Tag Archives: Interviews
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment: Disciplinary Complex
Open Enrollment
Open Enrollment: Disciplinary Complex
Over the past few decades, “interdisciplinary” has emerged as a popular designation in academic culture, particularly in the arts and humanities. Both as an undergraduate in studio art and as …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Center Field | Minneapolis! Art Review and Preview
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Center Field | Minneapolis! Art Review and Preview
When I think of Minneapolis, MN, two things typically come to mind: the first being Janet Jackson’s song “Escapade” off of her 1989 album, Janet Jackson’s Rhythm Nation 1814, where …
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio: Pesce Khete
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio: Pesce Khete
Pesce Khete is an Italian painter based primarily in Rome, Italy. He has studied at the Classical Studies Department at the Liceo Ginnasio Torquato Tasso, later on at the Istituto …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports | Interview with Derek Chan
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports | Interview with Derek Chan
Derek Chan and I have been friends for a little over four years. We both moved from Los Angeles to Chicago in the Fall of 2005. We had several mutual …
No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
Considering Gravity’s Loom: A Discussion with Ball-Nogues
No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
Considering Gravity’s Loom: A Discussion with Ball-Nogues
IMA art conservator Richard McCoy talks with the Benjamin Ball and Gaston Nogues (Ball-Nogues Studio) about their recent installation, Gravity’s Loom, at the Indianapolis Museum of Art.
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Temporary Services
5 Questions for Contemporary Practice
5 Questions with Temporary Services
Art21 is pleased to announce our latest column: 5 Questions (for Contemporary Practice), written by guest blog alum Thom Donovan (bio here). 5 Questions showcases the work of contemporary practitioners …
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
On Location: Marwencol / An Interview with “Marwencol” filmmaker Jeff Malmberg
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
On Location: Marwencol / An Interview with “Marwencol” filmmaker Jeff Malmberg
Sadly, this is Nick’s last post for the foreseeable future. At least we know he’s not able to contribute for good reasons. Season 6 production has started to seriously heat …
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
The Limitations of Twitter-Based Art: An Interview with Performance Artist Nate Hill
Art 2.1: Creating on the Social Web
The Limitations of Twitter-Based Art: An Interview with Performance Artist Nate Hill
Earlier this summer, performance artist Nate Hill made an announcement: Following on the heels of Death Bear (RIP), Mr. Dropout is an unexpected continuation on detachment. While Death Bear aided …
No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
Caring for Outdoor Sculptures: A Conversation with John Campbell
No Preservatives: Conversations about Conservation
Caring for Outdoor Sculptures: A Conversation with John Campbell
IMA Conservator Richard McCoy finds out what John Campbell has been up to at the Nasher Sculpture Center.
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Interview | Bill Eiseman of Polyester
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Interview | Bill Eiseman of Polyester
Like many people, my girlfriend and I set out on a road trip this summer. Our trip took us from Chicago to Portland, following most of the Lewis and Clark …
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
On Location: Dr. Doc | An Interview with Thom Powers
On Location: Inside Art Documentary Production
On Location: Dr. Doc | An Interview with Thom Powers
I’m back from my summer break and ready to change things up a bit with this column. So instead of the usual long laundry list of documentary various and sundry, …
Lives and Works in Berlin
Lives and Works in Berlin: Head Shop/Lost Horizon at Exile
Lives and Works in Berlin
Lives and Works in Berlin: Head Shop/Lost Horizon at Exile
During a recent visit to Exile Gallery, I spoke with guest curator Billy Miller about his concurrent shows Head Shop/Lost Horizon, which were a part of Exile’s annual Summer Camp …
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio: The Studio Reader and the SAIC Summer Studio
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio: The Studio Reader and the SAIC Summer Studio
The Studio Reader: On the Space of Artists is the kind of book an artist would eat up in a single sitting. It is about the STUDIO — the spaces …
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Go West | Roger Brown: California U.S.A
Center Field: Art in the Middle with Bad at Sports.
Go West | Roger Brown: California U.S.A
After passing away in 1997, painter, sculptor, and notorious collector, Roger Brown bequeathed his homes and collections to his alma mater, the School of the Art Institute of Chicago (SAIC). …
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio: N. Bernard Viljoen and the Twilight Children
Inside the Artist's Studio
Inside the Artist’s Studio: N. Bernard Viljoen and the Twilight Children
N. Bernard Viljoen is a South African architect based in Johannesburg. He was raised on a farm in the Free State outside the quaint South African town, Parys. He graduated as …
Open Enrollment
Contemporary Knowledge: Interview with João Ribas
Open Enrollment
Contemporary Knowledge: Interview with João Ribas
What defines “the contemporary” as an area of study? How does it relate to the writing of history or other fields of inquiry? In this edition of Open Enrollment, Oliver …