Artblog contributor Corey Armpriester interviews David Huggins, a unique painter whose works chronicle his experience of alien beings on earth and their interactions with him. The pictures, all scans from a book about Huggins, are spooky and minimalist, and have timeless narrative appeal. Corey’s non-judgmental approach to the interview and to David Huggins allows each reader to make up their own mind about Huggins’s story.
Read MoreClaes Gabriel (Claes is pronounced “Clays”) makes bright-colored totemic shapes from stretched canvas over wood armatures. The works show the artist’s attention to detail in crafting and painting. The artist, who was born in Port au Prince, Haiti in 1977 is not making “black art” but rather painting his feelings, he says. He’s the son of a famous Haitian artist, Jacques Gabriel, and yes, he was named after Claes Oldenburg. Claes came to the US in 1989 and studied at Maryland Institute College of Art (BFA 1999) and while right now he’s in Philadelphia, his long-range plans involve living in Europe.
Read MoreLibby and Roberta talk with artist/printmaker/educator, Amze Emmons, about the 50-artist exhibition he organized at Space 1026, called Refugee Reading Room. We find his works, which show depopulated and downtrodden urban spaces drenched in pastel shades suitable for Valentine’s Day “I love you” hearts to be more pertinent each day. The 12-minute podcast will fly by with all the amazing, smart things Amze says.
Read MoreLibby and Roberta interview gallery owner and artists’ advocate, Sande Webster, whose eponymous gallery is home to many of the city’s top African American artists.
Read MoreWilliam Powhida and Jennifer Dalton were in town to jury the Vox Populi annual in July, 2018. They sat down with Libby and Roberta to discuss jurying the show (the first time either of them had undertaken a jurying gig) and what they were looking for (the unusual, the otherworldly, things they hadn’t seen before.) The episode was recorded in July, 2018 at Vietnam Restaurant. It runs 13:33 minutes long.
Read MoreLibby interviews artist-curator Marianne Bernstein about her new book, “Tatted,” and about her curating of the public art project, “Welcome House.”
Read More10 Questions For Peter Schuyff, after a studio visit in Amsterdamn. Painting, Music and life in the land of the Dutch Masters.
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