Artist Khari Turner on Using Water as a Medium, Supporting Incarcerated Artists, and More

Artist Khari Turner has recently begun introducing a new medium into his paintings, which are often portraits of figures with exaggerated features. Ahead of an upcoming solo exhibition at Nō Studios in Milwaukee, which opened in October, Turner collected water from the Milwaukee River, as well as water from Lake Michigan, to incorporate in some of his works.
Incorporating water in his work, Turner wants to use the medium “in a way of trying to conceptually talk about masculinity and B