Aaron Wexler There’s something about elements in nature that are always surprisingly abstract to me. I’m interested in shapes in nature as they relate to abstraction in painting. In my work I investigate the curious, rich area of visual potential…
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SUPERNATURE
Supernature is more than nature as science, or nature as art – it exceeds the boundaries of these classificatory systems and opens up a space where the species of things conjure wonder and curiosity, as well as fear and repugnance.…
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Monty Reid (for skh) Epidemiology and microbiology are better guides to our future than any of our hopes and plans. – John Gray Everyone…
Interview with Carrie Gundersdorf
Avantika Bawa My first meeting with Carrie Gundersdorf was at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago, where we were graduate students in the Painting and Drawing department. I have followed her work closely since then. Of special interest…
The Clipperton Project
The Clipperton Project is a multi-disciplinary, international arts and science project which aims to take a group of 20 outstanding practitioners, from 8 different countries, on an expedition to the deserted island of Clipperton in March 2012. Clipperton is an inhospitable paradise; 1280km…
An Art of Making-Do: Xin Cheng Mixtures
Victoria Wynne-Jones Xin Cheng, Mixtures, 2011. Images: Asumi Mizuo Survival is a most serious business and is interrogated throughout the work of Auckland-based artist Xin Cheng. Cheng’s sculptural practice demonstrates a preoccupation with objects people often create to meet basic…
Interview with Isabel Manalo
Craig Drennen If Only, Oil and Photos on Yupo, 30″ x 30″ Craig Drennen: I wanted to begin by talking about nature and the landscape. So many of your works from past four years include images of nature. Yet your treatment of…
Wide Receivers
Mónika Sziládi My work investigates how the construction of the human subject may or may not be independent from acts of–and a culture of–consumption. American commerce offers broad opportunities for individuals to re-describe themselves while simultaneously, through advertising and media…
Teach Me
Ian Rhodewalt Talk to me, oh wind behind the wall oh burning dance oh broken mountains stained with the sunset’s dust Talk to me, oh gates of unleashed forests oh bearded anger oh silent table, maddened by the country’s knives…
Opening the Tomb: Supernature, Beautiful Decay, and Ruination
Ricky Varghese In order to start the work of theorizing supernature here, it might be best, at first, to locate my interest. Without appearing somewhat or overly morbid, it is essential for me to admit that I have always held…