Tag: interviews

Screening at El Cid & Interview with KTG TALKS in the key of Lee Krasner

February 12, 2017

Yesterday, I visited the permanent collection at MOCA Grand in LA and said “Hello” to certain favorites, most notably– Lee Krasner. I read the description provided. One line in particular resonated. “Through the act of painting, the artist endeavors to find herself.” This is why I love Krasner. Her strength is in this search for … More Screening at El Cid & Interview with KTG TALKS in the key of Lee Krasner

The Tragedy of Dylan McKay, A Conversation with Robyn O’Neil at Coronagraph

March 9, 2016

  I need overheard conversations; this is often where I get my ideas. I take notes constantly. I turn snippets of language into drawings. Sentences or fragments get channeled through a process that sometimes takes years to become a drawing. Although I’m a pretty traditional artist in that I make drawings, landscape drawings, I don’t … More The Tragedy of Dylan McKay, A Conversation with Robyn O’Neil at Coronagraph

“Let’s Ironically Move to Where Twin Peaks Was”: An Interview with Eva Anderson at Fanzine

December 22, 2015

“When you make art, you’re just making the thing you like and then showing your mom.” – Eva Anderson, on relating La Mélancolie Des Dragons to the everyday creative life. I was happy to interview Eva Anderson (writer for You’re The Worst) over at Fanzine. Here, we discuss our thoughts on Art and Fear, completing … More “Let’s Ironically Move to Where Twin Peaks Was”: An Interview with Eva Anderson at Fanzine

Incremental Light, A Conversation Between Stacy Elaine Dacheux and Richard Froude at Dime & Honey

August 20, 2015

Years ago, when I experienced a deep loss, my friend Richard Froude asked if there was anything he could do. I said, he could write me a story because his stories are so beautiful. Within the week, an envelope arrived with a saddle stitched chapbook made just for me. I read it every year– not … More Incremental Light, A Conversation Between Stacy Elaine Dacheux and Richard Froude at Dime & Honey

Making True Things More True, A Conversation with Dan Chelotti at Los Angeles Review of Books

March 25, 2014

I interviewed Dan Chelotti for The Los Angeles Review of Books. Here, we discuss poetry as a form of nonfiction, the art of finding or reading, and his latest book x from McSweeney’s, among other things. It was a wonderful experience. I’m happy to share space with such a delightful dear friend and colleague. Give … More Making True Things More True, A Conversation with Dan Chelotti at Los Angeles Review of Books

Two Friends Walk into a Urs Fischer Exhibit – Matt Quezada and Stacy Elaine Dacheux Edition

November 8, 2013

Stacy Elaine Dacheux: I’ve been thinking about our conversation after the Urs Fischer exhibit a ton– especially regarding your comments on “emotional truth” as a certain valuable fact: this concept of trust as it relates to our past and identity– how we trust our former perspectives or how we trust our stories that stay after … More Two Friends Walk into a Urs Fischer Exhibit – Matt Quezada and Stacy Elaine Dacheux Edition

Everyday Abstraction, A Conversation With Jason Willome

May 9, 2013

a questionable surface . jason willome . 2011 Stacy Elaine Dacheux: I would like to talk abut your work: A Questionable Surface (above) and Visible Inclusions In An Obscure Plane (below). What is your process for pieces that are done in this vein?  visible inclusions in an obscure plane . jason willome . 2011  Jason … More Everyday Abstraction, A Conversation With Jason Willome

Recording The Narrative, A Conversation With Nicole Antebi

October 2, 2012

Stacy Elaine Dacheux: On a global scale, do you think art has a story, and if so, what might it be? Nicole Antebi: I would say that art has many stories: some global and over reaching, some spurs that dissolve at their ends.  I teach an online art history course that spans from prehistoric to … More Recording The Narrative, A Conversation With Nicole Antebi

Painting As Engagement, A Conversation with Jennifer Jarnot

September 10, 2012

Stacy Elaine Dacheux: I recently read in The New York Times Magazine about an art student named John Powers who worked in the studio for Jeff Koons in 1995. At one point, Powers suggests his job was comparable to filling in a “paint by numbers”– except this particular “paint by numbers” titled “Cracked Egg” sold … More Painting As Engagement, A Conversation with Jennifer Jarnot

Deborah & Annie

July 20, 2012

A few months back, I wrote an article on the Eames exhibit  here in Los Angeles, and afterwards, was contacted by Deborah Sussman, curator and former Eames employee, to have lunch at her house to discuss art and design. It was incredible. We spoke for three hours and would move from room to room just … More Deborah & Annie