The Parapsychic Sculptor: Read Our Interview Of Corin Johnson

 
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Artist Corin Johnson has spent over thirty years traversing the art world with his exceptional stonemasonry and wood carving craftsmanship. Corin has collaborated with some of the world's most renowned visual artists including Paul Noble, as well as focusing on his own practice (which includes drawing, modeling, and unique stone, marble, and wood carvings), the work is varied with a unique and colorful story behind each piece. Recently, he has found himself locked down in his studio with the musically-acclaimed Nick Cave. They met in the ‘90s when the musician reached out having seen a bust of himself created by Johnson; a commission by a Cave fanatic. During lockdown, the duo have formed a creative bond and partnership. Read more.

Read Our Interview of The Legendary Lydia Lunch and Weasel Walter

Of all the great unions of underground music, rock and otherwise; Bowie and Eno, Nick Cave and Blixa Bargeld, Justin Broadrick and Kevin Martin, John Cale and Terry Riley, Sonny Sharrock and Peter Brotzzman, and so on; the union between No Wave icon, transgressive artist, and spoken word warrior Lydia Lunch and free jazz, noise, and no wave musician Weasel Walter is perhaps the most harmonious and unquestionably the unholiest. When considering their respective biographies, both full of moments of sticking the middle finger in the faces of conventional standards of taste and decency, it’s difficult to believe that these revolutionaries didn’t find each other sooner. Click here to read more. 

A Celebration of the 60th Anniversary of Howl at Ace Hotel

Nick Cave, Courtney Love, Peaches, Devendra Banhart, Will Forte and more join forces for a night of music, words and laughs to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Allen Ginsburg's seminal poem Howl at the Ace Hotel Theater. Proceeds from the event benefit the David Lynch Foundation. photographs by Jessie Askinazi