Le Journal Interviews

Debbie Han, you were born in Korea and emigrated to the US while still a child. You hold a BA in art from the University of California and an MFA from Pratt Institute, and you have been a fruitful artist for a number of years now. Could you maybe tell us, what was for you …

Posted: April 27th, 2017

Category: Interviews

French author and journalist Catherine Seiler talks to ArtAndOnly about her book Lempereur, a look at the innovative and modern interior designers Hélène and Olivier Lempereur. Catherine, tell us about the book The book is a sort of UFO in the Home Interiors world! It presents an alternative ...

Posted: April 17th, 2017

Category: Books, Interviews

Atta Kim is a photographer who explores notions of identity, time, and existence through the lens of Zen Buddhism. Frequently contrasting notions of subjectivity and objectivity, Kim draws influences from a variety of different schools of thought from concepts of Being by German Philosopher Martin ...

Posted: April 17th, 2017

Category: Interviews

Taline Temizian (b.1978, Fresno, USA) is a London-based artist who works with multiple media including paintings, kinetic & light installations, collages, using systems, signs and processes to explore the interplay between personal narrative and cultural history through science, art and poetry. ...

Posted: April 17th, 2017

Category: Interviews

Beverley Heath-Hoyland has been running the John Hoyland Estate since the artist’s death in July 2011. The long term partner of the painter, she was described by Hoyland’s friend, the renowned architect Ian Ritchie as providing ‘a rock in his life’. In 2014 Heath-Hoyland announced the ...

Posted: March 24th, 2017

Category: Interviews

What is your work influenced by? How has your work evolved, and where do you think it will go next? What about the political element? Qiu Jie: I am a romantic, nostalgic and pictorial artist, not a conceptual artist. Firstly, in my pictures, I always search for the beauty of the conversation, ...

Posted: March 7th, 2017

Category: Interviews

You recently unveiled your piece ‘Perspectives Inversées’, with architect Gil Percal in the Palais-Royal de Paris, can you tell us a bit more about the project? We created this outdoor installation piece made entirely of glass to explore the ideas of perspective, viewpoint and representation. ...

Posted: February 22nd, 2017

Category: Interviews

Please describe your process and what is it about unorthodox materials that inspires you?  In 2012, after more than ten years of research during a period of my life that was strongly characterized by the use of figurative, monotone painting, it felt like I had come to a standstill, resulting in ...

Posted: February 5th, 2017

Category: Interviews

How do you select imagery for your work? Which faces or images appeal? Film images inspire my paintings and drawings so I watch a lot! Since images are everywhere from newspapers to the Internet anything can inspire me if it strikes me in the right way. Each series I create is related to some event ...

Posted: January 23rd, 2017

Category: Interviews

We are very pleased to bring you the first in a series of exclusive discussions with acclaimed American sculptor Jedd Novatt. The idea is to publish the transcripts of these conversations and avoid a formal Q&A style to get incredible insights into Mr. Novatt’s work, ideas and perspectives on ...

Posted: November 9th, 2016

Category: Interviews, News

ArtAndOnly recently had the pleasure of talking with renowned jewelry designer Suzanne Syz. Known for her unconventional designs, material expertise, technical knowledge and artistry, Syz’s creations are highly sought-after worldwide. In the 1980’s Syz was living in New York City and a member ...

Posted: July 21st, 2016

Category: Interviews, Voices

In Singapore, art collectors and hotel owners Satinder Garcha and Harpreet Bedi share their private collection, show their commitment to culture and shake up the art and cultural ecosystem through their newly-developed property, hôtel vagabond. Private museums and pop-up exhibitions are not the ...

Posted: July 11th, 2016

Category: Interviews, Voices