Interview

July 16, 2025

Surreal Sculptures of Fragmented People Inspiring Self-Reflection [Interview]

South African artist James Cook’s sculptures weren’t always grounded in abstraction. Before he began creating the fragmented, dreamy sculptures for which he’s become known, he mostly stayed within the lines. At first, this was an attractive option for him: there was a “technical challenge” implicit in “capturing the human form with precision,” the artist tells My Modern Met, yet he often felt that the final results remained “static.

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July 14, 2025

Street Artist Shares Personal Meaning Behind Powerful Mural About Life and Death [Interview]

French street artist Enzo is a busy guy. As a muralist and organizer, he’s always planning, painting, or traveling. And sometimes, he’s doing all three. Enzo recently took part in this year’s Bushwick Collective, an internationally recognized art event in Bushwick, Brooklyn, that invites artists from around the world to paint walls in the neighborhood.

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June 29, 2025

Artist Draws From Mexican Pictorial Traditions to Explore His Inner Life Through Self Portraits [Interview]

In the work of artist Angel Cammen, there's much more to a self-portrait than the likeness of the painter. Born and raised in Northern Mexico, a stronghold of conservative values, Cammen's paintings are charged with a bubbling symbolism. On one hand, they are spaces of introspection, carved out by the artist himself. On the other hand, they are joyous statements that he is thriving and going to be loudly himself—whether society likes it or not.

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My Modern Met

Celebrating creativity and promoting a positive culture by spotlighting the best sides of humanity—from the lighthearted and fun to the thought-provoking and enlightening.