TO WHOM IT MAY CONCERN
Statement for the MFA degree show at kunstforenigen gammelstrand. Installed as flyers handed out to the visitors. In collaboration w/ Mia Rosasco
“It all begins with that other idealism - the one we are fed in schools - about art being some exalted “gift” to society and artists being lone, superior geniuses, whooping it up in their ivory garrets-. However, when students get out, they often find it is hard to give their “gifts” away: some succeed, some get bitter, and some try to demythologize the role of art and to change the system in which it operates. For those who need to see immediate results (a large check and/or instant fame), such a long haul is highly unsatisfying. But rewards come precisely in the process of that engagement."
