Silas Inoue, Future
Friture-Turritopsis Dohrnii, 2022 Sugar, silicon and cooking oil in acrylic aquarium on concrete plinth 42 1/8 x 13 x 13 in (107 x 33 x 33 cm) Photo Credit: Jason Mandella Courtesy of Ulterior Gallery, New York
“There is not love of life without despair about life.” -Albert Camus To be human is to understand
our own mortality. We do not know if other animals live with this knowledge, though we do witness mourning in the animal kingdom. But for humans, the sure knowledge of our eventual demise is with us every moment of every day. It is what drives some to achieve great heights, and it is what plunges others into the depths of darkness and despair. We have no choice but to sit with this awareness, and so it is best we learn to make friends with the finite nature of our own existence. Jazmin Lopez joined us to discuss her recent exhibition at Transmitter, The Great Dane. The show echoes the 1929 French surrealist film Un Chien Andalou. Lopez
worked with the film to reenact the filmmaker’s imagery, which she believes was extracted from dreams. For the installation, she pulled elements from the film, replacing some of the darker elements with Great Danes. The space itself, intended to represent not physical but mental space, was carefully arranged with two grand pianos, theatrical curtaining and, of course, two Great Danes. To learn more about this fascinating exhibition, listen to the complete interview. Silas Inoue sat down to chat about his recent exhibition, Night Bloom Central at ULTERIOR. The title points to his work
with living organisms that prosper without sunlight. At the same time, the title indicated perhaps an unknown train station in an unknown place. One work, Future Friture-Turritopsis Dohrnii (pictured above), features a sculpture of a small jellyfish with the ability to regenerate itself. The jellyfish sculpture is made of cast sugar and floats in cooking oil, representing something immortal created out of elements that can – and do – cut human life short. To hear more about this and other
works, listen to the complete interview. Read the summary of this week's interviews and resources. |
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Looking ahead is part of the work a career artist must accomplish on a regular basis. Looking ahead to new opportunities, to new artistic horizons, to new ways to network and build out skillsets. While this work can feel like something in addition to your regular practice, a distraction, in fact, they are an integral part of your practice. Diligence in this
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When the time is right for you to turn your art into your livelihood, where do you turn first? How does one build a successful career in the art world, a place notorious for its roadblocks and exclusive members-only status? The truth is that
you absolutely can forge a life as a working artist, you simply need the right tools, just like with anything else. One of those tools is knowing what sort of opportunities are available – and there are a lot of them – here are a few to get you started. |
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.
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