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September 30, 2013 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Los Angeles-born, Brooklyn-based street artist Buff Monster talks about creating his new mural in Williamsburg. Read about his process and check out our video interview below. I rarely ever draw, and when I do, it’s always very very […]

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September 23, 2013 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Irish artist Saoirse Wall talks about her video performance piece Den Perfekte Saoirse (The Perfect Saoirse), twerking and appropriating Jorgen Leth. A recurring theme in my work seems to be my fixation with and my pride in my own failures. […]

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September 16, 2013 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, London artist Jesse Darling talks about feeling, talking, and making the Superhero Series. This starts with a conversation and ends with a prototype. The process is continuous. All my ‘concepts’ come about as a way of thinking through stuff […]

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September 9, 2013 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, artist Melissa Clarke talks about Untitled: Ice Gouge for Performance — her sound piece, installation and performance that sources field recordings of glaciers. The artist is also premiering footage of her performance of the piece at Brooklyn’s Silent […]

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August 26, 2013 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Danish artist Jacob Kirkegaard — one of the artists exhibiting at MoMA current “Soundings” show — shares the inspirations and audio from his sound art piece Labyrinthitis, sent to us just before his recent performance of the piece at Eyebeam. I […]

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August 19, 2013 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, artist Tristan Perich shows us the beginnings and production of Microtonal Wall, a piece currently on view at the MoMA “Soundings.” Made up of  1,500 tiny speakers, Microtonal Wall emits a texture of sound that changes as you walk along […]

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August 12, 2013 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Brooklyn-based artist Kyle Petreycik talks about his latest, material-centric sculpture “BYOB.”  Specifically for this piece, I selected a few objects and then simply put them ‘into play’ within a physical space. I’ve found myself working mostly intuitively at the […]

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August 5, 2013 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, New York graffiti bomber turned fashion designer CLAW talks about her process for designing and installing the window displays at Lord and Taylor on Fifth Avenue. Usually I never work with a sketch or a completely planned out idea, but […]

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July 29, 2013 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, Brooklyn artist Mike Perry shows us his visual ideas for making the sculpture Oozing Sandwich of Time, and a few other related sketchbook pages. My process is a fluid, ever-growing way of existing. Oozing Sandwich of Time: Artist’s […]

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July 22, 2013 Marina Galperina

ANIMAL’s feature Artist’s Notebook asks artists to show us their original “idea sketch” next to a finished piece. This week, New York artist Matthew “Mattie” Hillock shows us the process behind his new “gradient_stacks” series. This body of work is much more explorative than my work last shown at Outlet gallery in Bushwick, which was very-site specific. I […]

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