Mexas
Internationally recognized for his photographs of elderly bachelors and their domestic surroundings in remote areas of his native Finland, Esko Männikkö trained his camera on the inhabitants of South Texas […]
Trick Hips
Trick Hips, his multi-media installation at ArtPace, contains drawings, sculptures, video and photographs that examine popular culture and fine art. Phipps finds himself inextricably caught between the two, and […]
Joyce J. Scott
Joyce Scott is an artist who adores to work. Her love of labor—whether in drawing and sculpting, making jewelry, or performing—defies hierarchical conceptions of art that tend to value concept […]
Numen
Paula Santiago’s body of work produced during her Artpace residency revolves around the body. Sensations and thoughts are experienced, interpreted, and understood in a process by which the body is […]
Blow
Alejandro Diaz characterizes Blow, the fruition of his residency at ArtPace, as a memorial. As a visual and environmental site, Blow comes to terms with the process of how one […]
Infinito Botanica @ ArtPace
Franco Mondini-Ruiz’s whimsical installations mediate the disparate worlds of the street vendor and the fine art collector. The artist works with concepts of accessibility, portability, and spontaneity to transform the […]
Square Words-New English Calligraphy
In his elaborate installation Square Words-New English Calligraphy, Xu Bing transforms the gallery in to a classroom. Conforming to a rigid grid, fifteen two-person desks are squarely oriented to the […]
The Sound of the Trumpet
An interview with Lewis deSoto by Frances Colpitt FC: Most of the work that you have done up to this point has been site-specific. Can you explain the working process […]
Just kuz you don’t think doesn’t mean they ain’t’
Interview with Alex de Leon by Frances Colpitt FC: You were a printmaker when you went to the Kansas City Art Institute, but you started working as a ceramist when […]
CRY
An interview with Dorothy Cross by Frances Colpitt FC: In the past, your work has dealt with the idea of location or site-specificity—I am thinking of the powerhouse project, of […]
Trajectory: How Am I Driving?
May Sun was born in Shanghai, China, spent her formative years in Hong Kong and has lived in California since 1971. By way of introduction to her installation at ArtPace, […]
please watch your step
Upon entering a space populated by the works of Elizabeth McGrath, you will notice the near emptiness of the walls. Not the type of elegant economy associated with tastefully placed […]
