Carl Hancock Rux

Carl Hancock Rux
Carl Hancock Rux in concert, Paris, France, 2018
Carl Hancock Rux in concert, Paris, France, 2018
BornCarl Stephen Hancock
March 24
New York City, U.S.
OccupationWriter, singer-songwriter, director, actor, performance artist, visual artist, radio personality
Years active1989–present
Notable worksAsphalt, Rux Revue, Talk, Pagan Operetta, Good Bread Alley, Apothecary Rx
Notable awardsAlpert Award in the Arts, NYFA Prize, Village Voice Literary prize, Obie Award, Bessie Award
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Website
www.carlhancockrux.com
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Carl Hancock Rux (/ˈrʌks/) is an American poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, novelist, essayist, as well as multidisciplinary performing and installation artist. He is the author of a collection of poetry, Pagan Operetta, a novel, Asphalt and the play Talk,[1] Rux has been published as a contributing writer in numerous journals, catalogs, anthologies, and magazines including Interview magazine, Essence magazine, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, Iké Udé's aRude Magazine, Nka: Journal of Contemporary African Art (founded by fellow art critics Okwui Enwezor, Chika Okeke-Agulu and Salah Hassan) and American Theatre (magazine), among others. Rux's writings and monographs on visual art include essays on the work of conceptual artist Glenn Ligon ( I Stand in My Place With My Own Day Here: Site-Specific Art at The New School, edited by Frances Richards with a foreword by Lydia Matthews and introduction by Silvia Rocciolo and Erik Stark); the introduction for Nick Cave’s Until; and the Guggenheim Museum’s Carrie Mae Weems retrospective.

Rux is also a musician who has recorded several albums, singles, and mixed tapes since the release of his Sony 550 cd, Rux Revue.[2] Rux's mixed media works (with frequent collaborator, visual artist and sculptor, Dianne Smith) have been included in the Uptown Triennale at the Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Art Gallery;[3] as well as the Archer Aymes Retrospective, exploring the legacy of emancipation through an immersive art installation featuring a concert performance by mezzo soprano Alicia Hall Moran and pianist Aaron Diehl, presented as one component of a three-part series commemorating Park Avenue Armory[4] and at the Frieze Art Fair at London's Serpentine Gallery.[5]

Rux is co-artistic director of Mabou Mines,[6] associate artistic director at Harlem Stage The Gate House,[7] resident artist at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts where annually he conceives and stages its campus-wide Juneteenth festival,[8] multidisciplinary editor at The Massachusetts Review.[9]

Rux has been a faculty member at Brown University,[10] The New School for Social Research, Yale University, The University of Iowa[11] and is the former Head of the MFA Writing for Performance Program at CalArts where he continues to teach.[12]

  1. ^ Soloski, Alexis (2021-08-01). "Review: In Carl Hancock Rux's 'Vs.,' the Jury Is Out". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  2. ^ Rux Revue - Carl Hancock Rux | Album | AllMusic, retrieved 2024-03-21
  3. ^ "Wallach Art Gallery Presents a Visual Arts Tribute to Harlem's Sonic Experiences". Hyperallergic. 2023-06-23. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  4. ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Park Avenue Armory to Present ARCHER AYMES LOST AND FOUND RETROSPECTIVE: A JUNETEENTH EXHIBITION". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  5. ^ Parker, Rianna Jade (2019-10-25). "'Black People Work from the Position of "We"': An Interview with Carrie Mae Weems". Frieze. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  6. ^ Vincentelli, Elisabeth (2022-06-22). "At 52, Mabou Mines Is Still Testing Boundaries". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2024-07-04.
  7. ^ Rabinowitz, Chloe. "Carl Hancock Rux Joins Harlem Stage as Associate Artistic Director/Curator-In-Residence". BroadwayWorld.com. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  8. ^ "Carl Hancock Rux: Marking History, Juneteenth 2021 at Lincoln Center | Mass Review". www.massreview.org. Retrieved 2024-03-21.
  9. ^ https://muse.jhu.edu/issue/48705/information/editorial.pdf [bare URL PDF]
  10. ^ https://bulletin.brown.edu/theatreartsandperformancestudies/theatreartsandperformancestudies.pdf,
  11. ^ "Guides: Imagining Future Histories: Black Speculative Fiction: Carl Hancock Rux".
  12. ^ "Carl Hancock Rux at MLC2012". Mosaic Literary Magazine. 2012-09-30. Retrieved 2024-03-21.