Like a lot of artists, particularly painters, I’ve made my share of self-portraits. I did these paintings to teach myself about myself, to mark time, to solve a painting problem, a variety of reasons. Not all of them are art, but the ones that are have a special place in my practice. I look at… (read more)
For those of you who missed the conversation that I had with the divine Evan Garza of FIAR at ICA/Boston about my work, the museum has created a new web cast of the lecture. The Artist’s Voice will be a regular feature of the ICA. See below: THE ARTIST’S VOICE: STEVE LOCKE WITH EVAN GARZA Thursday, September 19,… (read more)
It’s been raining for the past three days here in Sào Paulo. I have just finished installing my exhibition at Mendes Wood, a wonderful gallery here in the Jardins area. The show is called companions and it’s my first solo show with the gallery. The work is in a beautiful irregular polygon gallery with one… (read more)
Well, the short answer is nobody, and if you don’t believe me you really need to go see his show OF LENGTH AND MEASURES at Carroll and Sons. These pictures marry the poetics of the sublime with the hard reality of the administration of death. He makes clear the beauty of these landscapes comes at… (read more)
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I saw a great show at ICA/Boston today (and it’s not Eva Hesse STUDIOWORK). Leslie Hewitt’s Riffs on Real Time is an elegant and somewhat haunting revelation. The elements are really simple and laid bare for examination. In a time when so much of photography has a lot to do with digital processes and a hackneyed… (read more)
Well, now I know why Sweeney Todd cut so many throats…. I’m kidding. Really, I am loving London. First off, I have never been here. There are over 300 million people in England and I think I rode on the Underground with all of them today. I was not prepared for the sheer press of… (read more)