Art Studio America

One editor treks around the country to visit 115 contemporary artists, from Marina Abramović to Cory Arcangel

An artist’s space can reveal as much about him or her as their actual artworks can, an idea that CH explores in our regular Studio Visit series. Taking things to a new level is “Art Studio America,” a massive, 600-page book from Thames & Hudson, which visits the homes and workspaces of 115 leading contemporary artists. The line-up is an A-list of anyone who’s anyone …

David Hochbaum: Village in a Can

A collection of miniature, hand-painted wooden houses crafted from homemade frame remnants

It has been frequently noted that there’s magic in miniature gifts. It’s no different with New York-based artist David Hochbaum‘s “Village in a Can.” A handmade, ornately painted collection of 11 pieces per can, all are born of the remnants of his large-scale paintings and installation work. The artist explains that he “began saving all the scrap and cut off wood from the construction of …

Studio Visit: Silas Hite

Inside the award-winning composer and visual artist's creative space

by Mya Stark Minds that are equally as agile in the realms of art and music are rare, but not unheard of. While most of the examples are musicians who dabble in visual art, there’s the odd one like Tony Bennett whose paintings are in the collection of the Smithsonian Institute, or the distinctive bands who started in art school, like DEVO. Silas Hite—a Los …