THE FOCUS

Wesley Roden: In an age of short form media, do viewers ever find your work to be refreshing for how it warrants closer inspection? Do you appreciate viewers slowing down? Beth Edwards: I am heartened by anyone who spends time with my work. I work very slowly. My work builds incrementally over a significant period of time. Every painting, every show, makes me more cognizant of the passage of time. Time is literally embedded in the images. WR: Seeing the...

Elise Cochran: When would you say you first started experimenting with text alongside images and what drove you to do this? David Underwood: I started adding text in some of my artworks in 2012, with an artwork titled, “Shift In Thinking.” Now some thirteen years later, my ongoing “image-text” series is the dominant body of my current work, with more than 250 artworks completed. I’ve always been interested in how the title of an artwork can possibly direct the viewer to either gre...

Rachel Bubis: You collaborate with your family in works such as Embustero: A Robotic Theater, an installation featuring fabricated robots made by your son and audio recordings of your siblings. What was the experience like working with them on this project? Richard Lou: Back in the late '80s, I staged a protest performance in front of the Chula Vista school district. A few local students had been setting up actual traps along the border, targeting undocumented migrants. The school...