Jessica Stockholder

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Interview:
Jessica Stockholder: Interests and Influences
ART21: Can you talk about your work in relationship to fun? STOCKHOLDER: Sometimes it’s fun, and there are moments when it’s exhilarating. In the end, it’s a kind of pleasure, at least in part—but it’s not always fun making it. ART21: What about play? STOCKHOLDER: Kids’ play is a kind of learning and thinking that doesn’t have... continue reading
10/07/2005
Interview:
Jessica Stockholder: Pleasure, Politics, and Beauty
ART21: Do you think abstract forms have meaning? STOCKHOLDER: People sometimes think that formalism means the work is meaningless, empty. “He (or she) is a formalist”—that is thrown at different artists. Well, form means everything. We don’t make anything or think anything outside of form. We have conventions of form for every... continue reading
10/07/2005
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