Why do you collect art? Because I can’t not. Art keeps me awake, thinking, and alive. It’s a rush for me. The emotions it evokes for me are some of the most visceral feelings I have experienced. When a piece stirs something in me, curiosity, joy, or even discomfort,...
Describe yourself as an artist. I find it interesting to capture fragments of contemporary life on planet Earth and document them through sound, vision, and movement. Top 3 songs? “Satisfaction” by The Rolling Stones; “Satisfaction” by Devo; “Satisfaction” by Otis...
lu·dol·o·gy /l(j)uˈdɑlədʒi/ n A field of cultural studies that examines games, the act of playing them, and the players and cultures that surround them. It is also known as game studies or gaming theory. Have you read about art that “investigates transcultural...
Artillery catches up with GWAR for their sprawling retrospective at Beyond the Streets. ARTILLERY: Some of GWAR’s songs are actually good—if you’re into thrash. Does it ever bother you that this sometimes gets lost in the focus on GWAR’s wild stage shows? BLOTHAR:...
We asked 12 artists to show us their shoes...
Tell us who you are. Hi, I go by the name of B. Anele. I am a trans disciplinary artist originally from the South, but somehow, I consistently find myself in other locations. My work as an artist has found me in the midst of being someone who is looked out for while...
Tell us who you are in 50 words or less. I am a multi-hyphenate creative and collector, founder of The Edicurial Collection, and founder and creative director of Eittem, a functional sculpture studio in Manhattan. Trained in art history and interior design, my...
Deliver to us, in JPEG form, a pair of artworks—one from before 1900 and one from anytime after—that have an interesting visual connection (that is: one any viewer can plainly see). Most interesting juxtaposition wins! Artillery will choose a winner from the entrants....
Artillery recently sat down with art collector and philanthropist Jordan D. Schnitzer during the opening of The Schnitzer Family Foundation’s “The Art of Food” exhibition currently on view at the Long Beach Museum of Art. Why Art? How do we deal in a world where we...
Top three dead artists? Fernando Botero, Wayne Thiebaud, and Henri Matisse. This article is available in print and in our digital edition. To read the full article, please subscribe.
This month’s game is an art contest. You must make it. Specifically, you must make a work of art that is perfect for Instagram and made at Instagram scale. Make a rectangular art object that exists in the real world (no digital art), and make that object no larger...
Tell us who you are in 50 words or less: I live, collect, and breathe art. For the past ten years, I’ve run the La Brea Studio Artist Residency, The Cabin LA (according to ArtNewspaper, “Per square foot, the most influential gallery in LA”), and The Bunker LA. Two...
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