The Artist Meets the Critic

Robert E. Kohn’s other publications include journal articles in Interdisciplinary Literary Studies, Fall 2008; Style, Summer 2009; Midwest Quarterly, Winter 2009; Soundings, Fall/Winter 2010; and a book on art criticism and theory, A Darwinian Reading of Bill Kohn’s Paintings. Dr. Kohn is Professor Emeritus, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville. Leila Daw is an independent artist, and Professor Emeritus, Massachusetts College of Art, Boston. Her art practice is rooted in concepts and processes of cartography, exploration, orienteering, and diagramming personal relationships to communities and the natural world. Until this interchange with Kohn, she was not aware of the genetic remembrance in her work. Daw’s artwork has been featured across the U.S. and Europe, and can be seen as permanent public installations at Bradley International Airport, Hartford, CT; the New Haven Public Library; Northwestern CT Community College, and Metrolink, the St. Louis light rail system. Pieces are in the collections of the Cincinnati Art Museum, DeCordova Museum, Boston Public Library, St. Louis Art Museum, The Housatonic Art Museum, the Rose Art Museum of Brandeis University, as well as in many corporate collections.