In his lifetime, Ernie Barnes was largely dismissed and ignored by the industry. He became an icon anyway.
Category: Art
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The Make-Do Joys of Terrazzo
Modern artisans are transforming the centuries-old cheap but elegant method of reusing offcuts.
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For These Artists, Their Medium Is Their Identity
In an age when the self is ever more malleable, the act of maintaining a persona has taken performing art to a new level of commitment.
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Why Artists Can’t Quit Cigarettes
A symbol of dirty habits and corporate greed — and an enduring icon of old-school glamour — smoking is making an unlikely comeback in sculpture, design and even food.
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When Professional Golfers Are Also Course Designers
Golf course design is now in an era of star architects, but professional golfers are still bringing their name and vast playing knowledge to projects.
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Clocks That Master the Art of Measuring Time
Some collectors prefer the aesthetics and design of a beautiful timepiece that you can set on a table — “a mechanical sculpture,” as one put it.
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A Painter of Japan’s ‘Lost Decade,’ Finally Found
Tetsuya Ishida’s prescient and terrifying works arrive in New York.
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Fiber Art Is Finally Being Taken Seriously
Long caught in the liminal space between craft and something more prestigious, works of thread and fabric are reaching newfound institutional recognition.
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Salvation Mountain in California Searches for How to Save Itself
The folk art monument in the desert near the Salton Sea grapples with extreme weather, social-media-fueled tourism and its own tattering beauty.
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In an English Village, a Home Where the 1430s and the 1970s Peacefully Coexist
When the artist Sarah Kaye Rodden and her family took over a former medieval meeting hall in Kent, they chose to honor its many lives.
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Carrie Mae Weems and George C. Wolfe on Defiance and Claiming Space
Two creative people in two different fields in one wide-ranging conversation. This time: the “Kitchen Table Series” artist and the theater and film director.