“The very atmosphere that I try to create in my practice – things coming and going, feelings of temporality. That emotion you are feeling in the now that will inevitably pass…”
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psychotherapy & contemporary arts magazine
“The very atmosphere that I try to create in my practice – things coming and going, feelings of temporality. That emotion you are feeling in the now that will inevitably pass…”
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“In my 10-year industry experience I have never worked with a black photographer and that speaks volumes…”
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“Art truly saved my life; I owe everything to it. Allowing myself to be vulnerable at that time is what kept me alive, I channelled it even in that state. Vulnerability can shift into power.”
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“I was thinking about what it means to be lost but still know where you are; am I emotionally lost, does being lost imply distance? Is the tool I’m using the find my way actually making me more lost?”
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“Working with a human brain was a transformative and emotional experience. The images revealed themselves gradually… and the prints, although taken from a dead cross-section, seemed to expose a consciousness at work.”
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“I think simulation is interesting… simulating materials found in the real world for my art. I suppose it serves as a touchstone to reality, something that lets you ground yourself before getting lost.”
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“I feel there isn’t really an excuse nowadays to not be aware of privilege and how it affects everything around us, so it feels like the least I can do is try to bring attention to these issues through my creative practice.”
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“I was so obsessed with the ‘honesty’ of the work that I would never tell even the littlest of lies in any circumstance (even out of kindness) because I feared that the dishonesty would seep into my work…”
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“It is actually in these moments where one expects infallible heroism I enjoy exploring mistakes or awkwardness.”
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“In the old Hollywood era, the archetype of beauty… was always and in any case linked to their gender identity, which could never be non-binary. That’s one of the reasons I associate my persona with this aesthetic, I find it empowering.”
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“Franz Kline once said to Philip Guston in a conversation “You know what creating really is? To have the capacity to be embarrassed”, which I think is absolutely true. You need that capacity to just keep painting with a reckless abandon…”
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“I genuinely enjoy noticing something like weeds growing through the paint of a double yellow line on the road – these beautiful, almost poetic details are everywhere and are strangely uplifting and reassuring if you take time to see them.”
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