Category: Interview
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Karen Russo: ‘I’ve always liked the idea of making films that were somehow outside of time’
The artist talks about her two most recent films, Haus Atlantis and TET-Stadt, which centre on the buildings and ideas of the German expressionist architect and Nazi sympathiser Bernhard Hoetger
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David Kohn: ‘In trying to broaden what architecture could be, it feels like there is room to breathe’
From a house extension modelled on a fox, to a new quad for an Oxford college, to a hotel in the air, Kohn has tackled them all, with – as he explains – a little help from some very strong-minded…
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Emma Elliott: ‘Being human is the most important thing. Just being human and not fighting’
The Passion For Freedom ambassador talks about her current project, which brings together the stigmata of the crucifixion and the Holocaust, seeking to create a dialogue of unity and reconciliation within a fractured society
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Jiang Dahai: ‘There are universal values shared among artists and scholars around the world’
The Chinese-born artist unfolds his search for abstraction in all art, his pursuit of musicality and why all art should be judged by the same standards regardless of nationality
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Magnus Plessen: ‘I try to undo or confuse any preconceived ideas while working on a painting’
The German artist talks about his latest show at White Cube in London, which includes paintings done in the past two years as part of his continuing project, 1914, looking at the horrors inflicted on first world war soldiers
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Monica Bonvicini: ‘It is not merely a display of sculptures and objects but a praxis about what it means to produce, show and display’
The Italian artist talks about her survey show at Baltic and how bringing together her works in new combinations helps her see them in different ways
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Wael Shawky: ‘When you invert language, you make it even stronger’
With two exhibitions of his work opening in Italy this month, Wael Shawky talks about his film-making, connecting literature with myth and history, and why he uses marionettes and children as his protagonists
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Anthea Hamilton: ‘There is something quite liberating about knowing that you can’t always resolve things because it gives you the freedom to go for it’
The Turner Prize-nominated artist talks about her experience of reimagining the Kettle’s Yard collection at the University of Cambridge in a contemporary and collaborative fashion
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György Jovánovics: ‘A relief shows a dynamic promise, which is more than what one can see at first glance’
The Hungarian neo-avant-garde relief artist unravels his enduring interest in the abstract possibilities of drapery, his belief that reliefs should be afforded the status of a fine art in their own right, and the difficulties of staying connected to contemporary…
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Maureen Gallace: ‘I wasn’t straining to do anything clever with such an odd or seemingly unfashionable way of painting’
For her third solo exhibition at Maureen Paley, London, the New York-based painter shows a group of new works that continue to mystify with their enigmatic portrayals of secluded houses and nature scenes
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