Star Material
Working with sand, soil, resin, tar, concrete, and sound, these six young artists are digging deep and stirring things up.
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“Everyone who really responds to the work talks about playing with sand at the beach.” -Jennifer Guidi. Read more from this up-and-coming artist here. Photograph by Ramona Trent.
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Guidi’s Untitled (Field #10 Black & White), 2014. Courtesy of artist.
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“The art objects have a sort of aliveness to them. They change the sonics of the room, and it maybe becomes a little more immersive.” -Kevin Beasley. Read more from this up-and-coming artist here.
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Beasley’s Katies’, 2014. Courtesy of Jen Vong.
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“No rules,” says Lena Henke of her practice. “For fun, I work.” Read more from this up-and-coming artist here.
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Installation view of Henke’s Geburt und Familie, 2013. Courtesy of artist and Galerie Parisa Kind.
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“Things overlap. It’s just a fact of existence.” -Sebastian Black. Read more from this up-and-coming artist here.
Sebastian Black’s Big Green, 2013. Courtesy of Clearing gallery.
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Installation view of Black’s Period Piece (Partition) 2 and Edible Manhattan, 2013. Courtesy of Clearing gallery.
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“I don’t have any connection to anything I make.” -Ryan Estep. Read more from this up-and-coming artist here.
Courtesy of the artist.
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Installation view of Untitled Iron Oxide, Soap, Lemons, 2014. Courtesy of Ellis King Gallery, Dublin.
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“The place where the thing gets fucked up—that’s the moment of beauty.” – Will Boone. Read more from this up-and-coming artist here.
Portrait by Stephanie Boone.
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Boone’s Soldier, 2014. Courtesy of the artist and Karma.