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Q & A with Judith Klausner
Q: What is your favorite thing people usually don’t notice?
A: One of my favorite details is the worm on the underside of the soil in “Putting Down Roots.” I enjoy how often children discover it before adults. It’s important to me to engage visitors of all ages, and it’s great to have children showing adults things about the work they might have missed!
Art and the Dialectic of Possibility
Elaine Qiu, Kim Richards, and Alexandra Chiou are three solo artists who offer a dialectic of possibility when faced with difficult moments in life. Dialectics start with oppositions that can leave us at an impasse, but each artist finds a way to work through challenging situations by finding peace through personal and collective reflection, guidance when life is unbearable, and joy when overwhelmed by loss.
Q & A with Elaine Qiu
An interview with Tim Brown, Hillyer Director (TB): Your work explores liminal spaces between presence and absence, representation and abstraction. What can you tell us about the painting “Crossing” as an embodiment of this kind of in-between space? (EQ): “Crossing” is part of the ongoing “inner-scape”series that explores the intricacies of threshold moments in life. […]
The Oracle Said “Be Still”
by Tim Brown, Hillyer Director The exhibition “The Oracle Said ‘Be Still’,” curated by Renée Stout, on view at IA&A at Hillyer from October 7–October 29, 2023, embraces a paradox that recognizes the value of stillness without eliminating the possibility of “speaking truth to power.” The idea for the exhibition was taken from a print […]
Q and A with Tiffany Chen
An Interview with Advocate Member, Tiffany Chen Tim Brown, Hillyer Director (TB): Tell us about yourself. What is your profession and/or areas of interest? Tiffany Chen (TC): My profession is so DC! I’m a federal government consultant. With two different business degrees (logistics, and international financial management), my day-to-day is focused on technical account management. […]
Q & A with Adam Odomore
Neville Barbour: Blessings in Gray
A review by Elsabé Dixon Neville Barbour states: Blessings in Gray “is a visual exploration of the narratives that define us. It explores what it is to be human and remarks on the ambivalence of that perspective. Neville explores how conflict can take us out of our comfort zone, yet become a force for change.” […]
Q and A with Yasmine Dabbous
Questions by Tim Brown, Hillyer Director Timothy Brown (TB): You have stated that you live for passion and practicality. How do they inform your artistic practice? Yasmine Dabbous (YD): In art, like in life, I think it is important to care, to feel passionate about people and causes, and to express this passion vocally. But […]
Q&A with Artist John Paradiso
Questions by Tim Brown, Hillyer Director Tim Brown (TB): In the special exhibition Pulse 2023, you feature several works that appear to be consistent with topics you have explored in the past that address identity and male sexuality. The superimposed patterns over some of the works however suggest a more complex and nuanced interpretation. What […]