Welcome to the 280th episode of a view from the easel, a series in which artists reflect on their workspace. This week, New York artists capture the light that strengthened through their windows and brings together the story of a family brownstone.
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How long have you been working in this space?
A year and a half.
Describe an average day in your studio.
As an artist who has a job outside my artistic practice, I tend to go to the studio at the end of the afternoon for two to four hours before eating a late dinner. If I have a deadline for an exhibition, a studio visit or a next Open Studios event, I will stay several hours until the work is finished. Once, I arrived in the afternoon and I did not leave before 7 am the next day to prepare for an exhibition. Since my stay at the studio is limited, when I'm here, I work hard to do as much as possible. Even if I like silence, most of the time, I listen to music on my ear pods, like the 80s, pop, disco, 70s, punk, alternative and heavy metal. Two of my favorite reading lists are the 70s Bollywood and Christmas punk: Christmas Punk Rock on Spotify.
How does space affect your work?
My current studio is on the top floor of my partner's family's family. The house has been in his family for four generations. The space and history of the house have been extremely influential for my practice. I collected items found in the house, including an old wooden ironing board, a hand washing board, parts of a tin ceiling and an old set of ancient keys. The house, my studio space and these objects inspired me to create a series on the trip.
How do you interact with the environment outside your studio?
For more than a decade, I had a studio in a warehouse building mainly made up of Bushwick artists. Even if I miss the community of a studio building, I discovered communities of artists and public art projects that exist in the bed bed. While walking in the neighborhood, I noticed art studios in people's houses. These walks made me participate in residence programs such as the residence of bed art and the Aquarium-Stuy-Stuy, which was a public art project in which a group of local residents built a red fish basin under a dripping fire mouth. These discoveries allowed me to see artists living, working and contributing to a community in which they belong, rather than artists hosted in a studio building who do not know the community that exists in the neighborhood.
What do you like in your studio?
The space, its history and the proximity of my house (I live below).
What do you want to be different?
I bored to have a white box space, because I have to be creative when I suspend my work.
What is your favorite local museum?
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has always been my favorite. I always tell people that New York would be an incredible place to grow because every school age has visited it! How incredible is it?
What is your favorite artistic equipment with which to work with?
It has always been wood, but recently to save my back, I work on paper.
How long have you been working in this space?
Forty-five years.
Describe an average day in your studio.
I start at 6 am when the light is really beautiful.
How does space affect your work?
It's calm and peaceful.
How do you interact with the environment outside your studio?
I live in Soho, so I'm going to dog race and I go to exhibitions everywhere. I used to take my daughter to the school bus stop with others in the neighborhood and buy vegetables at the corner.
What do you like in your studio?
Light.
What do you want to be different?
Nothing, maybe bigger for storage.
What is your favorite local museum?
American museum of natural history.
What is your favorite artistic equipment with which to work with?
I am a photographer, so I like my camera.
