Ken-Matt Martin in entrance of the Victory Gardens Theater in Chicago, April 9, 2021. The esteemed Chicago theater’s first Black inventive director goes in with his eyes open. The artist is presenting solo exhibitions on the MCA Chicago and the X Museum in Beijing. Confined to his condo in SoHo, with books stacked to the ceiling and several other thousand CDs, he has slept in the identical bed for weeks on end for the first time in many years.
An artist who does not want to rely from the market’s preferences or public opinion, strongly committed to his artistic journey and never willing to subject himself to any limitations. After all, when the market and everybody else has given up on anyone, things often get attention-grabbing. Widodo is indeed an artist with skills –especially his drawings are nice- and a creative spirit unable to refrain from creating new artworks. In the case of Widodo we’re confronted with a really robust character who takes delight in his singularity. The crypto art world has boomed in recent months, with a piece of art and its NFT lately selling at a Christie’s auction for $69 million. Sutu is the moderator of a bunch …
