INTERVIEWS | ARTICLES
A selection of interviews and articles from artists featured on the platform and in the art magazine
JACOBA NIEPOORT
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THE DELICIOUS WORK OF BARBARA VANDENDRIESSCHE IS AN IMMERSION INTO THE WORLD OFF BEAUTY, EMOTION AND TRAGEDY.
MILIA WALLENIUS | ARTICULATE #23 | APR 2020 Vandendriessche finds her inspiration in Greek tragedy, art history and romantic poetry, to name a few. She is interested in physicality, body, sensation and expression. Read more Læs mere |
SIMON HJORTEK
MARIE BERTELSEN | ARTICULATE #23 | APR 2020 |
THE WORK OF POLISH ARTIST NESPOON IS SOMEWHERE IN THE CROSSFIELD BETWEEN STREET ART, POTTERY, PAINTING AND SCULPTURE.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #23 | APR 2020 NeSpoon works with laces, since they contain a universal aesthetic code, which is deeply embedded in every culture. In every lace there's symmetry, some kind of order and harmony, which is what we instinctively seek for. Read more Læs mere |
IN THE WORK OF CHINESE ARTIST YING WEI, MATHEMATICAL ALGORITHMS AND EASTERN PHILO-SOPHY SEEM TO HAVE A SHARED GOAL.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #23 | APR 2020 Due to the experimental approach, Ying Wei tries to create in a cynical way similar to Dada — rejecting all traditional sculpture techniques and modes, and trying to experiment with various fractal geometric formulas by computer. Read more Læs mere |
THE WORK OF PIPPA YOUNG IS BUILT UPON THE RENAISSANCE, INCORPORATING OTHER MEDIA, LINES AND TEXTURE, SIMULATING ABSTRACTION.
MARIE BERTELSEN | ARTICULATE #23 | APR 2020 Young’s art is a collaboration of simple, pale and strong colors. Her artistic expression is consistent across her works - typically being still pictures of pale nymphs with a christian, medieval atmosphere in a modern version. Read more Læs mere |
AN INTERVIEW WITH VANESA MUÑOZ. AFTER 5 YEARS OBSERVING HER 3 DIMENSIONAL POETRY AND HOW SHE USES THE SCULPTURE AS A MODEL OF THOUGHT
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #3 | FEB 2020 The path of creation of Vanesa Muñoz, has always been the three dimensions. All her aesthetic ideas are configured with volume, as all her ideas are formed with defined space and time. Read more Leer más |
THE DUO PICHIAVO, SINCE 2007 ACTING A SINGLE FIGURE, HAS DEVELOPED A UNIQUE CONCEPTUAL STYLE POSITIONING THEM ON THE CONTEMPORARY ARTSCENE
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #22 | JAN 2020 The artistic duo PichiAvo is recognized worldwide for their ability to create relationships between art, sculptures, space and social contexts with a transgressive and modernist artistic language. Read more Læs mere |
THE ARMENIAN ARTIST VAR SAHAKYAN PREFERS TO HAVE NO ARTISTIC STYLE, NOR TO HAVE ANY ATTACHMENT TO MEDIAS OR MATERIALS
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #22 | JAN 2020 Most of his work emerges on their own, as Var Sahakyan, spontaneously experiments with the tools at hand. When he seldom is in urge of choosing a subject in advance, it is a response to a current situation, like climate change. Read more Læs mere |
THE SURREAL WORLD OF ITALIAN ARTIST ALESSANDRO SICIOLDR, SEEMS TO BELONG BOTH IN THE MIDDLEAGES AS IN THE RENAISSANCE.
MARIE BERTELSEN | ARTICULATE #22 | JAN 2020 The portraits of women, or nongendered people, are de-picted with pale skin and dark hair, have a gothic feel to it, expecting the appearance of Mona Lisa with vibrant reds. Read more Læs mere |
THE CONCEPT OF AN ILLUSTRATION, COMES TO STEEVEN SALVAT FROM THINGS HE'S LEARNED, SEEN OR EXPERIENCED.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #22 | JAN 2020 To Salvat it is key to bring life to a subject with a contrast or unexpected association. By this, he means when two subjects interact, in an unimaginable way. Read more Læs mere |
BELGIUM-BASED ARTISTS KATARZYNA & MARCIN OWCZAREKS' SURREALIST WORKS OFFER ALTERNATIVE WAYS OF LOOKING AT REALITY.
MILIA WALLENIUS | ARTICULATE #22 | JAN 2020 With their animal-human-hybrid, Katarzyna and Marcin ask us to rethink what being human means and reconsider the relation between humans and other species. Read more Læs mere |
RIKKE JACOBSEN EXPERIENCES THE WORLD AS A RICH-IN-DETAIL PHENOMENON, FOR WHICH SHE NATURALLY WORKS WITH VISUAL NARRATIVES ON PAPER.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #21 | OCT 2019 The combination between the detailed and the abstract in her work, facilitates the possibility for Jacobsen to work with traditional techniques in a modern manner. Read more Læse mere |
THE DRIVE OF ITALIAN ARICE IS DIRECTLY DERIVED FROM THE PASSION OF STARTING A CONCEPT AND ENDING UP WITH AN UNEXPECTED CONSTRUCTION.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #21 | OCT 2019 To Arice, the key element in creating a good composition has many assets. When he's capable of answering those questions, he is able to start his composition. Read more Læs mere |
FAIRY TALES MIX WITH RENAISSANCE, WHEN RUSSIAN JULIANA KOLESOVA DIVES INTO HER TWOFOLD PORTRAITS OF MYSTICISM.
MARIE BERTELSEN | ARTICULATE #21 | OCT 2019 Kolesova’s art is twofold: The artwork can be divided into mystical fairy tale world and the other into a Renaissance style portrait painting. Read more Læs mere |
THE WORK OF ARTIST JORGE RODRIGUEZ GERADA HIGHLIGHTS THE SMALL AND TAKEN-FOR-GRANTED ON A MONUMENTAL SCALE.
MILIA WALLENIUS | ARTICULATE #21 | OCT 2019 Gerada is interested in narratives and people, and he does indeed work with portraits. Based on photographs of real people, sometimes of several, they all represent a story. Read more Læs mere |
THE ART OF MARIO SÁNCHEZ NEVADO IS EXPLOSIVE. WITH STRINGS AND VEINS OF RED AND BLUE, IT IS UNSETTLING AND DRAMATIC.
MARIE BERTELSEN | ARTICULATE #21 | OCT 2019 The creatures in the art of Marrio Sánchez Nevado, are mythical and imagined. Blood and bodies are depicted more or less clearly, typically threatened or in distress. Read more Læs mere |
ADAM & ADAM (NIKLEWICZ) ARE IN FACT QUITE DIFFERENT: A SCULPTOR AND AN ILLUSTRATOR. THIS IS THE NARRATIVE OF THE TWO COMBINED.
JULIE JOHANNE SVENDSEN | ARTICULATE #21 | OCT 2019 The art of Adam and Adam contribute with something – maybe it’s because magical coincidences yet happen to occur in our rational world. Read more Læs mere |
THE ART OF ORIOL JOLONCH CAN BE QUIETLY PROVOKING. PRIMARILY USING B/W PHOTOGRAPHS, HE INCORPORATES PALE SHADES TO ILLUSTRATE DEATH
MARIE BERTELSEN | ARTICULATE #21 | OCT 2019 There is a sadness or perhaps thoughtfulness in the pictures of Oriol Jolonch. The artwork is for the curious, the slightly odd, and whoever likes the combination of natural elements with surrealism. Read more Læs mere |
RACHEL WOLFE’S MEDITATIVE WORKS POSIT POETIC RELATIONS BETWEEN TERRAIN, TECHNOLOGY, WATER, SOUND AND MOVEMENT
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #20 | JUL 2019 Rachel Wolfe is an American artist, dedicated to visual and installation art. Her training in dance and music form her approach to processing site specific history and to embed visual and material cues in her final public works. Read more Læs mere |
GLASS ARTIST KAREN NYHOLM TRANSMITS PARTS OF HER PERSONALITY TO HER WORK, ENABLING HER ENGAGEMENTS WITH ALTER-EGOS AND DUPLETS
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #20 | JUL 2019 As a creator Nyholm always transfers a part of her personality to the pieces she’s working with, which has enabled her latest engagements with subjects such as alter-egos and Doppelgänger (lookalikes). Read more Læs mere |
TAIWANESE LO CHAN PENG EXPLORES WHAT LIES UNDER THE SURFACE. A SEARCH FOR SOMETHING IMPOSSIBLE TO TRANSLATE INTO WORDS
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #20 | JUL 2019 Lo Chan Peng explores the inner feelings sensed by human kind; what lies under the surface of our faces, a search for something spiritual, something holy and mysterious, something impossible to translate into words. Read more Læs mere |
ALESSIO CHIERICO’S WORKS REFLECT HIS INTERDISCIPLINARY BACKGROUND IN CONTEMPORARY ART, DESIGN THEORY AND MEDIA STUDIES
MILIA WALLENIUS | ARTICULATE #20 | JUL 2019 Alessio Chierico’s artistic work is highly conceptual, process based and interactive. Often presented through mixed media installations, Chierico’s works reflect his interdisciplinary background in art and media studies. Read more Læs mere |
IN ”PROJECT B” NICOLETTE BÉNARD INVESTIGATES BARBIE’S POSITION AS AN ICON OF BEAUTY AND ASKS: IS IT IDEAL BEAUTY OR FALSE IDEALISM?
JULIE JOHANNE SVENDSEN | ARTICULATE #20 | JUL 2019 The Dutch artist Nicolette Bénard is mainly known for her jewelry designs. Over the past year, she has turned her creative impulses towards a quite different field. Instead of pearls, coral or even lava, Read more Læs mere |
BELGIAN MULTIDISCIPLINARY ARTIST STÉPHANE VEREECKEN SETS OUT TO UNCOVER A SECRET AND INVISIBLE WORLD
MILIA WALLENIUS | ARTICULATE #20 | JUL 2019 Belgian artist Stéphane Vereecken finds his inspiration in the mysterious and the unknown. With a multidisciplinary vision, formed by his studies in several artistic subjects, he sets out to uncover a secret and invisible world. Read more Læs mere |
THROUGH 3D ART, POLISH ADAM MARTINAKIS HAS ACCESS TO A FLOOD OF ARTISTIC TOOLS, ENTAILING A COMBINATION OF MULTIPLE ARTISTIC DISCIPLINES
MARIE BERTELSEN | ARTICULATE #20 | JUL 2019 First glance at Adam Martinakis’ art is like delving into a fantasy world. His works seems inspired by an alternative reality and somewhat sci-fi. This goes hand in hand with his perception and process of developing ideas. Read more Læs mere |
ABSURDITY IS THE FIRST IMPRESSION OF BRAZILIAN MARCOS GUINOZA’S ART, WHOSE HARMONIC COMPOSITION ALSO ENABLES A CERTAIN CALMNESS
MARIE BERTELSEN | ARTICULATE #20 | JUL 2019 Absurdity is the first impression of Brazilian Marcos Guinoza’s art. At the same time, a calmness can be found in the lowkey and harmonic composition which includes farstretched landscapes, mellow colors and openness. Read more Læs mere |
BRAZILIAN DUO RACHELMAURICIO CASTRO USE BOTH WEB DESIGN AND GRAPHICS IN THEIR CREATIONS
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #19 | APR 2019 In the work of rachelmauricio castro the most common functions are broken: clear and orderly directions of reading and hierarchy of information, becoming pure aesthetic and its own content. Read more Læs mere |
JOHN REUSS' METICULOUSLY EXECUTED PAINTINGS OFFER A JOURNEY INTO THE SUBCONSCIOUS
MILIA WALLENIUS | ARTICULATE #19 | APR 2019 In John Reuss' paintings, contrasts plays a substantial role and are created with complementary colors and a sophisticated blend of soft, organic forms and hard, geometric shapes, fine lines and blurry brush strokes. Read more Læs mere |
TRACY GOLDFINCH ELSON FUSES THE CONTEMPORARY DIGITAL APPROACH WITH CLASSICAL MOTIVES
MARIE BERTELSEN | ARTICULATE #19 | APR 2019 You can easily call Goldfinch a modern artist. By the use of Instagram, she has a modern take on classical motives, where the style is baroqueish, but the photographic method and communication are contemporary. Read more Læs mere |
ARTIVIST KRISTIAN VON HORNSLETH ENGAGE IN DIALOGUE WITH YOUR CONSCIOUSNESS
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #19 | APR 2019 The funny thing about provocation is that it needs a receptible recipient for provocation to function at all. And that’s exactly what is continuously succeeding for von Hornsleth, when putting the homeless people on display. Read more Læs mere |
FRENCH CHRISTIAN GASTALDI IS A PAINTER WHO HARDLY USE PAINT - A POET DESTROYING WORDS
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #19 | APR 2019 Gastaldi works with materials he finds on the streets, after having suffered the passing of time. Materials whose mundane functions do not elect them as arty material. His work is built upon humanity and the fragility that follows. Read more Læs mere |
ISRAELI ARTIST RONIT BARANGA IS SCULPTING IT OUT WITH AN IMPULSE TO CREATE
MARIE BERTELSEN | ARTICULATE #19 | APR 2019 Baranga’s work as an artist can be described as an impulsive stream of inspiration. Art can be a comforting experience and when in a chaotic state of mind, working on the clay creates a calming effect. Read more Læs mere |
CATALAN JOFRE OLIVERAS IS COMMUNICATING THE AESTHETIC EXPERIENCE THROUGH URBAN ART
MARIE BERTELSEN | ARTICULATE #19 | APR 2019 Artist Jofre Oliveras looks at the public, urban space for creating art. Although his work can be seen as playful and experimental, dealing with public space, there is a seriousness and clear intention behind it as well Read more Læs mere |
AN INTERVIEW WITH GERT SCHEERLINCK, AFTER 4 YEARS OBSERVING HIS USE OF NEGATIVE SPACES
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE | FEB 2019 Emptiness and negative spaces indeed are like the clever use of silence in movies. The absence of non-diegetic composition can add an extra level of “emotion”. Read more Læs mere |
THE WORK OF ZACK ZDRALE IS INFLUENCED BY A SOLID ACADEMIC APPROACH TO PAINTING AND ILLUSTRATION
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #18 | JAN 2019 The works of Zdrale are influenced by solid academic figurative illustration and painting. Among others, the work of Mexican artist Ramón Alexander Hurtado (1989) is of great inspiration to Zdrale. Read more Læs mere |
DANISH/PORTUGUISE ARTIST SALL TORO USES THE BODY AS A TOOL FOR TRANSFORMATION OF SPACES
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #18 | JAN 2019 The works of Sall Lam Toro explore that in betweenness of visceral and social body and all asymmetries this relationship entails, using her body as a tool for transformation of spaces. Read more Læs mere |
ISRAELI ARTIST KOBI MAMAN USES THE BINARY SYSTEM AS A REFERENCE FOR COMPOSITION
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #18 | JAN 2019 A key element in creating a good composition is opposition, as opposites create contrast, and interest. A good composition must carry both of these binary opposites and let them live together - co-exist. Read more Læs mere |
IRIS POLJAN USES THE LINES TO CONSTRUCT THE IMAGE AND THE COLOR TO CATCH ATTENTION
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #18 | JAN 2019 Iris Poljan depicts the aspects of everyday reality of importance to the individual. Addressing the seemingly small aspects of everyone's common life. Read more Læs mere |
GERMAN ARTIST CLAUDIA GRÜNIG USES DISTURBANCES AS KEY PRIORITIES FOR HER COMPOSITIONS.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #18 | JAN 2019 A good composition transports the image content. Disturbances of equilibrium can also contribute to a good composition and sometimes have a certain priority. Read more Læs mere |
THE WORK OF LIDÓ RICO CONSISTS OF A COMPENDIUM BETWEEN MATERIALS - CONCEPTS IN DIALOGUE.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #18 | JAN 2019 Lidó Rico generates his drive from the explicit cultural acknowledgement to have a personal expressive language characterized by using his own body as an extensive additive tool to his toolbox of creation. Read more Læs mere |
THE DUTCH PHOTOGRAPHER HENDRIK KERSTENS, AND HIS GOLDEN RATIO.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #18 | JAN 2019 In the elapse portrayed by the lens of his camera, Kerstens manages to fuse diverse periods of time. Read more Læs mere |
THE HUNGARIAN ARTIST TIMKA SZÖKE UNFOLDS HER VERSATILITY IN ILLUSTRATION.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE | DEC 2018 The Hungarian artist Timka Szőke unfolds her versatility in illustration. Szöke’s drive, is generated by her fashion for drawing; leaving a significant inheritance to (un)told legends and tales. Read more Læs mere |
THE DANISH ARTIST METTEMAYA, AND HER SPACE WITHIN A SPACE.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #17 | OCT 2018 To Danish artist MetteMaya, creating a space within a space, to have something soft in the middle of the mess, and to mix all the different materials, is essential. Read more Læs mere |
POLISH DOMINIKA KARC AND HER DECOMPOSITION OF THE (HUMAN) BODY.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #17 | OCT 2018 To Polish Dominika Karc, straight lines decompose the human body in a transition of geometrics, becoming machine-like. Neo-robotics. Read more Læs mere |
TAQUEN USES THE LINE AS DIFFERENTIAL ELEMENT, IN SEARCH FOR PERFECT ANATOMY.
SUSANNA ALLENDE | ARTICULATE #17 | OCT 2018 In his work, Taquen is interested in the natural, in knowledge and in learning through personal experience and movement, in the understanding of it as being a process of change and growth. Read more (ENG) Læs mere (DK) |
THE DANISH ARTIST, CARSTEN KROGSTRUP AND HIS SILENT MYSTIQUE.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #17 | OCT 2018 The Danish visual artist Carsten Krogstrup has an inherent desire for non-specific narratives, and depicts how he experiences and interprets life, with the solemn goal to delineate how it feels to be (part of) the human species. Read more (ENG) Læs mere (DK) |
UK BASED ARTIST HAZEL REEVES DEALS WITH THE REPRESENTASION OF WOMEN IN PUBLIC ART.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #17 I OCT 2018 The focus of Hazel Reeves increasingly falls on redressing the lack of representation of women in public art, after many years spent promoting gender equality internationally. Read more (ENG) Læs mere (DK) |
REDMER HOEKSTRA: I'VE ALWAYS LOVED ALIANTION AND FANTAZISING; DAYDREAMING!
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #16 | JULY 2018 I find my inspiration riding the train or on the road, where my mind can float through the landscape and new connections between things appear. A philosophical view of the world and myself. Who am I? What is my reality and how do I get to decide how it looks and works? Read more |
BOAMISTURA A REVIEW OF THE SPANISH ACTIVIST STREET-ART GURO'S, PERFORMING FAR FROM MADRID.
SUSANNA ALLENDE | ARTICULATE #16 | JULY 2018 The basis of all Boamistura’s work is the point of a constructive dialogue: sharing ideas, listening to each other and, even at the earliest stage of a proposal, be sure that all the members feel that they are on the right path Read more |
IN PARENTELA'S LIVING ROOM A MEETING BETWEEN GALLIANO AND HORN IS A RANDOM HAPPENING
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #16 | JULY 2018 The transition from collage to photography is in his work necessary, inevitable, continuous and discontinuous, fluid and full of insurmountable and inevitable obstacles. Read more |
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SONNY SCHNEIDER WORKS WITH HUMOR AND INVITES FOR HIS AUDIENCE TO JOIN HIS CIRKUS.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #15 | APRIL 2018 The works of Sonny Schneider, often consists in the constellation of creatures: half human, half animal, encouraging his audience to embrace the odd and unfamiliar, with humor. Read more |
AN INTERVIEW WITH THE ARGENTINIAN ARTIST MARIELA AJRAS
SUSANNA ALLENDE | ARTICULATE #15 | APRIL 2018 An interview with the Argentinian large-scale graffiti artist Mariela Ajras, who's murals are closely related to activism and the fight for human rights. Read more |
DANIELLE VAN ZADELHOFF IS AN ARTIST ATTRACTED BY PEOPLE; CAPTURING HUMAN BEHAVIOR
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #15 | APRIL 2018 The works of Zadelhoff propose a bridge between past, now and future/further. "Clare obscure (or chiaroscuro) is like the past. Our decisions, in the now, are based on experiences of the past and have influence on our future." Read more |
IN DIALOGUE WITH THE URBAN WONDERWOMAN LULA GOCE
SUSANNA ALLENDE | ARTICULATE #14 | JAN 2018 For me, art is a vital necessity, like breathing or eating, it is part of my existence and I consider it necessary to live. As part of this existence, there is the coexistence with the urban environment and the individuals that inhabit it. I live because I coexist and I do street art because it is part of this vital interaction. Read more |
*VINNIE* AND HIS OBSERVATION UPON LIGHT. BLUE IS PERHAPS A THOUGHT.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #7 | APRIL 2016 Color is life, information, sign but above all thanks to science we all know that color is light: science is light on the truth and in some of your religions is professed that light, truth and divinity are linked: don’t you see how we constantly turn around the same concept? Read more |
ÉMILIE MOUTSIS PROPOSES A SUBVERT OF SYMBOLS TO MOVE THE ESTABLISHED ORDER.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #11 | APRIL 2017 I'm proposing a subvert of certain symbols to move the established order. As for example by reversing the ratio of masculine superiority over the feminine of our patriarchal inheritance by replacing the cross of a rosary by a vulva... Read more |
NICOLAS RIENTE'S WORK IS A DENUNCIATION TOOL; A SPELL AGAINST DEATH AND FORGETFULNESS
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #1 | OCTOBER 2014 PHOTOGRAPHY Dedicated to his nomadic lifestyle, Nicolas seeks to establish a dialogue with the viewer of his work, documenting the truths of this world through the lens of his camera. “A storyteller through light”, as he describes it. Read more |
GERT SCHEERLINCK COMBINES AND RELOCATES EXTENSIVELY USED OBJECTS.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #3 | APRIL 2015 An interview aiming to dive the depths of artist Gert Scheerlinck and his passion for extensively used objects. By changing their context and there by reviving them, Gert Scheerlinck exposes other peoples trash, in the consideration that the objects are still useful (as other people’s treasure)... Read more |
RAHMAN HAK-HAGIR | A WARRIOR WITH ART AS HIS WEAPON.
CARMEN HUST | ARTICULATE #5 | OCTOBER 2015 It always was the privilege of comedians to illuminate the king and his court by clues and messages camouflaged behind symbols. My conceptual performative work contributes to all these anonymous jesters who served social evolution and human cohesion across history... Read more |