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Yohannes Haile-Selassie: Ancient & Unexpected Neighbors

The conversation touches on the evolutionary uses of creativity, raising problematic questions about why we are creative: is it only to get ahead and create more viable offspring, or is there something more?

Type:
Interviews
Source:
November 20, 2019
Location:
Afar desert, Ethiopia
Credit:
Interview / Will Corwin

Porous Cosmopolis: Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman

Teddy Cruz and Fonna Forman’s many co-extensive projects merge activist praxis, intellectual and skill exchange, horizontalist planning, and creative production to examine and change the way that borders, and the communities around them, are conceived of and function.

Type:
Interviews
Source:
March 13, 2019
Credit:
Interview / Rachael Rakes

The Infinite Nature of Black

Artist Paul Stephen Benjamin’s work explores the relevance, resonance, and poetics of the color black and ranges across media including photography, painting, video, and sculpture. We discussed his belief in simplicity, the relationship between interpretation and artist intention, and the experience of preparing for his solo debut in New York City.

Type:
Interviews
Source:
February 12, 2019
Location:
Atlanta, GA
Credit:
Interview / Sarah Higgins

Behind the Screen(print) with Amy Pleasant

In late 2018, we reached out to artist Amy Pleasant and invited her to create an edition of prints for the 20th Annual ART PAPERS Auction. Sarah Higgins caught up with Amy on the final day of a week-long visit to the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of the Arts.

Type:
Interviews
Source:
February 6, 2019
Location:
Athens, GA
Credit:
Interview / Sarah Higgins

Gender and Artistic Practice in the Ice Age

Keeper of antiquities and curator of the blockbuster 2013 exhibition “Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind,” Jill Cook explains the idea of spiritual landscapes, the surreal continuity between ancient and modern artistic practice, and gender equality in the Paleolithic.

Type:
Interviews
Source:
September 19, 2018
Location:
The British Museum, London, England
Credit:
Interview / Will Corwin