Interview
Artists Quarantine With Their Art Collections
“I can’t think of a better metaphor for our human construct of time than air slowly escaping from a balloon.”
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“I can’t think of a better metaphor for our human construct of time than air slowly escaping from a balloon.”
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“Looking at the imagery is like reviewing a memory bank.”
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“I can’t return to normal. I can’t watch the same life come back. The reptile must be stopped outright.”
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“If I have to be discarded, let it be in the beautiful green space of this painting.”
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“It was like realizing your parents have a life outside of you and you’re not a kid anymore.”
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“When times are dark there is the inclination to want to give up. But the Dark Ages led to the Renaissance.”
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"I used to think art was an escape from the grind of daily life, but this work tells me it might be more of an inoculation — pieces of the world absorbed in small amounts so we can go out and live in it."
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“Sometimes we’re so overwhelmed in the present that it seems impossible to think a future beyond it – but the work of imagination must always continue.”
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"How is art to react? By persisting in its freedom."
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“It is intriguing, what the mind selects to focus on (or seek refuge in) during a time of crisis.”
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“In the midst of a contagion that threatens our way of life, isolates us remorselessly from family and friends, and breeds fear and paranoia, I find these pieces grounding.”
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“I have been looking at this painting and receiving relief like a cool drink on a hot day.”