Weird Deer

Multi-media artist Siebren Versteeg often writes a code, goes to bed, and wakes in the morning to see what the computer created over night. His works explore ideas of connectivity in our global culture, the tautological nature of material and immaterial information, and the human spiritual condition in relation to the advancement of technology. In [...]

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from Poets on Painters

"Don't You Think Salt is Pretty" by Monica Fambrough [ 0:57 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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The Poetry that is going to matter when you are dead [ 3:01 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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The artist Lee Lozano wrote in her notebook on December 20, 1969: “Confinement is the near root of all my rage.” Recently, I’ve been trying to imagine her name as a verb. Lee Lozano. Do you know her work? I think you would like it. She’s mostly known for her tool drawings and paintings—big graphic [...]

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Ray Hsu, F.J. Bergmann, Benjamin Norman Pierce, Charles Cantrell, Ron Czerwien

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This IM interview between Chicago artist Stacie Johnson and curator Katie Geha is the second of two parts. Part one–in which Stacie gets a new refrigerator and discusses with Katie illusion vs. abstraction–appeared yesterday. Katie: In terms of “painting from observation”—in your artist statement you say that you create portraits of objects, something that might [...]

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This IM interview between Chicago artist Stacie Johnson and curator Katie Geha is the first of two parts. Part two–in which Stacie and Katie talk about the uncanny, high-schoolers bedrooms, and being designated the most improved–will appear tomorrow. Katie: Hey! Stacie: Hey girl. Katie: You ready to be interviewed? Have your coffee? Stacie: Should we [...]

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One hundred years is a strange amount of time. A century. A long human life. A container for an era or two, some history, a house. A hundred years is still in the air, like a family story, or the taste of rhubarb. Forgotten for a time, but not by everyone, and not for long. [...]

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The following is the second part of a conversation between artist Melissa Scherrer and curator Katie Geha. Buddhism, contact lenses, and trees all figure prominently. Part 1 appeared last week. Katie: I think there’s this interesting tension between the natural, the artificial, and the supernatural in your photos—whether it’s a nude or a picture of [...]

Vinegar and Asprin [ 4:50 ] Play Now | Play in Popup

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