Usha Seejarim works with ordinary, domestic objects in a somewhat Dadaist way, reinterpreting them into sculptural forms rooted in today’s South Africa but with broader resonance. Her materials include such staples of female labor as clothes pegs, irons, brooms, cleaning sponges, and serving trays.
The Tree Within: A Conversation with Foon Sham
Foon Sham’s sculptures, made from blocks of salvaged wood, fit together like pieces of intricate puzzles, with gaps inviting the play of light.
Honest Shapes and Arrested Motion: A Conversation with Mary Shaffer
Mary Shaffer, since her early days at RISD, has moved from painting to installation and sculpture, from experimentation to mastery.
Turning Things Inside Out: A Conversation with Mel Kendrick
Mel Kendrick’s forte is making new things. As a student, beginning in 1971, he studied with Tony Smith and Robert Morris at Hunter College in New York and worked for Dorothea Rockburne. He also became friends with Mel Bochner, Sol LeWitt, and Robert Smithson at Max’s Kansas City.
Obras entre Sentidos: Una Conversación con Sebastián Tedesco
Artista visual, diseñador industrial, curador, investigador y emprendedor en el campo de la tecnología y la biotecnología, el argentino Sebastián Tedesco desarrolla su obra desde una perspectiva que entiende al arte como una idea en elaboración de manera constante.
Abandoned Utility: A Conversation with Sean Donovan
Sean Donovan, an emerging artist living in Brooklyn, uses sculpture, video, and printmaking to call attention to environmental degradation. His works, which repurpose—and sometimes replicate—abandoned objects, including chemical containers and plastic bags, expose the myopic thinking and avaricious behavior that result in unchecked consumer and industrial waste, pollution, and a poisoned planet.
Everyday Matters: A Conversation with Jean Shin
Jean Shin has long operated in the intersection of public art and civic engagement. Site-specific and often temporary, based in community and collective collaboration, and focused on sustainability, her work invites awareness and activism. Through a labor-intensive process, she transforms raw, “crowd-sourced” material— often gathered through open calls for contributions—into immersive, large-scale sculptural installations.
Desde el Cuerpo: Una Conversación con Florencia Almirón
Florencia Almirón, joven artista visual nacida en Buenos Aires, desarrolla sus actividades entre Europa y Argentina, contando con una amplia trayectoria expositiva en galerías, ferias, bienales y museos de Alemania, Holanda, Islandia, Grecia, Inglaterra, Argentina, entre otros.
Donna Huanca: Desert Deities
Mount Ruapehu, the largest active volcano in New Zealand, last erupted in 2007, sending a lahar of mud, rock, and water from the mountain’s crater sweeping down the mountain. In multimedia artist Donna Huanca’s current exhibition at Ballroom Marfa, “ESPEJO QUEMADA,” the painting Ruapehus Scar translates that sense of mutating energy to the canvas.
Inner Space: A Conversation with Laura Dalton
Laura Dalton has had a love affair with paper for decades. A meticulous, obsessive, and patient artist, she constantly seeks new ways to rework her material, which ranges from maps, sheet music, photographs, and book pages to traditional bark paper and ordinary white sheets.
