Updates (news and coverage of Owens and his work, 2009-)
Writing by Owens
“Notes on Critical black U.S. Performance art and Artists” Fylkingen Electronic Journal, Stockholm, Sweden, October 2003
“Notes on Shaun Leonardo” Rhys Gallery, Boston, MA (exhibition catalog essay), 2007
(see a 2008 Leonardo (“El C”)/Owens collaboration)
“Discharging the Anxiety of Influence” NYFA Current, 2007
Book and Catalog References
RoseLee Goldberg, Performa: New Visual Art Performance. D.A.P., New York. 2007
Lowery Stokes-Sims, “Should I be allowing you to tell me what to do? The Art of Clifford Owens” Quid Pro Quo brochure essay, The Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, 2006 (photographs)
Amy Smith-Stewart, Greater New York 2005 P.S.1/MoMA, Long Island City, NY 2005
Lauren Ross, Freestyle exhibition catalog, Studio Museum in Harlem, New York, NY, 2001 (photographs)
Reviews and Articles (through Nov. 2008 — look here for newer coverage and blog posts on Owens)
Horace Brockington, “Freestyle: Studio Museum in Harlem,” NY Arts, June 2001
Holland Cotter, “Full Studio Museum Show Starts with 28 Young Artists and a Shoehorn, The New York Times, May 11, 2001
—“I Never Meant to Hurt You,” The New York Times, May 5, 2006
—“Quid Pro Quo: 2005-06 Artists-in-Residence,” The New York Times, September 8, 2006
—“A Beehive Filled with Artists’ Books and Buzz,” The New York Times, November 2006
– “Lower East Side: Art Shoehorned Amidst Charm,” The New York Times, November 2008
Lance Esplund, “This is New York, But Only Part of It” New York Sun, March 17, 2005
Laurie Granieri, “Refusing to be Contained,” Interview, Home News Tribune, March 17, 2002 (photographs)
Justin Hayford, “Puzzle Pieces,” Chicago Reader, March 13, 1998 (photograph)
Ken Johnson, “The Listings: ‘In this Place,’” The New York Times, December 17, 2004
Christopher Knight, “Cultural Evolution in Freestyle,” Los Angeles Times, October 2, 2001
Kymberli Olsen, “I Remember Katie,” PFORM Magazine, no.46, fall 1998
Peter Plagens, “Harlem Goes Freestyle,” Newsweek, May 14, 2001
Anne Midgette, “Peak Performances,” Art +Auction, October 2007 (photographs)
Sara Reisman, “Quid Pro Quo,” Art Notes no.11, November 2006 (photograph)
Jerry Saltz, “Into the Fray, Chelsea Morning: A Gallery Makes its Mark,” Village Voice February 2006
Jason Schmidt, “The New Masters,” Vibe Magazine, April 2001 (photograph)
Roberta Smith, “Performance Art Gets its Biennial” The New York Times, November 4, 2005
Sarah Valdez, “Free Styling,” Art in America, September 2001 (photograph)
Interviews with Owens (through Nov. 2008 — check our blog for more recent interviews)
Rob Perree, “Vertegenwoordigers Van Post-Black,” Interview, Kuntsbeeld, November 2001 (photographs)
Dina Rebecca, Interview, News Channel 12 New Jersey, aired March 4, 2002
African American Performance Art Archive 
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