Shara Mays: The Maximalist

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Shara Mays: The Maximalist

“Color, color, and more color. I can’t get enough of it. I am obsessed with the vibrancy of bright color,” explains Shara Mays, describing a main ingredient of her work. Drips and swirls, twist July 25, 2022
Dignity and Mobility: Introducing Israel’s Visionary Ethiopian Jewish Artists

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Dignity and Mobility: Introducing Israel’s Visionary Ethiopian Jewish Artists

A keen anticipation of travel is the opportunity to enjoy new experiences while learning the stories of cultures we’ve yet to meet. Local museums are often on the travel itinerary because they intr July 20, 2022
Alvin Armstrong: Rhythm Paintings

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Alvin Armstrong: Rhythm Paintings

Alvin Armstrong was all set to become an acupuncturist—then he started painting for 15 hours a day. A powerful work ethic and a love of movement stitch up the sinewy threads that suffuse the artist July 18, 2022
John Fekner: New York State of Mind

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John Fekner: New York State of Mind

Doug and I first met John Fekner back in 2018, when the three of us were attending the Nuart Festival in the city of Stavanger, Norway. John's unassuming presence conveyed an aura of calm amidst the July 15, 2022
Power Moves: Natalee Decker Charts a New Course

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Power Moves: Natalee Decker Charts a New Course

Ableism abounds in a world built for those who move normatively, but a wizard like Natalee Decker is rare—one who actively redesigns ideas about movement and access, mobilizing activism through art July 13, 2022
Faith Ringgold: The American People

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Faith Ringgold: The American People

In describing the blues, cultural historian Albert Murray explains how “they affirm life and humanity itself in the very process of confronting failures and existential absurdities. The spirit of t July 11, 2022
The Art of Tomorrow: An Interview with Carter Flachbarth

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The Art of Tomorrow: An Interview with Carter Flachbarth

When well executed, a painting can attune to cinematography, as the perceptive eye composes a scene with unique perceptual shifts. Carter Flachbarth creates work with that cinematic vision, and on th July 06, 2022
Maya Hayuk: Heritage & Hope

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Maya Hayuk: Heritage & Hope

Accidents happen—on purpose. I’ve heard that phrase before and it feels reasonable, yet abstract enough to inform daily life. Ukrainian-American Maya Hayuk’s paintings are an elaborate stream o July 05, 2022
Stay Loose: A Six Pack with Henry Jones

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Stay Loose: A Six Pack with Henry Jones

Displaying fluidity and motion in static form is not an easy task. However, Henry Jones’ illustrations are able to beautifully encapsulate the movement of skateboarding with minimal line work—mak June 29, 2022
Stonehenge Oil by Legion Paper

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Stonehenge Oil by Legion Paper

Something we can take away from the last few years is that works on paper provided artists the opportunity for immediate output as many were sorting out their new studio life dynamic. Clearly, the pa June 28, 2022
Well Done, Grasshopper: ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena

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Well Done, Grasshopper: ArtCenter College of Design, Pasadena

“Before art school I was doodling in the margins of my notebook,” Nancy Nguyen told us. “My English teacher saw them and suggested a career in design.” In a maybe familiar scenario, and bolst June 28, 2022
Jenny Holzer: Righteous Rage

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Jenny Holzer: Righteous Rage

Here’s the shaggy dog, like a resort comedian of yore who must begin with a “funny thing happened on the way…” story: before I interview Jenny Holzer we are writing to one another. It’s a t June 27, 2022
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