Cultivating Dualities: A Conversation with Li Hongwei

Working at the intersection of tradition and innovation, and of Eastern and Western aesthetics, Li Hongwei brings ceramic vessels into the realm of abstraction. By combining ceramic with stainless steel, he joins fragility to solidity. Before the beginning of history, the former medium transformed civilizations around the world, while the latter has ties to industry,

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Matthew Angelo Harrison: Future Perfect

Matthew Angelo Harrison met me at Stanford University’s Automotive Innovation Facility on a brisk day in February. Surrounded by oak trees on the edge of campus, the building is clad in green corrugated metal. Inside, it is a bright, clean space with six garage bays; it looks more like a lab than a body shop.

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Helena Hamilton: Composing in Space

Helena Hamilton, a young Northern Irish artist based in Belfast, extends the scope of sculpture by eliding drawing, installation, performance, sonic art, and interactive digital media. Meditative, immersive, and atmospheric, her interdisciplinary work places everyday physical objects such as neon tubes in counterpoint with the immaterial and the intangible.

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