Category: Interview
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Champagne Life
As the Saatchi Gallery marks its 30th anniversary with its first all-women exhibition, a new generation of female artists seems confident about what the next three decades will bring
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An artist who is changing sculpture: Katrina Palmer
Lisa Le Feuvre, the head of sculpture studies at the Henry Moore Institute, tells the fascinating tale of London’s Necropolitan Railway, the inspiration for Katrina Palmer’s sculptural installation, which takes visitors on a one-way journey
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Liz Magic Laser: ‘I’m interested in throwing a well-rehearsed script into a precarious scenario’
The multimedia artist talks about being critical of TED talks, studying US presidents, treating the child as an emblem of the future, and other artists who have had most significance for her
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Carole Robb: ‘It was the harsh Scottish weather that shaped the internal life of my imagination’
As a child, she drew on her bedrooms walls. As an adult, she has won the Prix de Rome and a Fulbright Scholarship. Born in Scotland, she has lived in Rome, New York and London. Here, she talks about her…
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Anthony Pearson: ‘I am seeking an inventive form as opposed to a clearly conventional one’
The artist, known for his refined sculptures and reliefs, explains why he moved from photography to sculpture, why he likes flaws and idiosyncrasy to be part of his work, and why he bans artificial light in his studio, stopping work…
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Margaret Harrison: ‘You have to have a strategy to draw people into the work’
Pioneering artist Margaret Harrison shares memories of her early career as an activist for equal rights and pay and fair working conditions for women
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Paul Huxley: ‘I have more fun making sculpture than making paintings, but I’ve made paintings all my life’
The artist talks about his career, from visiting Robert Motherwell and Lee Krasner in New York in the 1960s, to his wall drawings for the Azerbaijan pavilion at the 2015 Venice Biennale, to his new work for a forthcoming show…
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Emilia Kabakov: ‘The idea behind this work is that reality can never been seen straight on, but is always obscured either on purpose or by necessity’
Emilia Kabakov, who collaborates with her husband, Russian conceptual artist Ilya Kabakov, talks about working together, their exhibition at Pace Gallery, and other projects they are planning
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Yevgeniy Fiks: ‘Any utopia is queer by nature, because it takes you from the present and directs you to a strange time and place’
Artist and curator Yevgeniy Fiks talks about his work with curator Olga Kopenkina for the exhibition Future Queer Perfect, which looks at the utopian aspirations of Soviet experience and its connection to artistic and cultural concerns
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Amelia Critchlow & Evy Jokhova: ‘The conversation, in many ways, will probably continue perpetually’
The artists talk about their year-long collaboration and how they learned from each other’s different working styles, while also pushing their own practices to the limits
