Monthly Archives: December 2022

HEATHER DRAYZEN

CH.89: If you were to categorize or describe the style of your artwork, what would it be and why? HD: I make small intimate paintings that sit between figuration and abstraction. I render descriptive elements with varying levels of information to summon a psychological energy. Each painting is a vignette within the larger narrative of […]

DANIEL FREAKER

CH.89: If you were to categorize or describe the style of your artwork, what would it be and why? DF: I studied graphics, film and photography at university and these have all had major influences on my painting. I would like the work to have a visceral impact on the viewer, where the colors and […]

ANDREA UCINI

CH.89: If you were to categorize or describe the style of your artwork, what would it be and why?  AU: I will say minimal and apathetic. I like when the movement in the picture is not given by the action but by the idea of movement that the viewer wishes to give it. CH.89: Where […]

ANASTASIA LOPOUKHINE

CH.89: If you were to categorize or describe the style of your artwork, what would it be and why? AL: If I was a writer instead of an artist I would be most closely attributed to a Lewis Carroll, Mikhail Bulgakov, and Deborah Levy cocktail.   CH.89: Where do you draw your inspiration from? AL: One late […]

JEFF OSTERGREN

CH.89: If you were to categorize or describe the style of your artwork, what would it be and why? JO: I make work about the intertwined histories of pharmaceuticals and color. My hyper-synthetic paintings, sculptures, drawings, and videos are infused with actual pharmaceuticals and chemicals. I appropriate imagery from art history and advertising to create […]

XINYI YANG

CH.89: If you were to categorize or describe the style of your artwork, what would it be and why? XY: I would describe my work as surrealist painting which combines both figuration and abstraction. My current body of work depicts minimal landscapes in which I seek to reflect my emotions, conscious and subconscious. I would summarize […]

KANE & JAMES

CH.89: If you were to categorize or describe the style of your music, what would it be and why? K&J: I’d say folk-pop, with all the guitars and slang and bits of harmonica. Barn pop if you will.  CH.89: Where do you draw your inspiration from? K&J: Lately the sixties and seventies. Big family-style harmonies.  […]