Issue 11
We take you into the studio of a multimedia trailblazer – photographer, light sculptor, collagist, printmaker, public installation artist and all-round intellectual – Brook Andrew. Artist Profile is granted an exclusive interview and discussion of his new work Jumping Castle War Memorial, which will be on show in the 17th Biennale opening 12 May. Another artist at the Biennale Hiroshi Sugimoto, one of the most important Japanese photographers of his generations speaks to Gillian Serisier.
Featuring
Brook Andrew
Elisabeth Cummings
Also Inside
Mary Scott
Alexander Seton
Neil Taylor
Steve Cox
Suzanne Archer
Hiroshi Sugimoto
Plus Essays, Reviews, News
Sebastian Smee on Kentridge
Ian Grant Why Painting Isn’t Dead yet?
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