Etel Adnan’s large-scale ceramic mural Untitled (2023) debuted alongside an extensive presentation of her work in the solo exhibition “Painting into Space” (2023–24) at The Bass Museum in Miami. The spectacular work, created posthumously from a 2020 drawing, features vibrant geometric fields of color.
Proving a Different Rule: A Conversation with Jesse Darling
Jesse Darling, recently returned to the U.K. after living in Berlin and now teaching at Oxford’s Ruskin School of Art, uses unorthodox combinations of everyday materials and found objects to endow his assemblages and installations with potent lyricism and sociopolitical critique.
Organic Formations: A Conversation with Ángel Bados
Combining materials that range from cardboard and textiles to bronze and found objects, Ángel Bados’s sculptures produce fascinating contrasts of form, color, texture, and mood. An artist and educator who began his career in the 1970s working in installation art, Bados changed direction in 1983 after moving to Bilbao, where he played a key role
Esculturas pictóricas: Una Conversación con Mondongo
Mondongo se presenta como un grupo de artistas argentinos que trabajan colectivamente desde 1999, intentando desenfocar la noción de autoría. De la mano de Juliana Laffitte y Manuel Mendanha, desarrollan series de pinturas en alto relieve donde se abordan temas como el poder, el trabajo, la economía, la sexualidad, a través del uso de materialidades
Disparate Realities: A Conversation with Monira Al Qadiri
By combining personal experience, perspectives on the history and culture of the Persian Gulf region, and investigations into the many tentacles of the petrochemical industry, Berlin-based Kuwaiti artist Monira Al Qadiri produces works that impel us to contend with our ongoing relationship to and dependence on crude oil.
The Agency of Things: A Conversation with Juan Ortiz-Apuy
The human hand’s ability to touch, display, gesture, and manipulate materials forms the core of Coming to Grips, Juan Ortiz-Apuy’s current installation at YYZ Artists’ Outlet in Toronto.
Fragile Times: A Conversation with Nataliya Zuban
Though Nataliya Zuban is steeped in the traditional ceramic production of her native town of Opishnia (known as the ceramic capital of Ukraine), she applies her deep understanding of material and process in strikingly unconventional ways as a window into natural processes.
Rebellious Subjects: A Conversation with Reza Aramesh
Tehran-born, London-based Reza Aramesh describes his choice of subject matter as “necessary for the moment we are in.” Neither protest not political crusade, his figures of anonymous men explore violence in its most banal and insidious forms.
Let It Go: A Conversation with Ryan Schneider
Ryan Schneider, who until recently was best known for his heavily built-up paintings, takes almost the opposite approach to sculpture, following Constantin Brancusi who argued that “one should know how to dig out the being that is within matter.”
Cuestión de piel: Una Conversación con Nadia Guthmann
Nadia Guthmann, artista visual y doctora en biología, establece una conexión entre ambos campos, haciendo que los fundamentos sensibles y racionales se entrelacen orgánicamente. Su producción se compone mayoritariamente de esculturas en mallas de metal y ocasionalmente realiza con ellas instalaciones con o sin movimiento, proyectando las sombras en pantallas traslúcidas.
