Katharine: Nadzak Exclusive

This tactile philosophy has made her a darling of the slow art movement, but it has also made her a difficult subject for traditional media. She rarely grants interviews. She has no publicist. This is why securing this felt like a minor miracle. The Process: Violence and Tenderness During our time in the studio, Nadzak allowed us to witness her creating a new piece, tentatively titled Elegy for a Broken Clock . The process is not for the faint of heart.

"I’m trying to paint what a memory feels like the moment you realize it’s false," she says. "That dissonance. When you remember a room, but the light is wrong. That is my subject." katharine nadzak exclusive

For the first time, Nadzak smiled. "Silence," she replied. "After this , I’m going dark. No shows for two years. I need to forget that anyone is watching." This tactile philosophy has made her a darling

"The accident is the only honest part of the process," she explains. "If you control everything, you kill the soul." This is why securing this felt like a minor miracle

She gestured to a stack of empty, unprimed canvases leaning against the far wall. "These are the ones that matter. The ones that will probably never sell. But I have to make them first, before I can think about the public again."