ARTINFO Questionnaire
Name: Dana SchutzAge: 35Occupation: ArtistCity/Neighborhood: Gowanus, BrooklynThe title of your new show at Friedrich Petzel — “Piano in the Rain” — conjures notions of music and romance, but also the implicit threat of ruin and self-destruction. How does the title relate to the show?I thought “Piano in the Rain” sounded tragic-comic and...
Name: Josephine MeckseperAge: 47Occupation: ArtistCity/Neighborhood: Chinatown, ManhattanWhat project are you working on now?A large window installation for the Contemporary Art Gallery in Vancouver. Eight self-contained window treatments in the museum’s street front will showcase black sandals, chrome car wheels, mannequin legs and a...
Name: Lee MingweiOccupation: artistCity/Neighborhood: New York City/Financial DistrictWhat are you working on now?Projects for the Shenzhen Sculptural Biennial, the Sydney Biennial, the Hayward Gallery, the Shiseido Gallery, and the European Capital of Culture in Guimarães, Portugal, and some other funny things.For your piece "...
Name: Mira SchorAge: 61Occupation: Artist and writerCity/Neighborhood: New York — recently returned to childhood home on Upper West Side.What project are you working on now?I want to follow up on some ideas that came up in the last series of paintings I finished this winter for my current show at Marvelli Gallery, “The Dreams of All of...
Name: Liz Magic LaserAge: 30Occupation: Artist and TeacherCity/Neighborhood: New York CityWhat project are you working on now?I am about to start on a project for Malmö Konsthall that will take the structure of the television news format for an adaptation of Jean-Paul Sartre’s play "No Exit." The three characters in “No Exit” will be...
Name: Nari WardAge: 48Occupation: Visual artistCity/Neighborhood: Harlem, N.Y.What project are you working on now?“Casings”: Works using the language and form of the NYC Police Department stop-and-frisk report.While creating work for your latest show at Lehmann Maupin, "Liberty and Orders," you were also working towards becoming a U.S....
Name: Jim Shaw
Age: 59
Occupation: Artist
City/Neighborhood: Eagle Rock, Los AngelesWhat project are you working on now?My Metro show. Your show at Metro Pictures features 20 drawings from comic books you’ve created, as well as a large-scale mural based on your personal religion, Oism. When and why did you become an Oist?I never...
Name: Darren Bader
Occupation: Not sure
City/Neighborhood: New York, N.Y.What project are you working on now? Figuring out my next project.Your show at MoMA PS1, titled “Images,” features live cats, French pastries, adoptable iguanas, and salad. How did you select this group of objects? They were all highly appealing as...
Name: Mary KellyAge: 70Occupation: Artist/Professor at UCLACity/Neighborhood: Los AngelesWhat project are you working on now?Another spin on the domestic bomb shelter. This one converts the kitchen table into an all purpose bed and bunker. Would make a great "Occupy" camper, too.Both of your works on view at Postmasters, “Habitus,” a...
Name: David LaChapelleOccupation: ArtistCity/Neighborhood: East MauiWhat project are you working on now?A return to paradise.Your new body of work features photographs of baroque flower arrangements. As someone who became famous photographing people, what draws you to this surprising new genre?I love stories/...
