Inside the Art Studio of Helmut Lang
Our studio Sunday artist today is Helmut Lang. You may have heard of Lang’s name in the context of fashion -- the Austrian artist is well-known for his minimalist fashion designs which rose to public attention in the 90s.
The artist’s studio has a very dramatic atmosphere here -- while I suspect that the colours in this photo have been manipulated to some degree, the artist’s space is still very heavy on greys and blacks,…
Inside the Art Studio of Tony Berlant
This Sunday, let’s take a look inside the art studio of Tony Berlant. Berlant was born in New York City and studied at the University of California. The artist now lives and works in Santa Monica, California, where he creates mixed media artworks using a wide range of materials for a complex, collage-like visual effect.
The artist’s particular style of working is quite visible in this studio photo. The space looks like a…
Inside the Art Studio of Julian Opie
Our studio Sunday feature this week is Julian Opie. The artist, currently based in Shoreditch, East London, is known for his bright, stylized figure paintings and is often identified as part of the New British Sculpture Movement -- a circle of British artists who began exhibiting sculpture (among other types of artwork) in the 1980s.
Opie’s studio here was designed by architect Carmody Groarke. The central work table --…
Inside the Art Studio of Richard Diebenkorn
Our Studio Sunday artist this week is Richard Diebenkorn. Diebenkorn was an American painter, often associated with the abstract expressionist movement of the mid 20th century. Diebenkorn was born in Oregon and based in California for much of his career, becoming well-known in the 1960s for his large-scale geometric abstract paintings.
Diebenkorn’s studio looks like a place of contemplation -- the lighting in this image…
Inside the Art Studio of Huguette Caland
This Sunday, let’s take a look inside the studio of Huguette Caland. Born in Lebanon, Caland later moved to Los Angeles, where she lived and worked for almost three decades. The artist is best known for abstract-figurative works that often build landscapes out of the female body, and examine beauty, eroticism, and other sometimes-taboo subjects.
In the above photo, I think I’m most struck by how happy the artist looks. She…
Inside the Art Studio of Carlos Cruz-Diez
Carlos Cruz-Diez was born in Caracas, Venezuela, before relocating to Paris, France to pursue his artistic career. He opened studio spaces in both Venezuela and Paris, remaining in the latter city after 1960. The artist’s works took colours and simplified forms and elevated them to a visual space that vibrates with energy.
Cruz-Diez, who passed away in July of 2019, employed studio assistants and in fact had multiple studio…
Inside the Art Studio of Jonathan Monk
Our featured artist this Studio Sunday is Jonathan Monk. Born in Leicester, UK, the artist is currently based in Berlin. In his studio practice, Monk frequently takes existing contemporary artworks and remixes or reimagines, them using a kind of appropriative visual language to encourage viewers to look at familiar objects in new ways.
I like the homey feel of Monk’s studio in this photo. The space is a jumble of various…
Inside the Art Studio of Bernard Frize
This week, let’s take a look inside the studio of French artist Bernard Frize. A painter by trade, Frize is known for paintings that explore new and interesting techniques in applying paint to substrate, while focusing on painting more as an industrial process than as a pursuit of an end product or aesthetic.
Frize’s Paris studio looks quite airy in this photo. There’s one large window visible to the left side of the…
Inside the Art Studio of Marisa Merz
Marisa Merz was an Italian artist, born in Turin. Merz had a long and prolific career, beginning in the 1950s and 60s during which time she was the only female member of the Arte Povera movement. Arte Povera (translated to English as “poor art”) was a radical artistic movement that stood in opposition to the hierarchical, capitalist nature of the art industry of the era.
Throughout her career, Merz worked in a variety of…
Inside the Art Studio of Karel Appel
Today’s Studio Sunday artist is Karel Appel. Appel was born in Amsterdam in 1921, and started painting at the age of 14, before studying at the Rijksakademie van Beeldende Kunsten. The artist was known for his avant-garde paintings and sculptures that combined vivid primary colours with strong, wild line art and abstracted figures.
Appel’s studio here looks slightly chaotic, which seems suitable for the overall tone of his…
Inside the Art Studio of Jay DeFeo
Our Studio Sunday feature today is California artist Jay DeFeo. DeFeo was associated with the beat generation, and was connected to the literary and musical aspects of the time period, as well as visual arts. DeFeo studied at the University of California, Berkeley, and later in Europe, before moving back to California and working in a studio space in Oakland.
The space pictured above seems almost sparse -- the artist’s…
Inside the Art Studio of Amy Bennett
Our studio Sunday feature this week is Amy Bennett. Bennett is an American artist whose artworks bridge the gap between sculpture and painting, with a conceptual focus on the darkly humorous narratives found in modern suburbia. To create her narrative paintings, Bennett constructs highly detailed dioramas to use as reference for numerous works, changing small elements of scenery and figure to suit the story she wishes to tell.…
Inside the Art Studio of Ed Clark
Our Studio Sunday feature this week is Ed Clark. Clark is an American painter widely associated with the abstract expressionist movement of the 1950s and 60s. The artist has enjoyed a long career -- as of 2019 he has been creating paintings for over 60 years. Clark was born in New Orleans, relocated to Chicago as a child, studied art in Paris, and later moved to New York.
There’s something about this studio photograph that…
Inside the Art Studio of Jillian Mayer
Miami, Florida-based artist Jillian Mayer works in a range of media, creating everything from static sculptures and installations to video art and online experiences. Mayer’s varied practice demands a studio where a variety of different activities and techniques coexist in a unique space.
The artist’s studio looks wonderfully colourful and bright in this photograph. Mayer herself is hard at work on something -- it’s…
Inside the Art Studio of Gloria Vanderbilt
In this week’s Studio Sunday, we’re looking inside the studio of Gloria Vanderbilt. Vanderbilt is perhaps best known as a New York socialite, heir to a railroad fortune, but she is also a long-time appreciator of the arts and an artist herself. Throughout her long artistic career, the artist has produced works of traditional painting, as well as more contemporary explorations into sculpture and mixed media.
Vanderbilt’s…