by | Aug 4, 2019 | Contemporary Art, Environment, Interview, News
Wonderful article by Hope Mills: Some Excerpts from the article: On a breezy Louisiana day, the spinning Tibetan prayer wheels at a corner of the Lafitte Greenway near St John’s Bayou will mesmerize you. The nine-foot-high stainless steel cylinders, etched with...
by | Aug 3, 2019 | Below Sea Level, Contemporary Art
Michel Varisco photographed Shelbey Leco underwater with her grandfather’s homemade trawling net. Shelbey’s artwork and the oral histories of her grandfather are featured in “Roots in the Water,” a traveling exhibition. Up from May through...
by | Jul 10, 2017 | AerialPhotography, ClimateChangePhotography, Contemporary Art, Environment, EnvironmentalPhotography, Fluid States, Land Art, Louisiana, Louisiana Life, Magazine, Michel Varisco, Michel Varisco Art, Michel Varisco Artist, Mississippi River, New Orleans, New Orleans Art, New Orleans Artist, News, Photography, Reviews, Shifting
Big thanks to John Kemp for this comprehensive interview and essay about my work in Louisiana Life Magazine.
by | Jul 10, 2017 | Arts Council of New Orleans, Biennials, City of New Orleans, Climate Change, Contemporary Art, Environment, Lafitte Greenway, Louisiana, Michel Varisco, Michel Varisco Art, Michel Varisco Artist, New Orleans, News, Public Art, Site Specific Installation, Turning
Honored to be included in Prospect.4: The Lotus In Spite of the Swamp. Prospect New Orleans...
by | Mar 29, 2017 | Contemporary Art, Installation shots, Louisiana, Michel Varisco, Michel Varisco Art, Michel Varisco Artist, New Orleans, New Orleans Art, New Orleans Artist, News
Now for preparing the site where the sculptures will finally go. As in the mock up, we want to restore the little 30′ diameter meadow with wildflowers and native grasses. The site as we found it, was overrun with invasive grasses called torpedo weeds and nut grasses....
