‘I Work Purely Out of Desire’: Karla Black Conjures Ethereal Beauty at David Zwirner. The materiality and attention to detail in its presentation, Black leaves nothing to chance. / by Mark Edwards

The ephemeral qualities Black brings to her exhibition continue to strike accord with my practice. In this interview she makes it abundantly clear that she is in total control even when works are purchased, she requires collectors to send her photographs of the installations, you could say she is a perfectionist ,and she states that her estate will have strict controls over her work. Paying for her art doesn’t give you power over it, she said. “You can’t just do what you want.” I am totally supportive of as an artist we maintain the integrity and the authority to dictate how our work is to be shown. Last year as a student control for our end of year exhibition was taken from me and the result was a disaster.