But the idea of transformation has always been something that I romanticize in a work. I’m cautious of it but I also need it to connect my thoughts with the process of making. That’s really important.
Nari Ward
Izhar Patkin, Virtue and Village, (The Black Paintings), 1986, enamel on chrome coat paper, 93 × 42 inches each. Courtesy Holly Solomon.
Izhar Patkin, Night at the Balagany, 1986, enamel on chrome coat paper, 93 × 42 inches. Courtesy Holly Solomon Gallery.
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Martin Amis, Gretchen Bender by Cindy Sherman, Charles Henri Ford, and Roland Joffé.
But the idea of transformation has always been something that I romanticize in a work. I’m cautious of it but I also need it to connect my thoughts with the process of making. That’s really important.
Nari Ward