Georgia
Endless Séance
Order & Chaos
The Infinite Nature of Black
Artist Paul Stephen Benjamin’s work explores the relevance, resonance, and poetics of the color black and ranges across media including photography, painting, video, and sculpture. We discussed his belief in simplicity, the relationship between interpretation and artist intention, and the experience of preparing for his solo debut in New York City.
Behind the Screen(print) with Amy Pleasant
In late 2018, we reached out to artist Amy Pleasant and invited her to create an edition of prints for the 20th Annual ART PAPERS Auction. Sarah Higgins caught up with Amy on the final day of a week-long visit to the University of Georgia’s Lamar Dodd School of the Arts.
With Drawn Arms: Glenn Kaino & Tommie Smith
Zipporah Camille Thompson: Black Cloud Prism
Amy Sherald: Pictures of American Life
In April 2018, as interviews with Sherald and features about her continued to stream across headlines, former ART PAPERS Editor and Artistic Director Victoria Camblin spoke with the artist about living and working in not-New York, the power of being mainstream, and how making art is a damn job.
WE RIDE THE MARTA BUS
If highways and thoroughfares are Atlanta’s arteries, its bus stops are its pulse sites— places at which human life most authentically inhabits a city on the move.
Toyin Ojih Odutola: Testing the Name
Joris Laarman
Laarman’s Lab is known for experimental and fusional methods of fabrication, and an emphasis on interdisciplinary research and practice in the fields of science, technology, aesthetics, and ideas that make their practice one of the most groundbreaking design hubs in the world today.