Lindsay Preston Zappas
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Since the statewide shelter-in-place, I’ve been hosting regular Instagram Live interviews with artists and gallerists in our community. This format began as a scramble of sorts—an attempt to offer direct communication with our audience in real-time… all from my living room. I kicked things off with a staggering three interviews per week—the excitement of the idea prompted a bit of manic energy—soon pushed it back to two, and have finally landed on a feasible schedule of one interview per week. Each conversation is a reminder that we are all isolated together, experiencing semi-parallel realities. Our guests have delved into their coping strategies and adapted art practices, undertaken new community projects, and imagined what future support structures for
artists might look like. Some are diligently making art, others can’t get into the studio. Some are planting gardens, others are dreaming about the cosmos. What follows are a selection of condensed conversations from a handful of our recent guests: part therapy, part art talk, and part forward-looking. Join our conversation in real-time every Friday at 5:30 pm PST @contemporaryartreview.la and read the full transcripts at contemporaryartreview.la. Past guests: Molly Surazhsky, Diedrick Brackens, Allison Miller, Emma Gray, Julia Haft-Candell, Ry Rocklen, Hunter Shaw, Paul Mpagi Sepuya, Lita Albuquerque, Alison Saar, Amy Bessone, Katy Cowan, and more to come…
Allison Miller, Shield (2019). Acrylic and oil stick on canvas. Height: 73 inches, width: 63 inches (top), 73 inches (bottom). Image courtesy of the artist and The Pit.
