There is something appropriate about the length of time Seattle artist James Cicatko spends on his drawings. Think years instead of days, weeks or months. His primary influence for this new body of work is the Austrian artist Franz Messerschmidt (1736-1783) who spent years in seclusion...
Posted February 20, 2011 | 18:53:17 (EST)
Christina Seely never takes a small bite. She rips off huge chunks. In a recent project entitled Lux, Seely spent over five years hoofing around the world photographing large urban areas at night.

Metropolis 40°47' N 73°58' W (New...
Posted September 22, 2010 | 12:28:44 (EST)
Speaking on the phone about his most recent video project, A Line Describing the Sun at Pierogi's Boiler Room, Will Lamson says:
I can't have a huge production crew, but I don't need one. I have my car and a camera on a stepladder. My assistant...
Posted September 2, 2010 | 18:08:36 (EST)
Growing up in a rural place, the lure of departure can be significant. My friend Forrest Holzapfel and I both escaped the wooded confines of Marlboro, Vermont in our teens. In the late 90's, he and his wife moved back. My first reaction was to call him crazy....
Posted July 24, 2010 | 11:55:49 (EST)
From a distance Joe Biel's drawings and paintings appear sparse and quiet. Then you walk a little closer and his meticulously crafted and precisely considered work exerts itself. That sweet girl with the balloon standing in the sand? She's holding a whip.
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Posted April 28, 2010 | 15:36:54 (EST)
I'd like to begin by setting the scene. Go over the crest of that parched hill in the distance. Look down and you'll see figures rushing towards gaping holes that are being rocked by explosions.
On the set of the...

Posted February 23, 2011 | 14:40:53 (EST)