Nora Turato—SLEEK 61
Photo: Image Group.
"The world screams at me and I scream back.”
Croatian-born and Amsterdam-based artist discussed dismantling the misogynistic idea that women are “too much” in relation to her furious and enrapturing spoken word performances. Sit back and read here.
AA Bronson—SLEEK 55
Photo: Timothy Schaumburg.
“You have to fail to succeed and you have to succeed to fail,” Bronson says. “You can’t have one without the other.”
For SLEEK 55, Emily McDermott spoke to the Canadian conceptual artist in his West Berlin home. Here, he spoke about his upcoming projects as well as his multifaceted career as a member of the General Idea collective, a spiritual healer, the director of Printed Matter and as an independent artist. Get stuck in here.
Kembra Pfahler—SLEEK 64
Photo: Fumi Nagasaka.
“To qualify as an artist, you have to be practically willing to die.”
For SLEEK 55, Emily McDermott spoke to the Canadian conceptual artist in his West Berlin home. Here, he spoke about his upcoming projects as well as his multifaceted career as a member of the General Idea collective, a spiritual healer, the director of Printed Matter and as an independent artist. Get stuck in here.
Juliana Huxtable—SLEEK 56
Photo: Timothy Schaumburg
"What excites me is to make work that is informed from a genuine place of interest. And that is an opportunity to process, learn more and understand more about the world.”
Working across music, art, performance and literature Juliana Huxtable’s ceaselessly takes apart preconceived notions around identity, culture and politics, one perplexing project after another. Read the full profile with Will Furtado here.
Virgil Abloh—SLEEK 52
Photo: Vicky Grout.
“I’m just a kid, really...I think of things and try to realise them.”
Back in 2017, Off-White’s creative director (and artistic director of Louis Vuitton menswear as of 2018) discussed the artistic integrity of streetwear, why Supreme is his “Louis Vuitton” and the DIY-approach to his creative directorship. Read the full profile here.