Tag Archive "interview"

Scot Borofsky – from street art to gallery, an interview

Scot Borofsky started as a graffiti artist in the East Village (NYC) and eventually made his way into the museum and commercial gallery art world. His work can be found in the Metropolitan Museum of Art and The Brooklyn Museum of Art, a rare accomplishment for a graffiti street artist. Borofsky’s art combines the depth of tradition with the uncertainty of the contemporary, linking the ages with a sacred line. The work (@Jules Goldman Books and Antiques) may appear to be simple abstractions but Borofsky is giving you the ARCHETYPE, layered. God knows what these images are doing to viewers’ ... More » »

The black male image – an interview with JD Dragan about his photos in Modern Slave at AXD

JD Dragan knows how to light pigmented skin with exquisite finesse. His photographs of black male bodybuilders on exhibit at AxD Gallery are lush, sexy and very disturbing. Upon walking into the gallery I thought I was being confronted by the works of a black artist dealing with his or her own internalized racism (a subject worth exploring), until the gallery director informed me that the photographs were by a white man. In my mind that changed everything. My first instinct was to leave as quickly as I came in but instead I decided to ask a few questions. I ... More » »

Chatting with Tomi Ungerer about Creativity

The first distinction that Tomi Ungerer made when I met with him was, “I am not an illustrator.” Then he clarified, “Well, sometimes I am an illustrator.” He prefers the French term Dessinateur which translates roughly to Draw-er, or a person who uses drawing as his or her fundamental medium. Tomi Ungerer, who is 80 years old, still understands and explains the world through making drawings, and I was given the opportunity to sit with him and talk about his creative process.

Daniel Traub on the interstices – artblog radio interview

Our series sponsor is Fleisher Art Memorial. Daniel Traub’s photographs of overgrown lots in North Philadelphia where rowhouses once stood have a mournful feel.  In Traub’s photos, on view at the Print Center until March 5, indomitable nature grows up tall where people once lived.  But the works are not so much about the man-nature struggle in the built environment.  They’re more about entropy and the way things are, the rub of time and place.  Traub spent the last nine years in China where he observed the building boom of gated communities rising next to shanty towns.  He talked with ... More » »

The real Jayson Scott Musson speaks on artblog radio

Our series sponsor is Fleisher Art Memorial. Locks Gallery is our episode sponsor. Profanity and insults are just distractions in Jayson Scott Musson’s posters, screeds and rants. The real message is the human comedy of rules, categories, identities, stereotypes, pretensions and social classes. In this interview he talks about trying to solve his problems as an artist and as an equal opportunity irritant to the politically correct. Musson has a solo show of his work at Marginal Utility Feb. 4- March 27, 2011. First, a short sample from the interview; and below that the full 12-minute episode. [Audio clip: view ... More » »

Angel O – is there life after art school?

Our series sponsor is Fleisher Art Memorial. Philadelphia’s job market was no friend to Angel O when she graduated from Moore College almost two years ago. We tracked her down living with her family in Harrisburg, working at a nut store, and writing screen plays. O has a great sense of humor–about Harrisburg’s art scene, her so-called life as an artist and her job hunt. Below is a brief sample from the interview and following that, the full 10-minute interview. [Audio clip: view full post to listen] Right click to download Angel O 22-second promo

Next week on artblog radio–puppet and performance artist Leslie Rogers

When performance artist Leslie Rogers came to town she began stirring up a cyclone of events with a variety of collaborators. As part of the group PuppeTyranny she performed with her mouth wide open at Vox Populi. And she donned the naked fat suit of a lumpy middle-aged man to perform on a trapeze at Extra Extra. Below is a sample from our interview with her. 25-second sample–Leslie Rogers Tune in for the the full podcast–the 8th episode of artblog radio–Monday, Oct. 25.

Judith Schaechter talks, Part 2

This is part 2 of a two-part article about our studio visit with artist Judith Schaechter. Read Part 1. Judith Schaechter’s computer, with files in Photoshop that store her drawings of heads and bodies for her figures. While at the computer Judith was demonstrating to us how she mixed and matched heads and bodies on her figures. It was a little like paper dolls swapping clothing and a little like low tech animation. Roberta said “You should animate your works.” And Judith said, “Have you seen my animations?” She proceeded to show us two animations she produced, one of which ... More » »

Judith Schaechter talks computers, cats, and irreverent stained glass

[This is part 1 of a two part story.] Judith Schaechter with one of her five cats in her South Philly house. We had lunch with one of contemporary art’s heavy hitters the other day and she made us quiche. Judith Schaechter had just come home from a driving lesson during which her driving instructor was pumping her for information about how to be an artist while she was on Delaware Avenue trying to remember how to brake and steer. Meanwhile, back at home, she tossed the lunch on the table as if it was nothing and started talking. Two ... More » »

Rosalyn Drexler: “You couldn’t have known my work. How could you?”