Nonliteral Illustration
By Visual Art Issue 114
Robert Katz assembles found materials into tableaux inspired by stories from the Torah.
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By Visual Art Issue 114
“Minority faiths in Britain have always started their architectural journey by adapting existing buildings and creating their religious spaces in improvised and ad hoc ways.
Read MoreBeyond the Veil: Art and the Spirit World
By Visual Art Issue 114
Spirituality often emerges from religious sources that don’t always fit within curatorial frameworks, and these traditions have their own distinct influences on the meaning and practice of artmaking today.
Read MoreIn the Studio
By Visual Art Issue 114
After the George Floyd murder and protests, painter Askia Bilal began a series called Non-Portraits, exploring his experience of Blackness.
Read MoreA Philosopher for Artists: Adrienne Dengerink Chaplin and Theodore L. Prescott on Susanne Langer
By Visual Art Issue 113
“Philosophy of art should start in the studio and not in the museum or the concert hall or library” (Susanne Langer)
Read MoreThe Missing Mother
By Visual Art Issue 113
I maintain that we need more of her: the vessel, the container, the harbor.
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By Visual Art Issue 113
I think now is an interesting time, when the dialogue between religion and science can advance our understanding of the world like a mirror.
Read MoreDivine Intimations: Contemporary Floral Design for Sacred Spaces
By Visual Art Issue 112
Even John Calvin, who forbade the use of images in worship, waxed eloquent on the beauty of the natural world and the presence of God in the theater of creation. Arranged flowers seem an ideal way to bring that “third book” of God into the sacred space.
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By Visual Art Issue 112
I’ve been struck by the immense beauty in the communities I have been a part of, both in Nigeria and now in Canada, as well as grieved by the levels of hardship. The motif of the garden, which I explore in my work, has become a place for me to sit with this contradiction.
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By Visual Art Issue 111
I have often said that contemporaneity—much like modernity and creativity—does not belong to one race, place, or economy.
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