Interviews
In From the Street: An Interview with Cycle
NYAB talks with the artist about his graffiti work and new paintings up at Ad Hoc Art in Brooklyn.
Unbranded: An interview with Hank Willis Thomas
NYAB talks to the artist about his work, the new book and sister show, “Pitch Blackness,” at Jack Shainman Gallery in NYC, as well as his thoughts on Barack Obama and what a “post-black” America might really mean.
All Tomorrow’s Parties: Leah Tinari Sets the Scene
NYAB talks with painter Leah Tinari, whose current show, “Sneak a Peek,” is on view at Mixed Greens in Chelsea.
Revel In: Tod Seelie
A video interview with the Bushwick-based photographer, whose work is part of a new exhibition at Glowlab in SoHo. Thanks to Revel In New York for the collaboration.
Spray On Symmetry
Keltie Ferris’ first solo show in New York delivers abstract works that are endearingly honest. NYAB found the artist to be much the same in an interview at her studio.
Death Becomes Him: The Art of Marc Seguin
NYAB interviews artist Marc Seguin in his Brooklyn studio amidst his dark, sometimes humorous paintings that incorporate delicate strokes, taxidermied animals and Vatican-issued pope portraits.
Hallucinations and Hysteria: An Interview with Zoe Beloff
“On a personal level, I feel a great deal of empathy towards these women…I see myself in some ways as attempting to give them a voice. I think of them as visionaries.”
Wild & Woolly: The Creative Mind of Hrafnhildur Arnardottir
NYAB chats with artist Hrafnhildur Arnardottir (aka Shoplifter) about her current window installation at the MoMA’s The Modern, her work in fashion and music, and what it is about hair and fur that sparks her imagination.
Imminent Disaster’s Street Art from the Past(e)
Imminent Disaster’s work, now on view at the Poets of the Paste show at Ad Hoc Art, emits a flurry of stories. The woman behind the street art talks with NYAB about culture jamming, her feminist and historical proclivities, and how it feels to sell her first works of art.
Lights, Action, Plywood: Artist Jay Gard deconstructs in America
Berlin-based artist Jay Gard sits down with NYAB to talk about his first U.S. solo show DoubleGard running at Half Gallery through July 10, 2008.
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