The Next Frontier
Exploring the possibilities of everything from ice to software, these five young artists are headed for a brilliant future.
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“In the art world, you don’t get to interact with everyday people as often as you would imagine.” -Tavares Strachan.
Tavares Strachan’s You Belong Here, 2014. Courtesy of the artist.
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“I was hiding all of this offstage stuff, and I started thinking I could do it the other way.” -Lucas Blalock
Two Lettuces, 2014. Courtesy of the artist.
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“I have a huge studio by the fjord. Sometimes, even when it’s cold, I go down to the water. When I got pregnant, my whole body wanted to go back to Norway. It was a force. And I haven’t complained one second.” -Ida Ekblad
Ekblad’s Kons, 2014. Courtesy of the artist and Gavin Brown’s Enterprise.
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“Embarrassment and discomfort are a great place for a painting to exist.” -Sanya Kantarovsky
Wet Hands, 2015. Courtesy of the artist, Casey Kaplan, New York, and Marc Foxx, Los Angeles.
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“All day long, as we use the phone and the Internet, we’re leaking information that is collected to create portraits of us.” -Josh Kline
Professionalism and Po-Po, both 2015 are elements from Kline’s installation Freedom, 2015. Photograph by Biel Parklee.
