Posts in Artists In the Studio
Divining Direction: Ellen Wiener in the Studio
May 18, 2015
“How do you get lost in something that is so obviously pen and ink?” Ellen Wiener asks, unrolling a long, landscape drawing, densely populated with hatch-lined flora. Gesturing at trees that become paisley patterns, the Workspace resident describes the forest as a liminal space, a tangled thicket from which the wanderer emerges transformed. “Western myth… View Article
Converging Practices: Sarah Blackwell in the Studio
Apr 28, 2015
Amidst a landscape slowly emerging from the weight of winter, Chili Bowl Workspace resident Sarah Blackwell finds every excuse to work outside. Hands glowing with porcelain dust, she sands several hundred mysterious, hand-sized ceramic coils. “Clay has such a life of its own. It’s constantly shifting and warping. You want to force it to be… View Article
Conditions of Longing: Golnar Adili in the Studio
Apr 17, 2015
“I grew up between two places and parents—always missing someone.” Multimedia artist and Legacy resident Golnar Adili grew up in Tehran after the Iranian Revolution, a tumultuous political climate that left her stranded between two parents—one in Iran and one in the United States. A leftist writer, thinker, and activist, her father was forced… View Article
Radha Pandey’s “Taxonomy of Shapes”
Apr 10, 2015
In the first part of this series, we met AIE Artist’s Book Resident Radha Pandey, an Indian-born book artist and papermaker whose love of materials, technical precision, and fascination with nature drive her work. She continues to explore human relationships to the natural and manmade world in her newest book, Taxonomy of Shapes. “What would… View Article
Chili Bowl Intern Profile: Katie Bosley
Mar 26, 2015
Last month, WSW hosted another incredible Chili Bowl Fiesta. From start to finish, the Rosendale Community Center was brimming with guests enjoying chili in their new bowls, which were made by volunteers, our ceramics staff, and this year’s Chili Bowl intern, Katie Bosley. We welcome a new ceramics intern each January, who’s responsible for throwing and decorating a huge number… View Article
The Fantastical Dreams of Anna Tararova
Mar 13, 2015
Armed with a colorful palette of cotton pulp, Art-in-Ed workspace resident Anna Tararova leans over a large sheet of kenaf and abaca fibers to blend ombre patterns on its still-wet surface. She occasionally glances up at a black and white screen printed photograph that hangs above the sheet for reference. The Russian multimedia artist begins… View Article
Radha Pandey’s Pictorial Taxonomy
Feb 24, 2015
Despite growing up in New Delhi, one of India’s most crowded and polluted cities, every summer was another jungle adventure for AIE Artist’s Book resident Radha Pandey. Thanks to creative, supportive parents, one of whom was a wildlife documentary filmmaker, Radha’s early childhood instilled within her a special connection and awe for the natural world. “My… View Article
From Across the Way: Libby Scarlett’s “A 19–2 View”
Feb 11, 2015
In the first part of this series, we learned about AIE Artist’s Book Resident Libby Scarlett and her practice, which often tells stories through everyday mundanity. Obsessing over details that no one else may have noticed, her quiet musings contemplate home, connection, loneliness, and love: threads that continues with her newest book, A 19–2 View.Amidst… View Article
Shahrzad Kamel’s Minimal Illusions
Jan 07, 2015
Underneath the darkroom’s glowing red light, Workspace resident Shahrzad Kamel quietly presses a sheet of photographic paper with a squeegee to drain it of liquid. The exposed prints curl, revealing black and white blocks, curiously absent of photographic detail. “When we look at photo paper, we’re so used to seeing every inch of the photograph and… View Article
Shards of Darby: Cynthia Back in the Studio
Dec 30, 2014
Ten years ago, when workspace resident Cynthia Back moved from Brooklyn to Philadelphia, she encountered a changing landscape in the throes of housing development. Driving large distances for her work as a decorative painter, she visited newly-built McMansions that dotted Philly’s expanding exurban sprawl. “Just north of Philadelphia, there’s all this rural, beautiful farmland mixed… View Article