EP 011: JUAN ANTONIO OLIVARES

Published: May 1, 2018, 4:47 p.m.

b'On the show is the artist Juan Antonio Olivares. Juan\\u2019s highly interdisciplinary work resists traditional object-oriented art production. Instead, his work often manifests itself as video. He first studied art at Columbia University, before moving to Germany to study at the Kunstakademie Dusseldorf under acclaimed conceptual photographer Christopher Williams. It was during this time that Juan began work on his film Mol\\xe9culas, a 10 minute CGI animation following a one-armed teddy bear who ruminates on family, loss, and our place in the world. If it sounds strange, it\\u2019s because it is, but it was also one of my favorite works of the year, and I wasn\\u2019t alone. Mol\\xe9culas was recently acquired by The Whitney and is now on view at the museum through June 10th. I encourage everyone to go see it.\\n\\nI got the chance to photograph Juan at his Brooklyn studio, and you can see the portrait at www.williamjesslaird.com/imageculture as well as on Instagram @william.jess.laird or @image.culture\\n\\nYou can find more information on Mol\\xe9culas here: https://whitney.org/Exhibitions/JuanAntonioOlivares\\n\\nI\\u2019d like to thank Juan Antonio Olivares, John Miller, the Columbia University and Barnard College Art Departments, and the entire team at the Whitney Museum, especially to Jane Panetta and Allie Tepper. Our show is produced by Sarah Levine and our music is by Jack and Eliza.'