Conversations with Artists Audio

German sculptor Wolfgang Laib in conversation with Klaus Ottmann, Director of the Phillips's Center for the Study of Modern Art and Curator at Large. Working in Germany and Southern India, Laib creates objects and installations of austere beauty, using naturally occurring elements such as milk, pollen, beeswax, and rice. The notion that there is infinitude in the infinitesimal is beautifully manifest in Laib’s spare but highly aesthetic practice.

The Otolith Group is a London-based artist collective founded by Anjalika Sagar and Kodwo Eshun that integrates film and video making, writing, organizing workshops, curating, publishing, and developing public platforms for close readings of the image in contemporary society.

The sculptures, drawings, and models by the Saint-Louis based artist explore the interdependent relationship between architectural and human forms. Although primarily focused on architecture and the human body, her art also confronts tensions between construction, deconstruction, and restoration.

New York-based performance artist and sculptor Janine Antoni gives a brief overview of her work, demonstrates the movement meditation practice, called the 5Rhythms, and converses with Klaus Ottmann, Director of the Phillips's Center for the Study of Modern Art and Curator at Large about the expressions of love and generousness in her work.