Image Culture William Jess Laird

William Jess Laird sits down with artist Catherine Opie to discuss her recent work photographing Confederate monuments throughout the United States, as well as her projects 1999 and The Modernist.

William Jess Laird in conversation with Dan Thawley, Editor in Chief of A Magazine Curated By, on the occasion of Issue No 21 from Jil Sander creative directors Lucie & Luke Meier.

William Jess Laird gets on the phone with Scott Sternberg, the designer behind Entireworld and Band of Outsiders, to talk about clothing, creativity, and learning as you go.

Artist, choreographer, and dancer Madeline Hollander has a unique way of looking at the world. While creating her performances she never invents new movements. Instead, she’s always pulling from what she observes in the world. She has the amazing ability to isolate the ways we move our bodies in very specific contexts and use these movements as the building blocks for a sequence. For instance, she talks about the specific way our body twitches when we’re playing a pinball machine, the ways we’ve learned to interact with a touch screen, or even the set of movements required to perform the Heimlich maneuver. Beyond that, she also looks at the way our movements manifest themselves in larger systems, such as traffic patterns in New York or the motion of tug boats along the Hudson River. These things have their own ebbs and flows that she samples in her work and applies on a human scale.

One of the most interesting aspects of Madeline’s practice is its diversity. She can be found staging performances with LA Dance Project or showing an installation of programmed car tail lights at Bartolami Gallery or even serving as the moment director on Jordan Peele’s latest film Us.

Her way of understanding human movement is something that crosses traditional boundaries within the art world. The sensitivity of her eye for body language and gestures coupled with her background in traditional ballet makes her a unique voice working today.

You can see more of Madeline’s work at www.madelinehollander.com
Her installation Heads/Tails can be viewed at www.bortolamigallery.com/exhibitions/heads-tails/

You can find more information on Madeline’s work and performance at The Whitney at https://whitney.org/watchandlisten/44000

This week I’m talking to the artist Sara Cwynar. Sara’s new show Marilyn is currently on view at The Approach in London. Due to Covid-19, all works in the show, including Sara’s newest film Red Film, are currently available to be viewed online at theapproach.co.uk until April 30th. You can find more work at saracwynar.com & on Instagram @cwynars

On the show today is Serban Ionescu whose work blurs the line between sculpture and design. His newest work, the large scale “Chapel for an Apple” will debut this summer. You can see more of Serban’s work at www.serbanionescu.com .