I don’ t think there is an uninteresting person alive. It’s just that not everyone has access to themselves, to the full range of thier emotional life. This is why my work often embarrasses me and why I need it to embarrass me. Being embarrassed allows me to access more surprising pictorial solutions. I don’t know precisely how, but it seems to function as a clarifying agent.
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that’s a really interesting quote. it’s the kind of thing that makes you want to spend a day re-examining yourself, your work, everything around you.
that’s a really interesting quote. it’s the kind of thing that makes you want to spend a day re-examining yourself, your work, everything around you.
What a great quote- and what an interesting artist. Thanks for turning us onto her. I really like this picture, which I just found-
http://www.davidzwirner.com/resources/35463/2007%20YUSLI0178-200.jpg
What a great quote- and what an interesting artist. Thanks for turning us onto her. I really like this picture, which I just found-
http://www.davidzwirner.com/resources/35463/2007%20YUSLI0178-200.jpg
Glad you liked it. I worship her and her work. I want to put that painting on the cover of my book.
Justin, of course you like the one with the two girls touching each other you mr. threesome, you.
i think it’s safe to say you’d sell a lot of books with a cover like that.
i think it’s safe to say you’d sell a lot of books with a cover like that.
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