"For us, the idea of having a work that has contradictions is very important—when, in affirming something, it includes itself and attacks itself. How can you put together all of these things that have nothing to do with each other? You use glue! Glue can be an idea, a word. You can use an ideological glue."
"Esther" (2002)
"Esther," 2002
Graphite and acrylic on paper, 11 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches
Collection Lewis Manilow, Chicago
Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York and Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas
Graphite and acrylic on paper, 11 1/4 x 10 3/4 inches
Collection Lewis Manilow, Chicago
Courtesy James Cohan Gallery, New York and Dunn and Brown Contemporary, Dallas
"I came up with the idea of having a story as a kind of framework to plug elements into, to let the characters have a place to exist and to grow, and to give context to the different sensibilities that the characters have. So, in essence, the story is the glue that holds everything together."
- Trenton Doyle Hancock
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