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kukuli velarde: the path of a painter

The artist and one of her paintings.

The artist as one of her pieces

I actu­ally posted this video at our heavy­bub­ble blog because it struck me so. Lis­ten­ing to Kukuli Velarde talk about her­self and her path as a painter, then ceramic artist, and now painter again was quite a jour­ney. Lots of artists have this kind of jour­ney. Often as artists we expe­ri­ence these things and never talk to any­one about our jour­ney in this way. Being behind the lens of a video cam­era with an inter­viewer who makes one com­fort­able enough to talk about the work in an open way.

Kukuli Velarde makes amaz­ing work and she works through her feel­ings over time mak­ing pieces that express each and every sec­ond of inter­nal process. In that process she con­fronts the issues that ener­gize her work and bring us face to face with her inter­nal questioning.

The work is pow­er­ful and frank. It uses many vocab­u­lar­ies to cap­ture our atten­tion. With all the inten­sity there is still a beauty and joy that allows you to embrace the art and want to keep it near you.

Use the link below to watch the video. I’ve also included her website.

links:
kukuli velarde: the path of a painter [video]

kukuli velarde [web]

Tags: cul­ture, art, ceram­ics, col­o­niza­tion, women, paint­ing, philadel­phia, David Kessler, Kukuli Velarde