Asking Better Questions w/ artist Juan Logan

This week the one and only, Juan Logan, joins Studio Noize!

Juan is an incredibly prolific and creative artist whose work touches on all kinds of materials and issues. Using his head symbol he has created paintings, sculptures, installations, prints, and videos questioning America’s status quo and expressing his thoughts on the Black experience. We talk about Juan’s amazing 7,100 sq ft studio, how he is constantly working, the various levels of meaning to the symbols he uses, and how his passion for art translates to his collecting.

Episode 110 topics include:

creating work in a series

exploring different mediums and materials

using symbols to discuss heavy subjects

the reasons to collect art

the real-life effects of racial bias

handling a shipping disaster

how studio space affects your art practice

Born in Nashville, Tennessee, Juan Logan now lives and works in Belmont, North Carolina. Logan’s artworks address subjects relevant to the American experience. At once abstract and representational, his paintings, drawings, sculptures, installations, and videos address the interconnections of race, place, and power. They make visible how hierarchical relations and social stereotypes shape individuals, institutions, and the material and mental landscapes of contemporary life.

Juan Logan is currently the Conservation Manager at the Vollis Simpson Whirligig Project. This project is actively restoring thirty-one large-scale sculptures created by artist Vollis Simpson for the city of Wilson, NC.

See More: www.juanlogan.com + @juan.logan

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