© 2024 KRCU Public Radio
90.9 Cape Girardeau | 88.9-HD Ste. Genevieve | 88.7 Poplar Bluff
Play Live Radio
Next Up:
0:00
0:00
0:00 0:00
Available On Air Stations
The latest news from every corner of the state, including policy emerging from Missouri's capitol.

Cut & Paste: St. Louis artist Kahlil Irving enjoys current success, forged by complicated past

St. Louis multimedia artist Kahlil Irving is only 25, but he’s enjoying a level of success many artists never see.

Much of his work, which challenges Western constructs of identity and culture, is now being shown from coast to coast. Irving embraces the rush of recognition and is enjoying being “on top.” But his work, and even his successes, conjure up issues from the past.

In our latest Cut & Paste podcast, we talk with Irving about his art-making and the personal stories that inform his work.

Look for new Cut & Paste (#cutpastestl) podcastsevery few weeks on our website. You can also find all previous podcasts focusing on a diverse collection of visual and performing artists, and subscribe to Cut & Paste through this link.

The podcast is sponsored by JEMA Architects, Planners and Designers.

Follow Nancy on Twitter: @NancyFowlerSTL

Please help St. Louis Public Radio find creative people to feature on Cut & Paste. Tell us which artists and cultural drivers deserve a closer look.

Kahlil Irving's "Before and After Sundown, Town" is a glazed stoneware and wood piece, created in 2016.
David Johnson /
Kahlil Irving's "Before and After Sundown, Town" is a glazed stoneware and wood piece, created in 2016.
Kahlil Irving created "Popular Mass," made of glazed white stoneware, enamel and luster in 2014.
Iim Walker /
Kahlil Irving created "Popular Mass," made of glazed white stoneware, enamel and luster in 2014.
"Shifted Targets" is a digital image Kahlil Irving made in 2017.
Kahlil Irving /
"Shifted Targets" is a digital image Kahlil Irving made in 2017.

Copyright 2018 St. Louis Public Radio

Nancy is a veteran journalist whose career spans television, radio, print and online media. Her passions include the arts and social justice, and she particularly delights in the stories of people living and working in that intersection.