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Artist Spotlight: Liz Legget
"If something just doesn’t feel right, I’ll keep pushing the work. To me, this takes a certain discipline–to keep pushing an artwork–and searching for something engaging and interesting."
Abstract painter and Westport-based artist Liz Leggett is in the CAMP Spotlight this month. Known for her dynamic process-driven works, Liz's paintings and drawings explore speed, tension, rebuilding, and balance. Through energetic mark-making and vivid colors, her pieces blur the line between abstraction and imagery, creating visual confusion and ambiguity that invite visceral responses.
Read on for more insights into Leggett's latest work, and dive into her unique approach as she continues exploration with pieces that challenge perception and invite multiple interpretations.
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CAMP takes VOLTA New York
A group interview with Joanna Ambroz, Hermes Berrío, Seth Ellison, Michael Sylvan Robinson, and Magadela Zych.
Hermes Berrios, "Portrait Of Woman Facing Back" (2024). Chinese Ink on Canvas. 11 × 8 in.The CAMP is delighted to be participating in VOLTA New York, September 2024, having participated in our first international art fair at VOLTA Basel earlier this year.Making up Booth 35 are artists Joanna Ambroz, Hermes Berrío, Seth Ellison, Michael Sylvan Robinson, and Magadela Zych. In anticipation for the fair, we asked our artists to answer a few questions.Read on to explore the artists' creative challenges, daily routines, and deep connection to New York City. -
An Interview with VOLTA Curator Gabe Torres
"The individuality of each artist is not something I wanted to be lost in pseudo-assigning them an engrossing theme, because I feel that each one represents a greater theme of realism itself."
Gabe Torres, curatorAhead of our second VOLTA fair of the year, CAMP registrar and curator Gabe Torres sits down for a brief interview. Torres discusses the challenges of assembling a diverse group of artists for the exhibition, particularly when their stylistic differences are so pronounced.
Drawing on personal experiences and inspirations, the curator reflects on how realism takes center stage in the exhibition as the bridge connecting our understanding of the human experience.
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Artist Spotlight: Julie Peppito
"Since the old things that I acquire for my art are intrinsically nostalgic, the love that people feel for their childhood and past is often a large part of my narratives."
We Are in Danger, 2022Master upcyclist and Tulsa-native artist Julie Peppito is in the CAMP Spotlight this month, August 2024. Signature to her work is the candy-crush kaleidoscope of fiber, discarded materials, and paint assembled into intricate, nostalgic pieces. The artist draws inspiration from found objects, using them to create narratives that explore human connection and environmental themes.Read more for a glimpse into Peppito's discussion on connection and process—both among humans and with the Earth—and how it ties in to the narratives she creates.