. Maruani Mercier. https://maruanimercier.com/artists/50-kwesi-botchway/.
• "Filling in the Pieces in Black » Saatchi Gallery." 2023. Saatchi Gallery. https://www.saatchigallery.com/exhibition/filling-in-the-pieces-in-black.

• Biakolo, Kovie. 2021. "Can reality TV shows help lead the way for inclusivity?" BBC Home - Breaking News, World News, US News, Sports, Business, Innovation, Climate, Culture, Travel, Video & Audio, January 15, 2021. https://www.bbc.com/worklife/article/20210113-can-reality-tv-shows-help-lead-the-way-for-inclusivity.
• Bowditch, Alex. 2024. "The Origin Story of Reality TV Is Funny, and a Little Fascist." Hyperallergic, October 8, 2024. https://hyperallergic.com/955941/the-origin-story-of-reality-tv-is-funny-and-a-little-fascist-cue-the-sun-emily-nussbaum/.
• Eickelman, Dale F., and Jon W. Anderson. 2003. New Media in the Muslim World: The Emerging Public Sphere, Second Edition. Indiana University Press. https://iupress.org/9780253216052/new-media-in-the-muslim-world-second-edition/
• "EXOTICA: BREAKING DOWN TO BREAK THROUGH." 2012. In Reel to Real, 43–50. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203440919-7.
• Haralovich, Mary Beth. 2005. "The Credibility of Reality TV and Its Lineage with other Photographic Arts – Flow." Flow, March 4, 2005. https://www.flowjournal.org/2005/03/the-credibility-of-reality-tv-and-its-lineage-with-other-photographic-arts/.
• James, Erin. "The Reality of Reality TV: The Harmful Representation of Black women." T A P E. https://www.tapecollective.co.uk/news-and-essays/the-reality-of-reality-tv-the-harmful-representation-of-black-women.
• Kenny, Tara. 2021. "In praise of reality TV as ‘postmodern art par excellence’." BKMAG, May 6, 2021. https://www.bkmag.com/2021/05/06/a-new-book-argues-that-reality-tv-is-the-postmodern-art-form-par-excellence/
• Mace, Joan Y. 2014. "Rupturing the "reality" of reality TV| Contemporary video artists examining the discursive effects of the reality TV phenomenon." Thesis, California State University, Long Beach. http://pqdtopen.proquest.com/#viewpdf?dispub=1568901.
  
• Mrie, Loubna. 2017. "The Arab world's obsession with reality TV." The New Arab, May 19, 2017. https://www.newarab.com/features/arab-worlds-obsession-reality-tv.
• "The Washington Post." 2021. "How Reality TV Reinforces Harmful Stereotypes of Black Women." The Washington Post. https://www.washingtonpost.com/arts-entertainment/interactive/2021/black-women-reality-tv/

• Orbe, Mark P. 2008. "Representations of Race in Reality TV: Watch and Discuss." Critical Studies in Media Communication, 25, no. 4 (October): 345–52. https://doi.org/10.1080/15295030802327790.
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