Articles by Ian Forster
Art21 Extended Play
Liz Magor: “Studios should be issued by the government as health-mandated items”
Art21 Extended Play
Liz Magor: “Studios should be issued by the government as health-mandated items”
In today’s Art21 “Exclusive,” Liz Magor describes her Vancouver studio as a place for pleasure as well as productivity while working on a cast sculpture of a paper bag.
Art21 Extended Play
Brian Jungen: Printing Two Perspectives
Art21 Extended Play
Brian Jungen: Printing Two Perspectives
In a new Art21 “Exclusive,” artist Brian Jungen creates two-sided prints from archival newspaper clippings, revealing the lens of otherness through which Native people are frequently viewed.
Art21 Extended Play
Do Ho Suh Memorializes His New York Apartment
Art21 Extended Play
Do Ho Suh Memorializes His New York Apartment
In a new Art21 “Exclusive,” Do Ho Suh rubs every surface in his NYC apartment with colored pencil, creating a three-dimensional drawing of the space that was his home and studio for 18 years.
Art21 Artist to Artist
Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon
Art21 Artist to Artist
Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon
In this previously unpublished interview, artist Kerry James Marshall discusses his strategy for centralizing the Black figure in contemporary art.
Art21 Extended Play
Josiah McElheny Projects Maya Deren
Art21 Extended Play
Josiah McElheny Projects Maya Deren
“I’m trying to understand this relationship of abstraction and the body.” — Josiah McElheny Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Josiah McElheny exploring the relationship between abstraction and the body as he …
Art21 Extended Play
Politics and Dignity in Graciela Iturbide’s Photographs
Art21 Extended Play
Politics and Dignity in Graciela Iturbide’s Photographs
“Politics are already implied when I’m working in Mexico. I don’t have to say ‘Look, what injustice!’ because it would be sensationalized.” — Graciela Iturbide Artist Graciela Iturbide discusses her personal and …
Art21 Extended Play
Josiah McElheny Sees Potential in Painting
Art21 Extended Play
Josiah McElheny Sees Potential in Painting
“Abstraction – in its potential hopefulness for imagining a different world or imagining a world that’s not absolutely apparent – can tie us together.” — Josiah McElheny Today’s ART21 Exclusive features …
Art21 Extended Play
Lynda Benglis Reunites with a Lost Fountain
Art21 Extended Play
Lynda Benglis Reunites with a Lost Fountain
“I’m not trying to satisfy anyone. I really make things because I’m curious – that’s the reason” — Lynda Benglis Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Lynda Benglis reuniting with her first …
Art21 Extended Play
Tania Bruguera and the Art of Empowerment
Art21 Extended Play
Tania Bruguera and the Art of Empowerment
“The idea of sitting face to face, it’s a very intimate experience. Having a model and painting them always makes people open up.” —Aliza Nisenbaum Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Immigrant Movement …
Art21 Extended Play
Elliott Hundley Is Playing with Your Emotions
Art21 Extended Play
Elliott Hundley Is Playing with Your Emotions
“What’s appealing to me about collage is the fact that it’s so straightforward—that it’s a good foil to my subject.” —Elliott Hundley Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Elliott Hundley describing an …
Art21 Extended Play
Perspectives from the “Gramsci Monument”
Art21 Extended Play
Perspectives from the “Gramsci Monument”
“I don’t do something for the community, I do something, I hope, for art and the understanding of art – my goal is this.” —Thomas Hirschhorn Today’s ART21 Exclusive features the …
Art21 Extended Play
Leonardo Drew and Piet Mondrian Meet on the Grid
Art21 Extended Play
Leonardo Drew and Piet Mondrian Meet on the Grid
“What can I say about Mondrian, he’s just the man. As far as the grid and composition, obviously I’m working off of him and standing on the shoulders of giants.” …
Art21 Extended Play
Joan Jonas Performs in the Streets of New York
Art21 Extended Play
Joan Jonas Performs in the Streets of New York
“I wanted to develop my own language and the minute I started performing I began to invent in a different way.” —Joan Jonas Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Joan Jonas discussing her decision to …
Art21 Extended Play
Anarchic Color in Katharina Grosse’s Paintings
Art21 Extended Play
Anarchic Color in Katharina Grosse’s Paintings
“Painting is one of the ways to actually make [my thoughts] visible and understandable for myself” —Katharina Grosse Today’s ART21 Exclusive shows Katharina Grosse in her studio and at Johann König Gallery (both …
Art21 Extended Play
Deeper into the Desert with Andrea Zittel
Art21 Extended Play
Deeper into the Desert with Andrea Zittel
“We’ve always tried to help artists find situations to make their work, where it can retain that quality of unknowableness.” —Andrea Zittel Today’s ART21 Exclusive features High Desert Test Sites, …
Art21 Artist to Artist
Kerry James Marshall at Prospect.3
Art21 Artist to Artist
Kerry James Marshall at Prospect.3
Chicago-based artist Kerry James Marshall travels to the Prospect.3 biennial in New Orleans, Louisiana and speaks with six fellow artists and one collective: Zarouhie Abdalian, William Cordova, Lonnie Holley, Yun-Fei Ji, Christopher Myers, and The Propeller Group.
Art21 Extended Play
Liz Magor: “Studios should be issued by the government as health-mandated items”
Art21 Extended Play
Liz Magor: “Studios should be issued by the government as health-mandated items”
In today’s Art21 “Exclusive,” Liz Magor describes her Vancouver studio as a place for pleasure as well as productivity while working on a cast sculpture of a paper bag.
Art21 Extended Play
Brian Jungen: Printing Two Perspectives
Art21 Extended Play
Brian Jungen: Printing Two Perspectives
In a new Art21 “Exclusive,” artist Brian Jungen creates two-sided prints from archival newspaper clippings, revealing the lens of otherness through which Native people are frequently viewed.
Art21 Extended Play
Do Ho Suh Memorializes His New York Apartment
Art21 Extended Play
Do Ho Suh Memorializes His New York Apartment
In a new Art21 “Exclusive,” Do Ho Suh rubs every surface in his NYC apartment with colored pencil, creating a three-dimensional drawing of the space that was his home and studio for 18 years.
Art21 Artist to Artist
Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon
Art21 Artist to Artist
Change from Within: Kerry James Marshall Corrects the Canon
In this previously unpublished interview, artist Kerry James Marshall discusses his strategy for centralizing the Black figure in contemporary art.
Art21 Extended Play
Josiah McElheny Projects Maya Deren
Art21 Extended Play
Josiah McElheny Projects Maya Deren
“I’m trying to understand this relationship of abstraction and the body.” — Josiah McElheny Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Josiah McElheny exploring the relationship between abstraction and the body as he …
Art21 Extended Play
Politics and Dignity in Graciela Iturbide’s Photographs
Art21 Extended Play
Politics and Dignity in Graciela Iturbide’s Photographs
“Politics are already implied when I’m working in Mexico. I don’t have to say ‘Look, what injustice!’ because it would be sensationalized.” — Graciela Iturbide Artist Graciela Iturbide discusses her personal and …
Art21 Extended Play
Josiah McElheny Sees Potential in Painting
Art21 Extended Play
Josiah McElheny Sees Potential in Painting
“Abstraction – in its potential hopefulness for imagining a different world or imagining a world that’s not absolutely apparent – can tie us together.” — Josiah McElheny Today’s ART21 Exclusive features …
Art21 Extended Play
Lynda Benglis Reunites with a Lost Fountain
Art21 Extended Play
Lynda Benglis Reunites with a Lost Fountain
“I’m not trying to satisfy anyone. I really make things because I’m curious – that’s the reason” — Lynda Benglis Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Lynda Benglis reuniting with her first …
Art21 Extended Play
Tania Bruguera and the Art of Empowerment
Art21 Extended Play
Tania Bruguera and the Art of Empowerment
“The idea of sitting face to face, it’s a very intimate experience. Having a model and painting them always makes people open up.” —Aliza Nisenbaum Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Immigrant Movement …
Art21 Extended Play
Elliott Hundley Is Playing with Your Emotions
Art21 Extended Play
Elliott Hundley Is Playing with Your Emotions
“What’s appealing to me about collage is the fact that it’s so straightforward—that it’s a good foil to my subject.” —Elliott Hundley Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Elliott Hundley describing an …
Art21 Extended Play
Perspectives from the “Gramsci Monument”
Art21 Extended Play
Perspectives from the “Gramsci Monument”
“I don’t do something for the community, I do something, I hope, for art and the understanding of art – my goal is this.” —Thomas Hirschhorn Today’s ART21 Exclusive features the …
Art21 Extended Play
Leonardo Drew and Piet Mondrian Meet on the Grid
Art21 Extended Play
Leonardo Drew and Piet Mondrian Meet on the Grid
“What can I say about Mondrian, he’s just the man. As far as the grid and composition, obviously I’m working off of him and standing on the shoulders of giants.” …
Art21 Extended Play
Joan Jonas Performs in the Streets of New York
Art21 Extended Play
Joan Jonas Performs in the Streets of New York
“I wanted to develop my own language and the minute I started performing I began to invent in a different way.” —Joan Jonas Today’s ART21 Exclusive features Joan Jonas discussing her decision to …
Art21 Extended Play
Anarchic Color in Katharina Grosse’s Paintings
Art21 Extended Play
Anarchic Color in Katharina Grosse’s Paintings
“Painting is one of the ways to actually make [my thoughts] visible and understandable for myself” —Katharina Grosse Today’s ART21 Exclusive shows Katharina Grosse in her studio and at Johann König Gallery (both …
Art21 Extended Play
Deeper into the Desert with Andrea Zittel
Art21 Extended Play
Deeper into the Desert with Andrea Zittel
“We’ve always tried to help artists find situations to make their work, where it can retain that quality of unknowableness.” —Andrea Zittel Today’s ART21 Exclusive features High Desert Test Sites, …
Art21 Artist to Artist
Kerry James Marshall at Prospect.3
Art21 Artist to Artist
Kerry James Marshall at Prospect.3
Chicago-based artist Kerry James Marshall travels to the Prospect.3 biennial in New Orleans, Louisiana and speaks with six fellow artists and one collective: Zarouhie Abdalian, William Cordova, Lonnie Holley, Yun-Fei Ji, Christopher Myers, and The Propeller Group.
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