Category: Interview
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Sam Cornish: ‘We started with this idea that all works would have to contain repetition, sequence and symmetry’
The co-curator of Kaleidoscope: Colour and Sequence in 1960s British Art discusses how this relatively unsung period in art history was characterised by more than just bright colours and glossy surfaces
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Caroline Walker: ‘Who we perceive to be the maker of an image affects how we consume it’
Caroline Walker’s quietly charged, often luxurious, spaces frame half-told narratives that complicate traditional ideas of the woman as subject. She talks about her process and how feminism is a nuanced concept
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Norman Hyams: ‘I very much believe in losing a painting and finding it’
Norman Hyams talked to Studio International about his painting process before the opening of his first solo show for 10 years, Ethos at The Hannah Barry Gallery in south London
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Saad Qureshi: ‘You can’t really pick your medium. Your medium picks you’
Saad Qureshi talks about his seduction by charcoal, his fear of being exposed, and his creation of mindscapes from his own and others’ memories
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Oliver Beer – interview: ‘We are very fortunate to live in a time when there is complete fluidity between mediums’
Oliver Beer uses sound, film and sculpture to explore the physical properties and emotional value of objects and places. We interview the artist as two new solo exhibitions open in the UK
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Helen Johnson: ‘I wanted to resist presenting some sort of unified image of history’
Australian artist Helen Johnson’s new exhibition at the ICA in London re-examines Britain’s colonial relationship with Australia. She talks about what that means to her and how her work reflects those ideas
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Adrienne Elise Tarver: ‘I think about intrusion and the transition from viewer to voyeur’
Adrienne Elise Tarver talks about notions of voyeurism, and her interest in personal space and the power of suggestion
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İ Ata Doğruel: ‘I want to destroy the limits between life and art’
Pushing his physical and mental boundaries to the limit, Doğruel seeks to make performances from his life and to use the medium of performance art as a tool to enhance his spirituality and find a broader sense of life
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Serge Attukwei Clottey: ‘My body is part of my work’s mystery’
Using his body as an object, Ghanaian artist Serge Attukwei Clottey works with international media – as well as plastic yellow “gallons” (jerrycans) – to speak out about politics, religion, sex and tradition
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Anna Freeman Bentley: ‘The work is successful when there’s a question over what it is you are looking at’
Anna Freeman Bentley’s paintings are visual and psychosocial mazes that tease layers of meaning from architectural spaces. She talks about her inspiration and the social tensions that lurk beneath the surface
