Tag: identity
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John Yau – interview: ‘America is still about two colours: black and white. Inclusivity has to become more inclusive’
Yau talks about promoting inclusivity, changing how history is viewed, and the importance of the three Asian American artists he chose for his current exhibition, The Unseen Professors
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Hormazd Narielwalla – interview: ‘True, he’s physically not here, but Bowie, the god, is still with us’
The artist talks about capturing the essence of David Bowie, through the creation of his trademark paper-pattern collages, in his most recent, limited-edition artist’s book
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Walter Price: Pearl Lines
Price’s works reflect the instability and unpredictability of our times, with the themes of race and Covid running through much of the work, but it is nevertheless an exuberant show
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Oluwole Omofemi – interview: ‘In my paintings, I try to tell the black community to embrace their beauty, to embrace their colour’
The Nigerian artist talks about how he uses hair – specifically the afro – as a metaphor for freedom and power, and a symbol of identity
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Magdalena Abakanowicz: Presence, Essence, Identity
Magdalena Mielnicka, an expert on Abakanowicz, talks about the irrepressible Polish artist’s extraordinary life and her uncanny sculptures, currently on show at Stara Kopalnia Science and Art Centre, Wałbrzych
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Pamela Schilderman: ‘I really wanted people to think about what it is that makes a portrait’
What makes a portrait? What defines a person’s identity? These are questions at the core of Schilderman’s practice, and are questions she hopes to make her audience ask as well
