In Krista Clark’s deft hands, the languages of architecture and sculpture collide, with line, composition,color, volume, and space all coming into play. Her works are crafted from materials typically associated with the building process, but their engagement of space and their relationship to the human body propel them into a deeper conversation.
Enrico David
BERLIN KW Institute for Contemporary Art Putting forth a haptic otherness that nods to classical sculpture’s concern with the human form while simultaneously underpinning it with a sly, understated humor, David joins the company of those the late literary critic Hugh Kenner deemed “the stoic comedians.”
A Conversation with Marguerite Humeau
London-based French artist Marguerite Humeau performs wide-ranging, research-based excavations of the past to distill new forms—often sculptures—that speculate on presents that might have been, and futures that may still arrive.
Object Lessons: Trenton Doyle Hancock
When people come in, they expect certain things out of a basketball court, and they’re confronted with these lines that don’t quite line up with what they’re used to. My design means that people almost have to find new play patterns within it, until they can acclimate to the space and the work.
Simone Leigh
BOSTON Institute of Contemporary Art Simone Leigh’s first-ever museum retrospective demonstrates her abiding use of clay (and nascent use of bronze) as a material and conceptual means to amplify Black female experiences and the spaces created by Black feminists.
Lucas Simões
CHICAGO Patron Gallery Though his works are deeply informed by São Paulo’s Modernist and Brutalist histories, his works are unburdened by too much rationality. Perfectly molded, dyed concrete forms take on the colors of a sunset—bright, crisp blue; nostalgic, dusty pink; pale, rusty orange.
Daniel Lind-Ramos
NEW YORK MoMA PS1 Cresting a wave, a small boat glides into view, its cargo of colorful talegas piled high on the deck, each sack stamped with a date.
Poética de lo incierto: Una Conversación con Cynthia Kampelmacher
Con una obra que hace pie en el dibujo, Cynthia Kampelmacher, artista visual, Licenciada en Artes Visuales por la Universidad Nacional de las Artes (UNA) y docente, genera desde la línea una proyección fuera del plano, para crear espacialidad desde sutiles hasta grandes instalaciones.
Personal Mythology: A Conversation with Sophie Ryder
“All of Us,” Sophie Ryder’s current exhibition at The Lightbox in Woking, England, near London, features over 50 examples of her anthropomorphic dream imagery—ladyhares, minotaurs, boars, and dogs, as well as dislocated representations of eyes, hands, and feet, all magically juxtaposed across the exhibition space.
Nomadic Fragments: A Conversation with Jim Condron
Jim Condron started his career in the mid-1990s as a painter, primarily of abstract works. He moved to Baltimore, Maryland, in 1995, where he attended the graduate program at the Maryland Institute College of Art (MICA), earning an MFA in 2004.
