Interview
Interview
A Moment of Collective Complicity
Francis Alÿs discusses the unexpected circumstances during the production of his collaborative film Don’t Cross the Bridge Before You Get to the River (2008), which was shown as a part of the eleventh Sharjah Biennial in 2013.
Interview 179
Idea Generator
Liz Magor
Imagining Alternatives
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Studio as Laboratory
Sarah Sze
Childhood
Nick Cave
Defining an Artist
Tania Bruguera
On Photography
Carrie Mae Weems
Contending with the History of Painting
Katharina Grosse
Resisting Dichotomies & Compressing Complexity
Jack Whitten
Teaching History by Sculpting Experience
Doreen Garner
Resisting Reductivism & Breaking the Bubble
Barbara Kruger
Chicago & City Planning
Theaster Gates
“Blueprint for a Landscape”
Sarah Sze
Expanding the Role of the Artist
Theaster Gates
“Desert Rooftops”
David Brooks
“Mine Site”
Josephine Halvorson
“PROTECT PROTECT”
Elizabeth Smith
Engineering “The Morning Line”
Benjamin Aranda
“Parks Canada”
Erin Shirreff
Underwater & Upside Down
Alejandro Almanza Pereda
Architecture and Modernism
Josiah McElheny
Modeling the History of the Universe
Josiah McElheny
Helen of Troy
Eleanor Antin
“Black Romantic” & The Mythology of the Artist
Kerry James Marshall
Portraiture & Representation
Kerry James Marshall
Truth and Allegory in Photography
Eleanor Antin
John Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
Matthew Ritchie
Drawing, Architecture, and the “Spectrum of Experience”
Matthew Ritchie
Skeletal Sculpture
Gabriel Orozco
Education & Influences
Gabriel Orozco
“Vignettes”
Kerry James Marshall
Art Beyond Appearance
David Brooks
Welcome Guests
Yinka Shonibare CBE RA
It Began with Madame de Pompadour
Cindy Sherman
Shifting Observations
Catherine Opie
In Charge of His Own Destiny
Allan McCollum
Laughing His Way Into Character
Paul McCarthy
Correcting the Canon
Kerry James Marshall
Built-In Mistakes
Florian Maier-Aichen
Art Changes Every Day
Jeff Koons
It Was Just a Dream
Kimsooja
“Lick and Lather”
Janine Antoni
Filmmaking and “Todo lo demás”
Natalia Almada
Portraiture, Performance, and Violence
Laylah Ali
Meaning and Influences
Laylah Ali
Photography, Life, and Beauty
Robert Adams
Idea Generator
Liz MagorImagining Alternatives
Pedro ReyesStudio as Laboratory
Sarah SzeChildhood
Nick CaveDefining an Artist
Tania BrugueraOn Photography
Carrie Mae WeemsContending with the History of Painting
Katharina GrosseResisting Dichotomies & Compressing Complexity
Jack WhittenTeaching History by Sculpting Experience
Doreen GarnerResisting Reductivism & Breaking the Bubble
Barbara KrugerChicago & City Planning
Theaster Gates“Blueprint for a Landscape”
Sarah SzeExpanding the Role of the Artist
Theaster Gates“Desert Rooftops”
David Brooks“Mine Site”
Josephine Halvorson“PROTECT PROTECT”
Elizabeth SmithEngineering “The Morning Line”
Benjamin Aranda“Parks Canada”
Erin ShirreffUnderwater & Upside Down
Alejandro Almanza PeredaArchitecture and Modernism
Josiah McElhenyModeling the History of the Universe
Josiah McElhenyHelen of Troy
Eleanor Antin“Black Romantic” & The Mythology of the Artist
Kerry James MarshallPortraiture & Representation
Kerry James MarshallTruth and Allegory in Photography
Eleanor AntinJohn Milton’s “Paradise Lost”
Matthew RitchieDrawing, Architecture, and the “Spectrum of Experience”
Matthew RitchieSkeletal Sculpture
Gabriel OrozcoEducation & Influences
Gabriel Orozco“Vignettes”
Kerry James MarshallArt Beyond Appearance
David BrooksWelcome Guests
Yinka Shonibare CBE RAIt Began with Madame de Pompadour
Cindy ShermanShifting Observations
Catherine OpieIn Charge of His Own Destiny
Allan McCollumLaughing His Way Into Character
Paul McCarthyCorrecting the Canon
Kerry James MarshallBuilt-In Mistakes
Florian Maier-AichenArt Changes Every Day
Jeff KoonsIt Was Just a Dream
Kimsooja“Lick and Lather”
Janine AntoniFilmmaking and “Todo lo demás”
Natalia AlmadaPortraiture, Performance, and Violence
Laylah AliMeaning and Influences
Laylah AliPhotography, Life, and Beauty
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