I am mostly at sea in the studio, adrift in reverie on good days, awash in doubt on the bad. But forty years of working has taught me that moves come from failure and from the work I make while waiting in the wings.
We are in the middle of rupture, in the eye of upheaval, imagine the repairs that need to be done!
Studio View Do you think art matters during a crisis? I believe art plays a critical role in society. In times of crisis even more so. Particularly when the crisis is microscopic with massive, life altering consequences. We see the disastrous and terrifying results of this disease and the only advisable action, […]
Tracy King (neice); Arlene Lovett (sister); Cornelia Schulz Art matters in a time of crisis, for the connection to the energy and spirit of creativity is a vital life force, not just for culture but for civilization itself. Art Toronto 2019 The arts bind us to the lineage of cultures past […]
APRIL 1, 2020 BY CATHERINE KIRKPATRICK Artists on Coping: Helen O’Leary During the Coronavirus pandemic, Art Spiel is reaching out to artists to learn how they are coping. Photo by Eva O’ Leary, Fader Magazine Helen O’Leary is an Irish-born artist best known for constructions that blur the boundaries between painting and sculpture, object and image. She trained […]
March 7, 2020 – July 26, 2020 East Building, Level B, Joyce W. Pope Gallery Throughout modern art history, painting has been declared dead and later resuscitated so many times that the issue now tends to has largely been ignored. Despite any debate over painting’s viability, artists continue to persevere in keeping the medium fresh […]
Linda Sormin Linda Sormin explores vulnerability, upheaval and change through sculpture and site-responsive installation. Born in Bangkok, Thailand, she immigrated to Canada with her family at the age of five. After working in community development for four years in Thailand and Lao PDR, Sormin studied ceramics at Andrews University, Sheridan College and Alfred University (MFA […]
With clay and glaze, Miles reminds us that we are sensate, animal beings in a physical world. We don’t just look at his sculptures. We use them. In our bending and stooping and peeking, we fit ourselves into his corpulent, bristling forms, discovering how art communicates.
The Joan Mitchell Foundation announced today that thirty-seven artists were selected to participate in its artist-in-residence program at its center in New Orleans.
Posted on 21 January 2020. by David M. Roth Brad Brown: Clockwise L to R: Piece 308 (Untitled), 2018, oil, basswood, plywood, brads; Piece 69 (Itch), 2004-2012, oil, canvas, masonite; Piece 298 (Untitled), 2012-2018, oil, acrylic, walnut ink, plywood, brads; Piece 170 (Lascaux Thought Balloon), 2004-2017, oil, canvas, masonite, plywood, screws. 12 x 12″ ea. […]