Jordan Casteel
Jordan Casteel (1989, Colorado) paints living histories that evolve in tandem with her own life, from strangers on the subway in Harlem to flowers from her garden in the Catskill Mountains.
The process allowed me to see moments I hadn’t before and find compositions within a composition. I’ll probably use mine untraditionally – to hold flowers from my garden
Jordan Casteel
Derek Fordjour
Derek Fordjour (1974, Tennessee) considers Black histories through prism of ritual and magic. Jubilant paintings, installations and public works invite those who encounter them to not only look, but partake.
When considering the significance of mobilising for access to water, I think of the tremendous coordination required for collective effort. Horn Trot Round is a continuous procession of rhythm and movement – a monument towards a future where more people have greater access to a life-sustaining natural resource.
Derek Fordjour
Jenny Holzer
Jenny Holzer (1950, Ohio) is a trailblazing conceptual artist whose potent and poetic texts call attention to contemporary crises in a plethora of media and contexts.
Harland Miller
Harland Miller (1964, Yorkshire) is a self-styled “international lonely guy” known for acerbic turns of phrase and paintings inspired by book covers.
It's an interesting process insofar as all those things you did on the painting that seemed quite loose and spontaneous take on real technical importance when you mess around with them.
Harland Miller
Hilary Pecis
Hilary Pecis (1979, California) distils simple pleasures into exuberant landscapes, interiors and still life paintings with a Fauvist sensibility for colour and perspective.
I like the idea of a continuous narrative that circumnavigates the surface, so that the beginning and the end might comingle in a very organic way.
Hilary Pecis
Adam Pendleton
Adam Pendleton (1984, Virginia) has developed an expansive process which blurs distinctions between painting, drawing, writing and photography, suffused with references to protest and wider culture.
For me, painting is an act of translation and transformation. At each successive step, I watch my gestures evolve and transform. The amphora feels like a natural extension of this approach.
Adam Pendleton
Josh Smith
Josh Smith (1976, Tennessee) paints in obsessive series – rendering a single subject, motif or colour in energetic strokes to excavate his innermost emotions.
Palm trees are a classical motif, much like the shape of an amphora. I liked the idea of using palm trees because they allude in a way to the beauty of water, and I wanted to choose an image that would respect the form.
Josh Smith
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