Category: Video Interview
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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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Tim Benson: ‘I wanted my work to have more meaning’
The artist talks about storytelling through portraiture, and the human face of Ebola
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John Akomfrah – interview: ‘The question of discourse is absolutely central’
The artist explains the inspirations for his new split-screen film, Auto da Fé, and talks about the importance of the Black Audio Film Collective, of which he was a founding member
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Nicolás Herrera: ‘this mural is about life’
Studio International travelled to Cuenca, Ecuador, to talk to Nicolás Herrera about his new work, El Jardín de las Mujeres, or The Garden of Women, a sculptural mural at La Casa de la Provincia, where it is permanently installed. It…
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Cecilia Brunson: ‘In the case of Willys de Castro, it’s also a perceptual and mental game’
The Latin American art dealer explains the ethos of her Bermondsey gallery and the importance of the Brazilian neo-concrete artist, Willys de Castro
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Toby Ziegler: ‘In half an hour, you can undo an entire month’s work’
Toby Ziegler explains his processes of painting and sanding, and using Google’s reverse image search to create works with layers of geological exploration
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Joey Holder: ‘I’d like to see a lot more collaboration between the sciences and the arts’
The artist shows Studio International around her ‘futuristic medical room’ installation and explains how what, at first, might seem like science fiction, is pretty much science fact
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Michelangelo Pistoletto: ‘The mirror is always part of one unique mirror. There is only one mirror that is fragmented in various moments and places’
In the startlingly altered states of Blenheim Palace, the multifarious Michelangelo Pistoletto spoke to Studio International about the history of time as captured in his Mirror Paintings, his rejection of the concept of a signature style, and the conviction that…
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Zhao Zhao: ‘You cannot separate art from politics’
A prominent member of the post-1980s generation of Chinese artists and a former assistant of Ai Wewei, the Beijing artist talks about his visually stunning, anti-authoritarian and provocative work. Lilly Wei talked to the artist in his Beijing studio in…
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Conrad Shawcross: ‘It’s created a skin for the surface of this building’
The artist explains his use of the moiré effect in designing an optical cloak for a tall industrial building on the Greenwich Peninsula in south-east London
