Cecily Brown
Good artists can be easily misunderstood, but only a few excellent artists — expanded artists — are pleased with this…
Nicola Trezzi
Craft
First comes the artwork and then the artist, or that’s how it was in antiquity. Today, however, the system presumes…
Re: Diaspora
Nicola Trezzi: Daniel, when I approached you about this feature you replied saying the title was a pertinent issue for…
Camouflage
Sometimes the unexpected has to be looked for between the lines; something comes your way and nothing is anymore what…
Amir Mogharabi
Nicola Trezzi: Your work develops on two basic levels. Your pieces are individually striking and beckon questions. Once one begins…
Scene Shifts
To make a thematic show is a difficult task. The risk of becoming didactic and obvious is around the corner.…
Jules de Balincourt
During the summer of 1888 artist Paul Sérusier sojourned in Pont-Aven in Brittany, France, following the advice of artist Paul…
Mark Barrow
Nicola Trezzi: How important is the process in your work? Mark Barrow: The process is as important as any…
German Institutions
Accompanying the second part of Flash Art Focus Germany is a survey devoted to German art institutions that play an…
Ik-Joong Kang
Nicola Trezzi: You moved to New York in 1984, but when we went to Korea together I had the sense…
Piotr Uklański: Early Works
For those who have read Sigmund Freud’s essay on da Vinci’s childhood memory, Early Works becomes an intriguing sequel. But…
Ali Banisadr
Ali Banisadr wakes up pretty early, goes for a run in Central Park, comes home, answers e-mails, reads the newspaper,…
Bas Jan Ader
Patrick Steffen: When did you start working with Bas Jan Ader? Patrick Painter: When I first picked up Bas Jan…
After the Floods
Barnaby Furnas often credits Kara Walker’s vision of the bad old South as a catalyst for his own Civil War…
The Art of Curating. A constellation of artist-curated exhibitions
Originally published in Flash Art International no. 271 March – April 2010. I keep telling myself, in fact, that the entirety…