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The Conversations, Interviews with sixteen contemporary artists By Richard Whittaker 232 pages, Softcover, 2007. In the mid-nineteen nineties, philosopher and cultural critic Richard Whittaker founded a magazine called Works and Conversations to fill a gap in the contemporary discourse. In the magazine, conversations with important contemporary artists have played a central role, and Mr. Whittaker's understated but profound speaking style have allowed the artists to comment on their work, their philosophies, their influences, the difficulty of creating art and the failures that are part of the creative process. The result of Mr. Whittaker's attentive dialog has been a series of fascinating and highly personal interviews, which frequently contradict what others have said about these artists.. The Conversations brings together Mr. Whittaker's selection of what he considers the sixteen most relevant interviews, providing insights into the individual artists work as well as the social and cultural values in which they worked. The artist interviewed are Richard Berger, Jim Campbell, Squeak Carnwath, James Doolin, Viola Frey, James Hubbell, Enrique Martínez Celaya, Michael C. McMillen, Nathan Oliveira, David Parker, Judy Pfaff, Irene Pijoan, Jane Rosen, Katherine Sherwood, James Turrell, and Ursula von Rydingsvard. Previous------Return to Whale and Star------Next |