American Craft Podcast will amplify the voices of artists covered in the beautiful pages of American Craft magazine, as well as other innovators in the craft field. Through intimate conversation and storytelling, listeners get an up-close experience of how artists work with materials and develop their designs, how objects come into being, and what it means to live a life in craft.
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American Craft Podcast will amplify the voices of artists covered in the beautiful pages of American Craft magazine, as well as other innovators in the craft field. Through intimate conversation and storytelling, listeners get an up-close experience of how artists work with materials and develop their designs, how objects come into being, and what it means to live a life in craft.
Burn It All Away depicts an idyllic nature scene catching fire under the rays of a burning sun while an anthropomorphized gazing pool smiles in witness to this circumstance. Wet footprints step away from the pool, suggesting the departure of the reflected subject, or perhaps of the reflection itself....
....The pool smiles because the physical body it was reflecting is free of the pain and confines of a disorder people often think of as an unabated self-love at the expense of those who interact with the narcissist, when in fact the narcissist lives in a state of unseen suffering.
See Alex's object and read his full statement and the curator's statement here.
Recommended reading by the artist:
Narcissism: Denial of the True Self by Alexander Lowen
Self-Compassion: The Proven Power of Being Kind to Yourself by Kristin Neff
American Craft Podcast thanks our guest, Alex Anderson. See more of his work at www.alexalexalexalex.com and follow @100alexanderson.
American Craft Podcast also thanks our host and producer Sarah Rachel Brown from perceivedvaluepodcast.com. Follow @sarahrachelbrown.
Music is produced by Hamilton Boyce. Find him at hamiltonboyce.com and follow @hamiltonboyce.
This project is supported in part by an award from the National Endowment for the Arts. To find out more about how National Endowment for the Arts grants impact individuals and communities, visit www.arts.gov. American Craft Podcast is property of the American Craft Council at craftcouncil.org. Your support through membership and contributions is appreciated.
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American Craft Podcast
American Craft Podcast will amplify the voices of artists covered in the beautiful pages of American Craft magazine, as well as other innovators in the craft field. Through intimate conversation and storytelling, listeners get an up-close experience of how artists work with materials and develop their designs, how objects come into being, and what it means to live a life in craft.
