A new practice has emerged in Detroit that builds upon the tradition of Detroit-style expressionism. It seeks to imagine community through aesthetic means. I have termed this tendency the "art of the commons."

Ménage is a French word that means household, but in the context of a new art show called "Ménage à Detroit," it might be better interpreted as int...

Scott Hocking's Garden of the Gods can be read as a dystopian reflection of the effects of spectacle society.

I have long felt that our students have a somewhat different relationship to their city than children in other parts of the country, that they take Detroit as their muse and that the city actually becomes a character in their work.

Locals know photography that revels in Detroit's devastation as "ruin porn." Scott Hocking embraces Detroit's decaying areas but does so with an eye toward a broader historical and philosophical view.