Lisa Nilsson's Tissue Series, currently on exhibit at the Lavender Door Gallery in Stockbridge, depicts anatomical cross sections, created from rolled paper. How did she come to make this work, this way? We asked the artist for a look into her work space, and into the history and process behind this enthralling series. I was out "junking" and came across an antique … [Read more...]
Studio Views
Highlighting the work spaces and creative processes of individual artists.
Studio Views: Ariel Freiberg
Ariel Freiberg's paintings intrigue and implore, exaggerate and embellish, all the while eliciting "a bit of an adrenaline rush." Here, she invites us into her studio - and as collaborators on her new project. My Dream Harvester community arts project is an open forum for accounts of dreams from slumber or wished aspirations. Dream Harvester and I will be live and dreaming … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Joshua Meyer
Through persistence and hard work, Joshua Meyer (Painting Fellow '10) has found that ultra sweet spot where paintings hover between order and chaos. One of the delights of his work is the transformation of the physical material of paint into a seemingly living breathing figure inhabiting an interior life. Let's take a look at his studio and paintings. I try to keep a lot … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Adria Arch
Some artists will never, ever, color outside of the line. For them, accidents are an anathema meant to be erased, gessoed over as quickly as possible, sanded away, and left undetected before the art police sees the evidence (you know who you are and we love you for it). For other artists, accidents are encouraged to occur. These daredevil souls welcome and seek out … [Read more...]
Studio Views: Michael Zelehoski
By sheer force of artistic will (and vice grips and wood glue) Michael Zelehoski (MCC 2010 Painting Fellow) finds three dimensional objects and forces them to behave and leave behind the land of 3D that they occupy and instead perform as sculptural paintings inhabiting a 2D space. Say what you will, but he's found the perfect way around cleaning paint off of brushes. You can … [Read more...]