Carl Hancock Rux

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Carl Hancock Rux () is an American poet, playwright, singer-songwriter, novelist, and essayist, as well as an installation artist working in diverse multimedia. His work includes sound and image installation, photography, and performative lectures. He is the author of a collection of poetry, Pagan Operetta; a novel, Asphalt; and the play Talk. 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 singer-songwriter who has recorded several albums, singles, and mixed tapes since the release of his Sony 550 cd, Rux Revue. He has collaborated with and appeared on several projects by a wide range of artists including DJ Spooky, Jeff Mills and former Fela Kuti musical director, Tony Allen (musician); as well as British musicians trip-hop composer Geoff Barrow of Portishead, David Holmes (musician) and industrial rock guitarist Rob Marshall (formerly of Exit Calm). His cross-genre collaborations also extend to jazz, having worked with Leroy Jenkins, Brian Jackson, Craig Harris, Deidre Murray, Cooper-Moore, Matthew Shipp, James Brandon Lewis, Gerald Clayton, Randy Weston, Mal Waldron, Marvin Sewell, Etienne Charles, Matthew Garrison, and Lonnie Plaxico among others. Trained as a visual artist, Rux's mixed media works (with frequent

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