Interviews and long reads
Long artist interviews, features and the occasional essay about materials, money and the years a body of work took to finish. This is the part of the site written in house, so an artist appears here because someone went and asked them questions, not because they uploaded anything.
The interviews run long because the interesting part is usually slow. A painter describing how diluted acrylic sinks into raw canvas, a sculptor explaining what they do with timber pulled off the street, an illustrator who spent years in a lab before drawing full time. Each piece carries photographs from the studio.
Reading needs no account and nothing sits behind a wall. Each piece names the artist it is about and carries photographs of the work, so the name alone is enough to find whatever else of theirs is on the site. An interview is often the quickest way into a practice you had not come across.
There is no weekly slot. A piece appears when it is finished, which can be a long while after the conversation itself, and then it stays. Alongside the interviews there are occasional roundups of open calls, which carry the deadlines that were current when the roundup was written, so check the date at the top.
Journal · Painting
“Serbian-born, Barcelona-based painter Valentina Brostean on trading commercial design for pure expression, her 'alchemical' blank-canvas process, and the personal mythology of strong feminine figures and humanoid guardians that fills her house-museum.”
“Flamenco guitarist, composer and Gran Gala Flamenco musical director Tati Amaya — great-nephew of Carmen Amaya — on returning to his family's Barcelona, why silence is the loudest sound on stage, and how a glance keeps a whole company improvising as one.”
“Barcelona sculptor Samuel Salcedo on trading canvas for iron and concrete, the memory held in rust, and why getting 'lost a little bit everywhere' is his creative method.”
“French sculptor Marc Sparfel on how Barcelona's discarded street furniture sparked his reinvention — from tribal-inspired wooden masks to abstract 'architectonical landscapes' built on pure energy and intuition.”
“Barcelona-based abstract sculptor Vanesa Muñoz on mutating the chaos of the world into aesthetic order, working as a 'sculptor of concepts' in cables, wood and glass, and why creating the beautifully useless is a radical act.”
“Barcelona painter Ernest Compta Llinàs on reinventing himself after the 2008 crisis, an expressive portrait style that arrived fully formed, and why every imaginary woman he paints is really a self-portrait.”
“Barcelona-based French artist Hélène Panier on splitting her life between biotech engineering and drawing, why her women look calm outside and feel deep keys of emotions within, and how diluted acrylic on raw canvas lets the fabric drink the pigment.”
“Italian-born, Barcelona-based painter Karenina Fabrizzi on the studio she calls her cave, a nomadic childhood that turned drawing into sanctuary, and why her gold-leaf horses whisper freedom instead of shouting it.”
“Venezuelan-born, Barcelona-based artist Felix Zilinskas on turning the periscope inward, why home is portable rather than built of brick, and the hi-fi creative bar he opened in Gràcia to make room for the pause.”
Journal · Painting
“Serbian-born, Barcelona-based painter Valentina Brostean on trading commercial design for pure expression, her 'alchemical' blank-canvas process, and the personal mythology of strong feminine figures and humanoid guardians that fills her house-museum.”
“Flamenco guitarist, composer and Gran Gala Flamenco musical director Tati Amaya — great-nephew of Carmen Amaya — on returning to his family's Barcelona, why silence is the loudest sound on stage, and how a glance keeps a whole company improvising as one.”
“Barcelona sculptor Samuel Salcedo on trading canvas for iron and concrete, the memory held in rust, and why getting 'lost a little bit everywhere' is his creative method.”
“French sculptor Marc Sparfel on how Barcelona's discarded street furniture sparked his reinvention — from tribal-inspired wooden masks to abstract 'architectonical landscapes' built on pure energy and intuition.”
“Barcelona-based abstract sculptor Vanesa Muñoz on mutating the chaos of the world into aesthetic order, working as a 'sculptor of concepts' in cables, wood and glass, and why creating the beautifully useless is a radical act.”
“Barcelona painter Ernest Compta Llinàs on reinventing himself after the 2008 crisis, an expressive portrait style that arrived fully formed, and why every imaginary woman he paints is really a self-portrait.”
“Barcelona-based French artist Hélène Panier on splitting her life between biotech engineering and drawing, why her women look calm outside and feel deep keys of emotions within, and how diluted acrylic on raw canvas lets the fabric drink the pigment.”
“Italian-born, Barcelona-based painter Karenina Fabrizzi on the studio she calls her cave, a nomadic childhood that turned drawing into sanctuary, and why her gold-leaf horses whisper freedom instead of shouting it.”
“Venezuelan-born, Barcelona-based artist Felix Zilinskas on turning the periscope inward, why home is portable rather than built of brick, and the hi-fi creative bar he opened in Gràcia to make room for the pause.”