How Do You Feel? / Yale Interviews and Resources for Artists - Your Weekly Digest
Published: Sun, 09/29/24
Updated: Sun, 09/29/24
Your Weekly Digest from Praxis Center for Aesthetic Studies
Sep 29, 2024
How Do You Feel?
by Brainard Carey
Pieter Schoolwerth, Texture Tile #6 (Noone Believes Anything, and They Believe Everything), 2023. Photo: Jason Mandella. Courtesy the artist and Petzel, New York.
“There is a sacredness in tears….They
are the messengers of overwhelming grief, of deep contrition and of unspeakable love.”
We do not live in a society where emotion is highly prized. On the contrary, we are often told to keep our feelings quiet, not tip our hand when it comes to what affects us and how. Greetings are composed of hollow inquiries into each others’ state of being, and yet, when was the last time you received – or in fact gave – an honest reply to the polite question, “how are you?” By some accounts, the world could be a better, more caring and empathetic place if we were only
to be more honest and allow others to be honest about their emotions.
Torey Akers joined us to discuss her show, Besotted, which ran until September 1 at A.I.R Gallery. The title, an old word that means to be in love and comes from a term for being drunk, speaks to the grotesque and awkward in intimacy. The show includes drawings and works on fabric that appear sculptural. To learn more, listen to the complete
interview.
Pieter Schoolwerth discussed his show, Supporting
Actor, which runs until October 26 at Petzel Gallery. The title describes a relationship between two bodies as in theater or film. In painting this meaning is somewhat different, but there is still the sense of a doubling, as is found with actors portraying in both a private and public space. To learn more, listen to the complete
interview.
Coka Treviño is the Founder and Curator of The Projecto, an Austin based organization fostering cultural connections between Latin America and the US. She is the Curator and Director of
Programming at Big Medium, an Austin based nonprofit art organization dedicated to advancing artists' careers.
Seizing the moment can be more complicated than it sounds. We hesitate for lots of reasons, whether fear of failure or a lack of confidence in our abilities. But part of a professional art practice is learning to work through those things that hold you back and grabbing on to whatever opportunities happen by. Will you get a
yes every time? Absolutely not! There will be plenty of rejection as you move forward, but that is no reason not to pick yourself up, brush off the dust and keep going. Here are a few upcoming deadlines to motivate you.
These are positive and / or negative reviews of galleries, art fairs, consultants, writers, online pay to play
offers, residencies and more – all written by artists so that other artists can beware of situations where institutions treat artists badly, or that end up costing the artist money or are outright scams.
