Tag: in-the-studio
The Staying Power of Pedro Friedeberg
There are some terse exchanges in Liora Spilk Bialostozky’s 2022 documentary Pedro that reveal lesser-known truths about her octogenarian subject, the esteemed Mexican...
Planting for the Future: Meet the Artists Pushing Ecological Art Forward
No matter how high the thermometer climbs in L.A., Ron Finley never fills his backyard swimming pool with water. The fashion designer turned...
In Marguerite Humeau’s Artworks, Rare Lifeforms Survive the Climate Apocalypse
Marguerite Humeau imagines worlds in which the climate crisis has caused new kinds of creatures to alarmingly evolve. Her current exhibition at the...
Firelei Báez’s Paintings Capture the Dominican Diasporic Experience
“These here are little protective hair buns, or Angelitas,” says the Dominican-born artist Firelei Báez during the last days of summer, pointing to...
Painter Lauren Satlowski Turns Personal Treasures Into Fine Art
On a muggy afternoon in late July, Lauren Satlowski is walking around her two-room studio, perched on a high floor in a century-old...
Artist Jenny Holzer's Latest Exhibition Goes Beyond Words
Jenny Holzer has used text as an art form for decades. The artist’s gripping, urgent messages—“Protect me from what I want” and “Abuse...