Curator’s Corner
By Visual Art Issue 119
As a curator, I have a nearly mystical sense of the power of objects to open a portal between history and today, lives long ended and lives currently unfolding.
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By Interview Issue 115
“We’re wagering on the importance of spaces that support artists holistically, as creators of value that isn’t simply financial.”
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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.
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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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By Visual Art Issue 110
Lasting images go beyond the simple act of documenting a moment by demanding a response from the viewer. The viewer reacts at a much deeper level, like we do to smell, but with the eyes.
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By Visual Art Issue 108
Meaning does not only happen when we make it. We make meaning out of a world that is already meaningful.
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By Visual Art Issue 107
For many years the notion of spirituality in art seemed sort of taboo, but we’ve both consistently worked with artists who draw on notions of ritual, religious iconography, the otherworldly, and spirituality in their work or process.
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By Visual Art Issue 106
This isn’t about objects, really. It’s about narratives of humanity, where objects are merely tropes for human experiences.
Read MoreCurator’s Corner: Museum of Contemporary Religious Art, St. Louis
By Visual Art Issue 105
From the beginning, I wanted to challenge people’s ideas about what religious art could be, to stretch categories and ways of thinking, to show that the artists of our time continue to engage in meaningful dialogue with the great faith traditions—and also that this art is in dialogue with the present moment. It’s unafraid to ask, “Who is my neighbor?”
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By Visual Art Issue 104
It seems to me that in displaying the profound aesthetic, cultural, and spiritual beauty of a common bequest like trees, we are moved to value them more and to experience an awe that humbles and amazes—something that makes us more respectful participants in the natural world.
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