ALWAYS ON
NEW YORK ART
During art week in New York City–marked by Frieze, TEFAF, and other major fine art fairs–we tapped into the culture. Read (and shop) our interviews with four names to know from the local art world.
The Wildchild
Artist Austin Lee at Deitch Gallery
Born in Las Vegas, Nevada (1983), the Yale-educated pop artist is a recurring ARTFORUM Critics’ Pick–the publication said his iPad-assisted work is about “humanizing digital materials.” Lee’s show “Feels Good” is up at Deitch Gallery in SoHo through May 18.
On Studio Life
I’ve always loved boxing and boxing style. Even in the studio I have these shoes for boxing. They are so easy to run around in.On Self-Expression
Yes, that is definitely a thing that exists. I think self-expression is willing to be vulnerable and share yourself with other people.
On Personal Style
I love this movie by Wim Wenders about Yohji Yamamoto, The Notebook of Cities and Clothes. He says clothes should be functional. And I’m pretty physical in the studio, so that’s a consideration for me.
On Fashion and Art
Is fashion art? Tough question. Art could potentially be anything. I don’t think fashion is always necessarily art, though.
The Technician
Artist Hugh-Scott Douglas in his studio
Scott-Douglas was born in Cambridge, England (1988) and makes repetitive prints on textiles using computer-generated algorithms. His next solo show is entitled "Hard Rain,” presented by Gallery Baton in Seoul, May 17-June 19.
Breakthroughs with Software
For the last five years I have been working to test the limits of photoshop and an OCÉ printer. Its applications are traditionally more commercially oriented, but we have been using it to make prints that defy what people expect or imagine is possible with an Inkjet printer.
On Dressing for Work
I like Margiela, Prada, Carol Christian Poell, and Alyx. I’m looking for something that acknowledges normalcy, and repositions it. T-shirts, black khakis, boots and a leather jacket: that’s kind of what I wear everyday. I just got some hiking boots for the first time.
On Self-Expression
I think self-expression presents itself more readily through the way we are, rather than the way we dress. Fewer decisions go into deportment. So really, that’s a more honest way to read someone.
On Fashion and Art
Although both the art and fashion I am interested in end up trafficking in many of the same things–appropriation, material ingenuity, class issues–ultimately they exist to satisfy very different social functions.
