Interview
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.
We Were Creative Before We Were Human
Freshly back from excavating in the Afar desert of northeast Ethiopia, Yonas Beyene PhD sat down in his Addis Ababa office to discuss the origins of human creativity.
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.
Valley Visionaries
In Los Angeles a group of Armenian-American artists sat down with Sara Wintz to discuss the whitewashing of diasporic artists’ contributions in their own historic neighborhoods – and how to fight back.
Amitav Ghosh: The Great Derangement
French philosopher Jean-Pierre Dupuy writes: “If we destroy nature is it because we hate nature? Of course not—we merely hate one another.”
He may well be right.
Port Authorities
Mere mention of the word “airport” may trigger certain emotional responses. Some may not be positive. Airports are the unpleasant part of the journey, the necessary evil. But what if airports become the destination?
Gender and Artistic Practice in the Ice Age
Keeper of antiquities and curator of the blockbuster 2013 exhibition “Ice Age Art: Arrival of the Modern Mind,” Jill Cook explains the idea of spiritual landscapes, the surreal continuity between ancient and modern artistic practice, and gender equality in the Paleolithic.
Jane Dickson and Times Square
Will Corwin interviews Jane Dickson about the late 70s and 80s punk art scene, Colab, the first electronic billboard, and New Year’s Eve in NYC.
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.