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mercoledì 19 novembre 2008

Interview with Molly Schafer






q) What is your name and what do you do?

a)My name is Molly Schafer and I make drawings, objects, and videos.

q)When did you really get into art?

a)Always. But really, really into it as the main thing in my life was while attending The Corcoran College of Art and Design.

q)How did you come to the realization that you should try your luck at art on
a more serious level?

a)When I realized how much better I was at art than other people. Just kidding, sorta. I’ve invested a lot in
my art career and so I take it pretty seriously.

q)How did you discover the particular style that you have?

a)I combine my traditional painting education and my scientific illustration experience. As I often work with fantasy,
or the plausible impossible, more descriptive and rendered drawings add a necessary element of realism.
Ornamentation is another stylistic element. Lately I have been working with watercolors and bringing color
back into my work, along with looser rendering. People really want color and beauty and I am starting to be Ok with that.

q)How would you describe your style?

a)Descriptive detail and flattened space alternate, causing a fluctuation of presence: from the real to the
psychological. Seams, refractions, combinations of precious and fungible objects help to highlight the
fluctuation.

q)Who or what influences your art?

a)Many things! Paleobiology, mammology, pre-historical fiction, mysticism, my real life animal encounters, American
subcultures. Essentially how science and magic connect. Loose associations between my varied interests act as a catalyst. My personal longing for a more magical, more animal mode of existence is becoming a chief influence.

q)How often do you create a new piece?

a)It is hard to say. I have research periods and production periods. I have a new idea almost daily
but limited studio time.

q)What kind of success have you had with your art?

a)Well I’ve had exhibitions and publications and reviews. I am part of a critique group of 5 artists who have
been meeting bi-monthly for over a year now. Creating a sustained discourse about concept, ideas,
and practice feels like success in a potentially isolating, post-grad school existence. Also a fun
moment for me was watching two 7 year olds girls find and search for more of my centaur drawings from a wall
of hundreds of pieces of art. That really stood out, perhaps they are my target audience.

q)What would be the ultimate goal for you and your art?

a)Well I’d like to have more solo shows and a book published. But if we’re talking ultimate I’d say getting
grants to travel to exotic locales and hang out with unusual animals. This past spring I travelled to
Assateague Island to for a video piece. Assateague has feral horses roaming about and lots of wildlife. That
was pretty much an amazing experience. I’m also interested in travelling to Mongolia to see the Takhi, the
only remaining wild horses on Earth.

q)What do you see as an accomplishment in the way of art?

a)An accomplishment for me? Or in general? Work that has a social impact while retaining
a high art component, for example, the work of Natalie Jeremijenko, always strikes me as an accomplishment,
perhaps because it is so different from the work I do. In general I appreciate meaningful gestures over say, diamond skulls.

q)What kind of message, if any, do you try to convey through your art?

a)I think the one over arching message I have always been interested in communicating is that we are animals
too, and not really that different from non-human animals. That everything is connected and there isn’t a clear
line between nature and culture (Orcas and Orangutans have documented cultures). That categorizing the world the way we
do limits our experience of it.

q)Sum up your art in one word.

a)I don’t think I can!

q)Any additional comments?

a)Thanks!

q)…your contacts…

a)molly@mollyschafer.com

www.mollyschafer.com

sabato 8 novembre 2008





q) What is your name and what do you do?

a)My name is Waleska Nomura and I´m an artist and a graffiti writer.

q)When did you really get into art?

a)I've been around art since an early age, because my older brother is an artist as well.

q)How did you come to the realization that you should try your luck at art on a more serious level?

a)When I had my baby boy and I was forced to stop working and I had to stay at home looking after him, so, I started working from home doing my paintings.

q)How did you discover the particular style that you have?

a)Painting and experimenting a lot!

q)How would you describe your style?

a)Happy and colourful

q)Who or what influences your art?

a)The nature, the life, the world.

q)How often do you create a new piece?

a)I would say, a canvas per month?! Depends of how busy I am with my baby... ;)

q)What kind of success have you had with your art?

a)I'm happy enough to be able to paint and make people smile when they see my work, this is a success for me already ;)

q)What would be the ultimate goal for you and your art?

a)To be able to paint and create everyday until the end of my life.

q)What kind of message, if any, do you try to convey through your art?

a)I have a project that I started in 2004 called: " Spreading the Love and Positive energies to the World" which I try to spread this message for the public to see on the streets in every wall I paint.

q)Sum up your art in one word.

a)Positive

q)Any additional comments?

a)For the artists: Keep painting for the love of art and enjoy it.

q)…your contacts…

a) www.waleska.co.uk

waleskanomura@hotmail.com