This essay originally appeared on the Art21 Blog
From "Torture of Women" by Nancy Spero, Siglio Press, 2010. Photos courtesy National Gallery of Canada.
ART21: What was the inspiration behind your installation, Market >Place?
BRADFORD: In Market >Place, I wanted to create an environment that had something to do with trade, with public space, and the way people use it for pleasure, for business, for meetings, for secrets. I like that. And this was the amalgamation of all...
ART21: How do you approach making a painting?
RYMAN: My approach tends to be from experiments. I need the challenge. If I know how to do something well, there’s no need to do it all the time because it becomes a little monotonous. So, I like to find a challenge. Of course, all these things are rooted in the basics of painting...
ART21: Tell us something about the backstory of the tree used in your installation, Neukom Vivarium.
DION: On the evening of February 8, 1996, a massive hemlock tree fell over a ravine in a small area of old growth about forty-five miles outside Seattle, in a protected watershed area. Therefore, it didn’t touch the ground and...
ART21: Is there an element of role-play or performance in the work?
DION: My work has a pretty complicated relationship to performance. Part of that is because there’s no traditional audience-performer relationship. But there is a Bouvard and Pécuchet element in my work: in a way, I’m working through the natural sciences as a...
Iñigo Manglano-Ovalle, "Le Baiser/The Kiss, " video still, 2000. Multi-channel video installation and projection, CD audio recording, and mixed media, dimensions variable. Courtesy the artist and Max Protetch, New York.
ART21: Do you think growing up on three different continents has an impact on your work today?
