ARTINFO Questionnaire
Coming off a blockbuster show at Marlborough Chelsea in November, rising art star Rashaad Newsome reinvented his performance from the 2010 Whitney Biennial, entitled "FIVE," during Art HK at FEAST Projects in Hong Kong.Name: Rashaad Newsome
Occupation: Artist
City/Neighborhood: New YorkWhat project are you working on now? Currently...
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: 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: Mary CorseOccupation: ArtistCity/Neighborhood: Los Angeles-Topanga CanyonWhat project are you working on now?Painting. Your new show at Lehmann Maupin — your first at this gallery — includes five new paintings. How do your more recent paintings develop or build on your earlier work? Each painting leads to the next...
Name: Shirin NeshatOccupation: Visual Artist/filmmakerCity/Neighborhood: New York City, SohoWhat project are you working on now?I’m working on my second feature length film, a story on the life and art of the legendary Egyptian singer named Oum Kolthum who died in 1975. To this date, she remains perhaps the most iconic and significant...
Name: Lucy SkaerAge: 36Occupation: ArtistCity/Neighborhood: BrooklynWhat project are you working on now?A show for Murray Guy called “Harlequin is as Harlequin Does.” It is about pattern and disruption."Scene, Hold, Ballast," your new show at Sculpture Center, places your work alongside sculptures, paintings, and films by David...
Name: Sarah SzeAge: 42Occupation: ArtistCity/Neighborhood: Hell’s KitchenWhat project are you working on now?I’m working on a show at Victoria Miro Gallery that will open June in London. I’m also working on a series for the AADA art fair for Tanya Bonakdar, a commission for the High Museum, and the design of the 96th...
Name: John HatfieldAge: 47Occupation: Executive Director of Socrates Sculpture ParkCity/Neighborhood: New York City, QueensWhat project are you working on now?I've inherited exciting exhibition programs for the upcoming year for Socrates Sculpture Park including “Civic Action,” a partnership with the Noguchi Museum featuring the...
Name: Andrea Bowers Age: 46Occupation: artist City/Neighborhood: Los Angeles What project are you working on now?I just finished a socially engaged collaboration with Olga...
