Writing

 

Exhibition/Magazine Essays (selection):

Nature’s Companions, The Times Herald, 4/2022. Read the full article here.

Connecting to Nature Through Art, Greenworks, 4/2022. Read the full article here (pp.50-52).

An Installation built to bridge barriers between people and nature. Weavers Way, The Shuttle, 10/2021. Read the full article here (p.13).

Exhibition Catalog:
Sarah Kavage, Yaroub Al Obaidi, L.A. Enck (ed.), Al Mudhif: A Confluence, Philadelphia: 2024. With essays by Michael Rakowitz, Daniel Tucker, and Tina Plokarz. English.

The publication captures the unique journey of the installation Al Mudhif at the Schuylkill Center in Philadelphia 2021 to 2022 from its inception to its deconstruction and afterlife through the accounts of the diverse voices of its participants. 

Exhibition Catalog:
Vox Populi (ed.), Just In Time, Philadelphia: 2019. With an essay by Jacque Lui, Tina Plokarz, and Li Sumpter. English.

The catalogue features overviews of each commissioned gallery project, is designed by Levi Bentley and Aaron Terry, and includes an cooperative essay by Tina Plokarz in collaboration with exhibition jurors Jacque Liu and Li Sumpter. Read the essay – commemorating the collective’s values and legacy – also published on The Artblog, here.

Art Reviews (selection):

Aaron Terry Reassembles a Revolution at The Delaware Contemporary, The Artblog, 1/2019.
Read the full review here.

Sensing the Past at the Library Company of Philadelphia, The Artblog, 6/2016.
Read the full review here.

Archives of Sound, The Artblog, 5/2016.
Read the full review here.

Rodney McMillian’s sinister The Black Show at the ICA, The Artblog, 3/2016.
Read the full review here.

Matt Mullican’s world of signs at the Rosenwald-Wolf Gallery, The Artblog, 2/2016.
Read the full review here.

Organize Your Own: The politics and poetics of self-determination movements at Kelly Writers House, Philadelphia, The Artblog, 2/2016. Read the full review here.

Exhibition Brochure:
Saeculum: Theatrical Collectivity in Philadelphia, 1915-17,
6 January – 19 February 2017, Vox Populi, Philadelphia
Read the full brochure here.

Exhibition Brochure:
Jordan Griska: Wreck
27 – 30 October 2016, Pier 9, Philadelphia
Read the full brochure here.

Exhibition Catalog:
Andreas Baur and Tina Plokarz (eds.), Obsessions and Surreal Worlds – Works from the Prints Collection of the City of Esslingen, Edition: 2015. Essays by Andreas Baur, Tina Plokarz, and Anka Wenzel. German.

Exhibition Catalog:
Andreas Baur and Tina Plokarz (ed.), Hamish Fulton – Walking Transformation, Snoeck: 2015. Essays by Andreas Baur, Freddy Langer, and Tina Plokarz. English & German.

Exhibition Catalog:
Andreas Baur (ed.), Crossing Media – A Stage for Art, RAM: 2014. Essays by Andreas Baur, Anne Horny, Tina Plokarz, and Anka Wenzel. English & German.