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Our interview with the author of Guide, artist/quantum physicist Enrique Martinez Celaya anchors this issue. No artist I know of is more deeply thoughtful: "Only art for life's sake makes sense to me." And Richard Berger shares his meditation about the death of a homeless artist who lived under the San Francisco Art Institute, "To All Artists, Known and Unknown." Painter Erik d'Azevedo talks about his childhood among indigenous peoples in the U.S. and Africa. And Mary Rakow sets a new standard for art writing.
A Conversation with Enrique Martíz Celaya:
Self & Beyond Self
Mary Rakow: Looking for a Context for Enrique Martíz Celaya's Work
Patrice Wagner:
Recollections of a Curator
Robert Brady:
Portfolio-Sculpture
A Conversation with Erik d'Azevedo:
Culture Shock
Richard Berger:
To All Artists Known and Unknown
Walter Kennedy:
Portfolio-Photography
Kathleen Cramer:
Gold Diggers 2004
Unai San Martin:
Portfolio-Photogravure
Richard Whittaker:
Studio Visit, Prentiss Cole
From Readers: Fred Jones in Wales
Rue Harrison: Indigo Animal
Ronald Hobbs: Poem, The Lighting of Lamps
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"To be an artist is not a matter of making paintings or objects at all. What we are really dealing with is our state of consciousness and the shape of our perception... The act of art is a tool for extended consciousness." --Robert Irwin
Let me warn you that our four interviews - in this case, all women - is old-fashioned. These are long reads. Veteran subscribers wouldn’t expect anything less. On the other hand, if you’re a newcomer - as stalwarts avow over and over - the time invested in our interviews is well worth it. Read More
Each piece here stands in a circle of its own riches. Each piece speaks in some way to the question posed. The question is the most elusive, and yet the most fundamental one. Read More
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