Todd Mattei – Highly Reactive Introspection
Todd Mattei's means for circumventing sonic and visual strategies during a period of life in transition reminds of the sweeping force we each encounter as creatives during fractured unpredictable moments. There is a clear sensitivity to his practice. This can be seen in the diverse array of art/music collaborations ...
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Matt Kayhoe Brett – Shifting Vision & Weird Phenomena
Part visual anthropologist, part optics investigator, Matt Kayhoe Brett’s artistic practice can be seen to reside in the past, present and future simultaneously. From collecting and arranging mundane artifacts found in the studio or outdoors to working with industrial grade materials, Brett’s ongoing examinations suggest visceral digestion and application ...
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Karen Azarnia – A Convergence of Fragments & the Cinematic
Karen Azarnia culls memory, time, and family occasions to produce felicific paintings that are informed, in part, by art history and immediate personal experiences. Recently, the COMP Magazine made a visit to Azarnia's studio at Mana Contemporary to discuss her ongoing curatorial and painting practice, how she balances family ...
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Ji Su Kwak – Balanced Talk & Fluid Identities
The studio of Ji Su Kwak is spartan. Neatly organized in the space are a couple completed works, a couple shelving units with just enough materials to continue experimenting with on new projects, a small table with a laptop, one chair, and a stool. Her practice takes on a ...
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Eric Stefanski – Paint Drips, Death & Humor
Coming from a diverse background, Eric Stefanski creates visceral paintings and sculptures that are rooted in the humor and work ethic commonly associated with the working class. His approach and visual vocabulary is abrasive, bold, and comedic in their heavy handed absurdity. This makes them appealing, fresh, and on ...
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Brian Russo – Stages on Life’s Way, or: Become what you Are
Upon entering the home and studio of Brian Russo one will immediately sense that a voracious search for wisdom is underway. All rooms are filled with books on art, philosophy, poetry, and psychology, and all surfaces are covered with artworks and inspiring ephemera. Russo’s aesthetic practice merges literature and ...
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Holly Cahill – Propositions of a Female Craftsman
Working in loosely connected spheres of inquiry, Holly Cahill is known to frequent a wide range of disciplines simultaneously. Be it architecture, choreography, fiber arts, painting, sculpture or hyperdimensional phenomena, one finds a distinct interconnectedness in her approach to formal ideas and materials. This week the COMP Magazine visited ...
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Erin Smego – Navigating Sculptural Fashion
It can be said that sculpture and fashion can be easily linked. Distill the two disciplines down to their essential form and one finds the occupying of space and commenting upon present day aesthetics to be two apparent intersections. A young Chicago artist, Erin Smego, is investigating this frequently ...
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Leslie Baum – Mysterious Depths and Worlds Within
An aesthetic awareness has been a part of Leslie Baum's life experience since her youth. Through consistently researching the art and culture encountered in these early rendezvous and holding an understanding of universal tenets that recur in art, Baum produces subtle meditative works and installations that initially appear aligned ...
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Monica Rezman – A Persistent Winding Path
Initially trained in a traditional atelier format, artist Monica Rezman takes a nod from formal aesthetic investigations that found roots in the early 20th century while simultaneously staying current with ongoing current advancements in artistic production. Her artwork melds and transforms hair, cardboard, traditional media, and formal analysis to ...
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