John Armleder

Medium Green, Woodland Scenics, Realistic Trees, 2014, furniture sculpture, three paintings and six chairs

on cultural crossover

text by BILL POWERS
portrait by ALEX SALINAS
artwork photography by JEREMY LIEBMAN

 

BILL POWERS — You recently had a show at Wade Guyton’s studio in Brooklyn. I wondered if, like him, you’re interested in new technology as a way to make art?
JOHN ARMLEDER — The only thing that really changes are the times. We’re just one more tool to activate those changes. Art is the collateral damage.

BILL POWERS — I loved the massive pour painting on the rear wall with four chairs parked in front of it. Can we talk about that?
JOHN ARMLEDER — I began making furniture sculpture a long time ago, in which the painting is elevated by its proximity to some domestic object.

Medium Green, Woodland…