Sometimes when I either can’t get to the studio or am feeling a bit stuck I browse the web and do some research.
Doing this the other day, I came across the artist Anoka Faruqee and in particular an interview by Liena Vazman called I’d Rather Be Here an Now: The Performative Verb of Painting. The title itself is interesting in that Be could also be performative, referring to really living rather than just existing.
Faruqee is interesting when she talks about gestural pulls and physicality nd I really like this:
My work needs to unravel in the moment to stay alive
