Cheryl McGinnis
In 1995 Cheryl McGinnis began looking at Chinese contemporary artists. Having become entranced and excited about the work of Zhang Hongtu, Zhang Huan, Gu Wenda, Ai Wei Wei, to name a few. Neither these artists nor she wanted to be apart of the traditional gallery system. Her vision was to create a space in which […]
Barbara London
Barbara London is a curator and writer who founded the video exhibition and collection programs at The Museum of Modern Art, where she worked between 1973 and 2013. The exhibitions she organized include one-person shows featuring early mavericks Nam June Paik, Bill Viola, Steina Vasulka, Joan Jonas, Shigeko Kubota, Peter Campus, Gary Hill, VALIE EXPORT, […]
Lenore Malen
Lenore Malen is a New York based interdisciplinary artist. In 1999 she invented The New Society for Universal Harmony, a fictional re-creation of an l8th century utopian society, and ever since she has used the lens of history—and humor—to explore utopian longings, dystopic aftermaths, and the sciences and technologies that inform them. She uses diverse media […]
John Halpern
Over the past 40 years John Halpern’s art and films have approached and challenged some of the more pressing issues of our time with humor, contemplation and aesthetic “intelligence.” Throughout his life, Halpern has created interactive public art events and films. His projects evolve through a process of deconstruction, breaking “problems” down into component parts […]
Jennifer Moon
Within realities constructed by normative modes of representation, Jennifer Moon is a Los Angeles based artist, writer, adventurer, and revolutionary with the appropriate qualifying degrees. Within realities of the impossible, the unknown, and the unimaginable, Jennifer Moon is an android-like humanoid creature from the quantum realms of the multiverse committed to understanding human emotions and creating alternatives to the predetermined outcomes of art and of life. […]
Newton and Helen Mayer Harrison
Among the leading pioneers of the eco-art movement, the collaborative team of Newton and Helen Mayer Harrison (often referred to simply as “the Harrisons”) have worked for almost forty years with biologists, ecologists, architects, urban planners and other artists to initiate collaborative dialogues to uncover ideas and solutions which support biodiversity and community development. The […]
Lisa Blas
Lisa Blas is a visual artist of Guamanian/ Italian-American descent working in painting, collage, photography, and installation. Based in New York, she draws from art history, nature, and current events to reflect on specific cultural and political legacies, past and present. Her most recent work in collage (from 2013 – present) addresses the fragility of […]
Fredericka Foster
Fredericka Foster works in oil painting and photography. She was born in Seattle and has spent most of her life on, or near, water. This proximity gave rise to a deep, personal connection with water, amplified by her Buddhist studies and practice. This lifelong connection to water has deeply informed her paintings. After receiving her […]
Lisa Goren
Lisa Goren was born in California and raised in NYC. And yet, she has dreamed of Polar landscapes since she was in her teens. Her first trip took her to Antarctica where she was inspired and captivated by the landscape. She has also traveled to Iceland, Alaska, and the High Arctic to increase her understanding […]
Natasha Stagg, part 2
Natasha Stagg is a writer who is living in Brooklyn and working on her second novel. Her first, Surveys, was published by Semiotext(e) in 2016. The first part of this interview can be heard here. She has worked as an editor at V magazine and as a freelance writer for other magazines, like DIS, 032c, […]