Brown’s Percent-for-Art program has thoughtfully integrated site-specific public art onto campus since 2004. In honor of the 20th anniversary of this program, I sat down with the former director and artists involved to reflect on some of the program’s diverse projects and to gain insight into their perspectives on public art at Brown and beyond.
The mysterious statues on the Main Green have surprisingly deep meanings.
Mick talks with the Brown Art Review about industrial fishing, capitalist food systems, and the importance of presentation in advance of his upcoming show “Liturgy of the Shelf.”
Chloe talks with the Brown Art Review about trauma, survival, and narratives of healing in advance of her solo exhibition, “embodied.”
A look inside the IRONWIRE debut fashion show and the designer Ava Eisendrath.
Joey talks with the Brown Art Review about his work in advance of his upcoming solo show, “Always Arriving”.