“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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“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.”
Read More“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.”
Read More“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…”
Read More“It is actually in these moments where one expects infallible heroism I enjoy exploring mistakes or awkwardness.”
Read More“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.”
Read More“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…”
Read More“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.”
Read More“The natives believed that photography steals part of the soul. Photography steals but gives back in a new way, lightening parts of the soul, making them visible…”
Read More“My work is made with what I can only describe as love – the marks I engrave all need to be considered and crafted… I hope that the time they take and the thoughts and ideas that go into them somehow build their own depth and quiet power…”
Read More“I realized my art opened some personal doors that connected me with my past emotions and that questioned me… And that meant a big healing process for me.”
Read More“To be unapologetic as an artist is to truly explore things that you feel very personal to and not really care what anyone else thinks… In terms of what did it take? A lot of life experience and therapy haha!”
Read More“I really do think the ambiguity lends a lot to my work… if I were to lean too heavily on the research behind [it], I’m in danger of over-intellectualizing and disappearing ever so gracefully up my own arse.”
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