Gabriel Chaile blends past and present in his poetic sculptures, uniting ancient ritual and function with a contemporary social consciousness. His colossal adobe oven-creatures inspired by pre-Columbian forms are regularly used for baking empanadas and bringing people together to share a meal.
Temporalities and Memories: A Conversation with Solange Pessoa
Solange Pessoa’s work deals in substances and relations between things that, for her, relate to the history of the earth and of humanity. She draws attention to states of matter and processes of change, giving meaning to material energies.
Between Narratives: A Conversation with Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran
Ramesh Mario Nithiyendran—who was born in Sri Lanka and grew up in Australia—has created an underworld, or dreamworld, populated by idols for his first European exhibition, “Idols of Mud and Water.”
Tottering Monsters: A Conversation with Joseph Buckley
Joseph Buckley hails from Leeds, U.K., but since 2013, he has been developing his practice in the United States, first in Connecticut while studying for his MFA in Sculpture at Yale School of Art and now in New York.
Beyond Conventional Practice: A Conversation with Megha Joshi
Passionate and opinionated, a self-described feminist and atheist, Megha Joshi is unapologetic in her work and life, questioning misogynistic beliefs and practices. Her sculptures and installations, made with sacred items such as oil lamp wicks, beads, and incense sticks, often take an ironic turn as ritual function and subject matter collide.
Habitar los límites: Una Conversación con Andrea Nosetti
Realizadora de objetos que transitan los límites entre el adorno decorativo y las piezas de arte, la artista plástica Andrea Nosetti se apoya en el azar para dejarse llevar por sus dictados para construir pequeñas escenas cuasi teatrales o de gabinete de curiosidades.
Counter Images: A Conversation with Raphaela Vogel
Raphaela Vogel’s practice has evolved like the proverbial rolling snowball. As a student, she became interested in the performative aspects of painting, which led her to video (featuring herself and sometimes her dog as performers), to self-recorded music and what she calls “video sculptures,” as well as to large-scale installations combining all of these elements.
Involvere: A Conversation with Analía Zalazar
The work of Argentinian artist Analía Zalazar is dominated by one characteristic action—the wrapping of objects. With this gesture, she seeks to establish a kind of link that serves to conserve and protect while managing to achieve volume with the most diverse and unlikely materials, from paper to textiles and aluminum foil.
Mutual Transformation: A Conversation with Daniel Steegmann Mangrané
Daniel Steegmann Mangrané does not believe in the autonomy of art. Taking a sensorial, phenomenological, and collaborative approach to sculpture (as well as to film, sound, augmented reality, gardens, and drawing), he views art-making as primarily about experimentation, potential relations, and new alliances, a chance for discovery in which process is more important than the finished object.
Object Lessons: Karon Davis
I come from a dance background. Both of my parents are dancers—I came out of the womb, and they were like, “Here are your tap shoes, here are your ballet shoes.” I had a show coming up in New York, and Curtain Call seemed like the perfect subject matter; it was where my heart was leading me.
