Kira Freije’s figures are emotive, seeming to yearn for human contact whether they stand alone or band together. They wear rudimentary clothing, and there is a palpable sense of movement in their almost choreographed positions, as they seem to stretch, bend, and beseech, perhaps even fly.
Sound Has Form: A Conversation with Oliver Beer
Acoustic resonance—the production of sound through vibrations—is a key material in Oliver Beer’s eclectic practice. His sculptures, installations, and immersive performances release the resonant voices natural to every space, every hollow object.
Un espacio de indeterminación: Una Conversación con Diego Bianchi
Con una enorme trayectoria y reconocimiento nacional e internacional, el artista visual argentino, docente y curador Diego Bianchi se formó inicialmente como diseñador gráfico en la Universidad de Buenos Aires y hacia 2002 se involucra de lleno con la práctica artística realizando su primera exhibición individual.
Translating the Intangible: A Conversation with kelli rae adams
kelli rae adams examines invisible and intangible subject matter—invisible labor, care, and money. Trying to get at things we can’t otherwise grasp is the common thread running through her work. In many ways, the consideration of food, as labor and sustenance as well as art material, has played an important role in her very particular, and personal, approach.
Sonic Objects: A Conversation with Tarek Atoui
Most people find the sound of a dripping faucet irritating. But Tarek Atoui, a multimedia visual artist and musician, hears the water drip as one tiny note orchestrating the music of the spheres.
La geografía de la cerámica: Una Conversación con Luciano Giménez
Un poco autodidacta y un poco de manera formal, Luciano Giménez se acerca al dibujo y la cerámica, adoptando su materialidad como medio plástico cuasi favorito. Con estudios en Diseño Industrial y Artes visuales en la Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, trabaja esculpiendo cerámica desde hace 14 años, produciendo murales, obras y piezas de vajilla.
Destructive Forces: A Conversation with Jon Kessler
Jon Kessler emerged in the early 1980s with mixed-media wall constructions that incorporated readymades and machine-driven movement, works that juxtaposed discrete zones of figuration against an armature and islands of abstraction, balanced biomorphic and geometric forms, and embraced color, pattern, and decoration.
Object Lessons: Randi Renate
We swam below the surface of a gentle rolling current off the island of Grand Bahama, carrying bright cartons of small coral fragments, fingers of elkhorn coral, and cookie-sized disks of even smaller coral shards that had begun to fuse together.
In And Of the World: A Conversation with Berlinde De Bruyckere
Berlinde De Bruyckere’s work inhabits a psychological terrain of pathos, tenderness, and unease. Her sculptures express vulnerability and fragility, the suffering body—human and animal—as well as the overwhelming power of nature (and time).
Emotional Structures: A Conversation with Liva Isakson Lundin
Liva Isakson Lundin, who was educated in Stockholm and currently works in New York City, creates environments that respond to their sites with great sensitivity. Her installations and sculptures are inspired by Modernism’s century-long legacy, but their formalism is invested with a searching energy and emotional resonance that are thoroughly contemporary.
