cover #12 eliza douglas

ART interview by OLIVIER ZAHM photography by NADINE FRACZKOWSKI style by LAËTITIA GIMENEZ ADAM american artist eliza douglas is the face of a new generation. she is shaping the future of art with a transgressive attitude that disrupts predetermined categories: painting/performance, male/female, art/fashion, individual/collective. for purple future, she wore the balenciaga 50th couture collection in anne imhof’s mega show “natures mortes” at the palais de tokyo in paris, for which she composed the music, performed, and exhibited her paintings. her urge to express herself in different domains is a sign of a generational shift in the art world. OLIVIER ZAHM — How do you start a painting? With a picture, an idea, a mood, a sound? ELIZA DOUGLAS — With all my paintings, there’s a photographic element that precedes the painting. I usually work in series, and each series has a process that is consistent within it. With the most…