Larry Bell has been pursuing abstract art for over six decades. He is known for his surface treatment ofglass, using it to explore light and space, reflections and shadows, in sculptures that usually take the form of cubes and nesting boxes.
Abbas Akhavan
ISLE OF BUTE, SCOTLAND Mount Stuart In a sandstone crypt, deep beneath the ornate Marble Chapel, Akhavan has cultivated a self-sustaining, closed-system garden consisting of plants and reclaimed materials gathered on the estate.
Looking Back To Go Forward: A Conversation with Osman Yousefzada
Concealment and visibility serve as the foundation of Yousefzada’s work, as he re-forms actions and events from the past to reveal the present and future—righting his parents’ wrongs and writing them back into history, while offering his own difference as deliverance.
Collective Dream and Practice: Three Artists at Manifesta 14
Manifesta, also known as the European Nomadic Biennial, is currently on view in Prishtina, Kosovo, through October 30, 2022. This 14th iteration, “it matters what worlds world worlds: how to tell stories otherwise,” addresses the idea of reclaiming and reimagining public spaces.
Thinking Through Place: A Conversation with Anina Major
Anina Major connects to her familial lineage as she weaves clay vessels layer by layer. Through her Bahamian heritage, she investigates the uniqueness of being born and raised on an island where the economy and opportunities for upward mobility are directly tied to tourism.
From the Chambers: A Memorial to a Creative Space
For the past few years, I have had a daily ritual of going down to the Sunoco station to get my morning coffee. While the coffee there is basic, the gas station is not. It sits on the corner boundary of downtown Sarasota overlooking the intracoastal waters that separate the viewer from a barrier island that contours the Gulf of Mexico.
Arthur Simms
NEW YORK Martos Gallery Simms’s repetitive binding brings to mind the work of Jackie Winsor and Eva Hesse, and he shares with them an embrace of process and industrial materials.
Céline Condorelli
EDINBURGH Talbot Rice Gallery, University of Edinburgh Before becoming an artist, Condorelli studied architecture. Here, she draws on the work of several Modernist architects, including the postwar playgrounds of Aldo van Eyck in Amsterdam and Lina Bo Bardi’s buildings in Brazil.
Between Two Knowns: A Conversation with Nathaniel Rackowe
Nathaniel Rackowe’s large-scale, futuristic works are fundamentally influenced by modern urban architecture. Spanning sculpture, installation, and public art, his practice is concerned with abstracting the metropolis into units of form.
