{"id":11490,"date":"2021-06-17T19:02:26","date_gmt":"2021-06-17T23:02:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/?p=11490"},"modified":"2021-06-17T19:02:26","modified_gmt":"2021-06-17T23:02:26","slug":"ward-shelley-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/ward-shelley-2\/","title":{"rendered":"Ward Shelley"},"content":{"rendered":"<!--powerpress_player--><div class=\"powerpress_player\" id=\"powerpress_player_7969\"><audio class=\"wp-audio-shortcode\" id=\"audio-11490-1\" preload=\"none\" style=\"width: 100%;\" controls=\"controls\"><source type=\"audio\/mpeg\" src=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/wardshelly2.mp3?_=1\" \/><a href=\"https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/wardshelly2.mp3\">https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/wardshelly2.mp3<\/a><\/audio><\/div><p class=\"powerpress_links powerpress_subscribe_links\">Subscribe: <a href=\"https:\/\/podcasts.apple.com\/us\/podcast\/interviews-by-brainard-carey\/id1468502583?mt=2&amp;ls=1\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_itunes\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Apple Podcasts\" rel=\"nofollow\">Apple Podcasts<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/open.spotify.com\/show\/5ZxsN79E1W6VJOjQF9GNuZ\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_spotify\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on Spotify\" rel=\"nofollow\">Spotify<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/tunein.com\/radio\/Interviews-by-Brainard-Carey-p1236598\/\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_tunein\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe on TuneIn\" rel=\"nofollow\">TuneIn<\/a> | <a href=\"https:\/\/feeds.podcastmirror.com\/interviews-by-brainard\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_rss\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Subscribe via RSS\" rel=\"nofollow\">RSS<\/a> | <a href=\"http:\/\/goo.gl\/xSQrKY\" class=\"powerpress_link_subscribe powerpress_link_subscribe_more\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Click here to  join mailing list\" rel=\"nofollow\">Click here to  join mailing list<\/a><\/p><p class=\"\"><a class=\"\" href=\"http:\/\/www.wardshelley.com\/\"><span class=\"\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-11496 alignleft\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/clip_image001.jpg?resize=238%2C238&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"238\" height=\"238\" \/>Ward Shelley<\/span><\/a><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><span class=\"\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><span class=\"\">works as an artist in New York and Connecticut. He is interested in constructed worlds and intersecting narratives; how they create, mediate and inform each other. He wants to know how things really work.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Shelley specializes in large projects that freely mix architecture and performance. For more than a decade, he has been collaborating with Alex Schweder, using experimental architecture to explore the dance between the designed environment and its consequences. Since 2007, the duo have designed, built, and lived in (or on) seven structures, all of them in locations where the public are invited not only to witness, but also to actively engage with the artists in direct dialogue about their practice\u2014an activity that has coalesced into what they call \u201cperformance architecture.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Shelley also works on diagramatic paintings: information-based timelines on culture-related subjects and historical postmortems. He frequently works with Douglas Paulson on installations and environments that attempt to turn mind, text, and meaning inside out (for a better look). They created the<span class=\"apple-converted-space\">\u00a0<\/span><em class=\"\">\u201cThe Last Library\u201d<\/em><span class=\"apple-converted-space\"><i class=\"\">\u00a0<\/i><\/span>project for Spaces in 2015.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">Shelley\u2019s work has been exhibited in more than 10 countries and is in a number of museum collections including the Museum of Modern Art, The Whitney Museum, the Brooklyn Art Museum, and The Elizabeth A. Sackler Center for Feminist Art. Shelley received a Painting and Sculpture award from the Joan Mitchell foundation, and has been a fellow of the American Academy in Rome since 2006. He has received NYFA and NEA fellowships in sculpture and new media categories, a Bessie Award for installation art, and grants from the Jerome Foundation and the Pollock-Krasner Foundation. He is represented by Pierogi Gallery in New York.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"\"><span class=\"\">A new septuagenarian, this year Ward claims to be taking a year off to re-evaluate the direction of his life and his work. He has re-booted and found time for few extra-curricular activities, particularly around music and reading, and has begun rescuing plants (otherwise known as gardening). Being outside has become a priority.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>The book mentioned in the interview was: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/Brief-History-Thought-Philosophical-Learning\/dp\/0062074245\/\">A Brief History of Thought: A Philosophical Guide to Living<\/a> by Luc Ferry.<\/p>\n<p><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-11495\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Shelley-plants.jpg?resize=640%2C480&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"480\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Shelley-plants.jpg?resize=1024%2C768&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Shelley-plants.jpg?resize=300%2C225&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Shelley-plants.jpg?resize=768%2C576&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Shelley-plants.jpg?resize=80%2C60&amp;ssl=1 80w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Shelley-plants.jpg?resize=265%2C198&amp;ssl=1 265w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Shelley-plants.jpg?resize=696%2C522&amp;ssl=1 696w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Shelley-plants.jpg?resize=1068%2C801&amp;ssl=1 1068w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Shelley-plants.jpg?resize=560%2C420&amp;ssl=1 560w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/06\/Shelley-plants.jpg?w=1200&amp;ssl=1 1200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>https:\/\/museumofnonvisibleart.com\/interviews\/interview\/wardshelly2.mp3Subscribe: Apple Podcasts | Spotify | TuneIn | RSS | Click here to join mailing listWard Shelley\u00a0works as an artist in New York and Connecticut. He is interested in constructed worlds and intersecting narratives; how they create, mediate and inform each other. He wants to know how things really work. 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