The Easel

5th March 2019

Phyllida Barlow interview: ‘A cul-de-sac has the claustrophobia of suburbia’

Ben Luke | Evening Standard | 20th February 2019

Barlow’s sculptures are without aspiration to beauty. Tilting timber objects, ungainly slabs of building materials, draped fabrics, they all manipulate the space around them in a humorous, gentle way. “My work has always been an enjoyment of the absurdity of the made object that isn’t going to have any useful function in the world other than for itself.” A good bio piece is here.

26th February 2019

Sarah Lucas discusses the work of revolutionary sculptor Franz West

Felix Petty | i-d.vice | 25th February 2019

West’s art might look simple but explanations don’t come easily. He grew up in fraught, post-war Austria and saw the nihilistic work of the Viennese Actionists. So serious! In contrast his work is “ludicrously playful”, joyous, the antithesis of pompous. Still, it does convey a serious endeavor – perhaps to capture “where clumsiness becomes elegance”. A short intro video (3 min) here.

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