Clara Fortis is an installation artist and experimental sculptor who has exhibited in major cities including Paris and New York as well as in Switzerland. Notable exhibitions include Galerie Au Roi, Vie Projects, Gallery 45, and Gallery D in Paris, Thompson Gallery in Zug, Switzerland, and 25 East Gallery in New York. She has been published by Dépaysants magazine, Dawn newspaper, Merde Magazine, and The New School. Clara has also participated in a residency at Ateliers Sculpture...

When I was a senior in high school, I grew a specific fascination with conceptual art. One of my art teachers at the time, Mr. Murphy, corrected me when I was discussing with him about conceptual art. He stated: “All art is conceptual. There is no such thing as conceptual art”. At the time, I believed him because I was young. However, today as a critical writer with experience, I strongly disagree with such a notion. There is clearly a difference between conceptual art and non-conceptual art....

For this particular essay, we will be discussing Star Smart’s experimental photography series referred to as The Flowers: Overcoming & Healing . These photographs were taken with a cell phone and digitally altered with an obsolete phone application which no longer exists. The series depicts sets of piles of mediation pills formed into a circle with their colors altered to appear hallucinogenic, full of bright neon tones. The other part of the series of the Healing contains smashed pills which...