Since 1981, Independent Curators International (ICI) has run a series in
which prominent New York artists talk about their work to an audience
gathered at the artist's studio. The New York Studio Events program has
visited some 200 distinguished artists throughout its history, including
Janine Antoni, Mel Bochner, Louise Bourgeois, Petah Coyne, Leon Golub,
David Levinthal, Mary Lucier, Laurie Simmons, Richard Tuttle, Fred
Wilson, Vik Muniz and Andrea Zittel. Inside the Studio shares for the
first time the invaluable archive of audio recordings made during these
events, excerpting from approximately 75 of the most fascinating to
provide an exceptional oral record of these artists' thinking about
their working processes, conceptual issues, the current scene and
artists whose work they themselves admire. Founded in 1975, ICI's
mission is to enhance the understanding and appreciation of contemporary
art through traveling exhibitions and other activities that reach a
diverse national and international audience. Collaborating with a wide
range of eminent curators over the years, ICI has created some 100
exhibitions that collectively have included the work of more than 2,500
artists, presented at over 450 art spaces located throughout the United
States, and 20 other countries.
