Tag: Catholicism

Nick Hornby – interview: ‘Liquefied photography is magical and mysterious’

Nick Hornby talks about his shift from art history to personal histories, and combining analogue and digital processes to create photo-sculptural objects
VALIE EXPORT – interview: ‘My artworks are still a rebellion against the Catholic faith’

The pioneering Austrian feminist artist talks about breaking taboos and provoking aggressive responses – in the 1960s and now – ahead of a reinstallation of her 1980 Venice Biennale works at London’s Galerie Thaddaeus Ropac
Michael Simpson – interview: ‘Every single painting involves an element of fear’

The artist discusses how going to a football match at the age of seven inspired him to start painting, his dislike of organised religion, his rigorous approach to his art and his current new work at Blain Southern
Robert Mapplethorpe: Objects

An enlightening and enriching insight into the juvenilia of the controversial photographer, showing 12 rarely seen collage and assemblage works, in which he develops motifs and themes that continue throughout his career