The title, Why do you abuse me, comes from a book of English-language phrases given to Chinese laborers who were traveling abroad in the mid-19th century. I was struck by the directness of the question and how matter-of-factly it presented an uncomfortable truth.
Barbara Chase-Riboud: Carving Routes Toward Liberation
Recipient of the 2022 Lifetime Achievement in Contemporary Sculpture Award With their architectural aura, their weaving between fluid and solid, supple and clenched, Barbara Chase-Riboud’s sculptural works stage convergences that unsettle while inducing awe. Her intimate juxtaposition of unlike substances triggers creative friction, sparking an alchemy that feels strategic as it fractures narrow categories.
Feeling the World Push Back: A Conversation with Joseph O’Connell
Life, death, the heavens, and beyond: artist Joseph O’Connell addresses them all while redefining what it means to be a sculptor in the 21st century. O’Connell has created works for public spaces all over the world, including the world’s largest acrylic sculpture and human-powered kinetic sculpture.
Relaciones Multiespecie: Una Conversación con Romina Orazi
Romina Orazi, artista plástica, ambientalista y jardinera oriunda de Chubut, Argentina, se autodefine como “partícipe de la cultura libre.” Estudió la Licenciatura en Artes Visuales en el Instituto Universitario Nacional del Arte y jardinería en la escuela Carlos Thays.
From the Ruins: A Conversation with Raymon Elozua
For more than 40 years, Raymon Elozua has maintained a career largely outside of the commercial art world, forging his own path in creative and enduring ways.
Come For the Experience: A Conversation with Richard Jackson
There is a churlishness about Richard Jackson that hasn’t diminished with age. One of America’s most radical artists, he has expanded the definition and practice of painting, taking it into previously unthought-of dimensions.
Shifting Sand: A Conversation with Connie Zehr
When Connie Zehr arrived in Southern California in the 1960s, she joined a loosely connected community of young artists whose experiments with unorthodox materials and environments defined what became known as the Light and Space movement.
The Garden of Waste: A Conversation with Lucila Gradín
Lucila Gradín, who was born in Bariloche, Argentina, and now lives in Buenos Aires, develops her work around nature, specifically investigations into tinctorial and medicinal plants. Recently she has also been working with native plants that have all but disappeared.
This Changes Everything: A Conversation with Blue McRight
For Blue McRight, making art involves immersion in science and natural history; her inspirations range from arcane botanical illustrations to her personal experience as a scuba diver. Drawing from diverse sources, she has skillfully assimilated an amalgam of visual, cultural, and scientific ideas.
Beyond the Art/Science Duality: A Conversation with Ellen K. Levy
Ellen K. Levy, curator, scholar, and artist, directs her boundless curiosity through complex realms of science and technology. Where, she wonders, do the patterns and structures hidden within the natural world intersect with artistic creation? D’Arcy Wentworth Thompson’s Generative Influences in Art, Design, and Architecture: From Forces to Forms (Bloomsbury Press, 2021), which she co-edited
