Category: Interview
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Kelly Chorpening: ‘The whole relationship between image and object or building for me has been a kind of theme for a really long time’
Studio International visited Horatio Junior gallery in southeast London to talk to the American artist about her exhibition, Immaterial Statements, and the things that influence her practice
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Three Generations: Passing on the Eyton drive
As they prepare for their first exhibition showing together as a family, Anthony Eyton RA and his sculptor daughter Jane reflect on the enduring influence of Anthony’s mother Phyllis, a painter, who died in a riding accident when he was…
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Russia and the Arts: The Age of Tolstoy and Tchaikovsky
This exhibition introduces visitors to the talents and turmoil of the Russian arts scene from 1867 to 1914 with some exquisite loans from the State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. Emily Spicer spoke to Dr Rosalind Blakesley, curator of Russia and…
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Heidi Kilpeläinen: ‘In a way, I suppose I’m making my reading of the world through tapping into different mediums’
The London-based Finnish artist talks about her multidisciplinary practice and her recent residencies in London and Helsinki
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Mark Wallinger: ‘Even the ugliest mark, with symmetry, gains some kind of élan’
After months of psychoanalysis, the Turner Prize-winning artist reveals something of his inner self in his debut solo show at Hauser & Wirth. The id, the ego and the superego are all vying for attention and begging interpretation
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Nico Vascellari: ‘I’m not interested in the rules or breaking them. I am just interested in creating my own work’
The artist talks about how touring in a band influenced his work, despising morality in art, how we are all like fossils, with memories buried in our DNA – and why he wants his work to make people feel uncomfortable
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Colin Self – interview: ‘I want to be devoid of the art world and paddle my own canoe’
On the occasion of his exhibition at London’s Mayor Gallery, the most singular of British pop artists talks about the rough and tumble of postwar London and Norfolk, class consciousness at the Slade, Hockney’s admiration of his work, and his…
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Sergio Caballero: ‘I’m interested in the creative process. I couldn’t care less about the final work’
The Spanish artist, composer, film-maker and director of Barcelona’s Sónar Festival talks about his quirky interest in taxidermy and the paranormal, his unorthodox film-making process, and why he’s averse to popular culture
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Lin Tianmiao – interview: ‘Thread winding taught me to be patient’
Incorporating weaving, sewing and embroidery into her fine art practice, the multidisciplinary artist transforms ordinary objects made from commonplace materials into something rare, evocative and universal. Here, she talks about her work
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Andrea Ponsi: ‘I draw, therefore I am’
The architect, designer, writer and painter on how he went from building his own shelter in a South American palm grove to building furniture from copper piping, why the role of an artist or architect is to create harmony, and…
