While much contemporary art deals with questions of materiality, the things that make up an artwork, and how artists collaborate with material properties to locate spaces of aesthetic ease, Cathy Della Lucia’s work directly opposes her materials.
Joanna Malinowska
NEW YORK CANADA In Malinowska’s case, a casual arrangement of objects enables her to suggest interpretive links from one work to the next—a highly efficient way of creating an open field in which the artist’s decisions are placed to the side in favor of the viewer’s imaginative connections and intelligence.
Hugh Hayden
DALLAS Nasher Sculpture Center Hayden’s use of wood is nostalgic, since such workmanship on an object of public utility has largely been replaced with metal and plastic. It is also a testament to his craftsmanship and skill.
Charisse Pearlina Weston: Interior Life
I spend a lot of time walking through New York and often find myself in front of condo construction sites, gawking at high-end living exemplified by floor-to-ceiling expanses of glass.
New Beginning: A Conversation with Ernesto Neto
Ernesto Neto’s surprising, multi-part installation at Le Bon Marché, a department store in central Paris, was inspired by the story of Adam and Eve—before and after the bite into the apple. Reweaving the Genesis narrative with other mythologies, he creates an immersive and interactive meditation on life and our place in the natural world.
Elina Autio
HELSINKI Forum Box After years of producing wall-dependent compositions—works that resemble hangings, misaligned Venetian blinds, wooden screens, and rows of exposed pipes—Elina Autio has turned to the floor. While the departure seems unexpected, these new works also recall furnishings, specifically small tables or beds, and closely relate to earlier projects.
Nicole Eisenman
NEW YORK Madison Square Park Nicole Eisenman, in her artist statement for Fixed Crane, muses about the ways that an urban landscape might sustain the mental and physical health of its citizens, imagining a future in which open-air green markets, public pools, dog runs, community greenhouses, and affordable housing would replace luxury apartment buildings.
The Los Angeles Fires
The Eaton and Palisades fires burned through 55,000 acres of neighborhoods for nearly three weeks. For the Los Angeles art community, every day brought reports of grief and loss as the count of artists who lost their studios, homes, livelihoods, and lifework rose.
Infinite and Infinitesimal: A Conversation with Randy Polumbo
Boundaries between nature, living space, and fine art dissolve in Randy Polumbo’s universe. His works glow with a startling mix of materials—airplane and trailer parts, silvered upholstery, glittery cast and blown glass, LEDs, mirrored and metal sheets, baked mycelium, and looping videos.
Un electroshock creativo: Una Conversación con Fernando Poggio
Hace varios años escribí sobre la obra de Fernando Poggio. Leyendo mis propias palabras, encuentro que siguen respetando el espíritu de su trabajo. Dije entonces, y me cito: “Diseñador y artista visual, Fernando Poggio crea objetos de diseño y pinta obras apasionadas de pura materia, explosivas visualmente que impactan en la percepción del espectador por su
