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I'm mostly drawn to narratives that are difficult for me to visualize.

~Dana Schutz

Topics: Difficult Drawn Me Mostly Narratives Visualize

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I often use hypothetical situations to generate information and imagery for paintings and to create a fictional space where a subject can be put into play.

~Dana Schutz

Topics: Create Fictional Generate Hypothetical Imagery Information Often Paintings Play Put Situations Space Subject Use Where

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I'm never interested in the painting being a mirror to culture. I think that's really boring. What I'm interested in is painting as an affective space. The place where the hierarchies of the world can be rearranged within the space of a painting. And they can be articulated in different ways.

~Dana Schutz

Topics: Being Boring Culture Different Different Ways Interested Mirror Never Painting Place Really Space Think Ways Where Within World I Think

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I like the feeling of not knowing where to look when you are only performing for one person or watching someone practice. It creates this kind of a strange in-between, which can be mirrored in the feeling of making a painting.

~Dana Schutz

Topics: Creates Feeling In-Between Kind Knowing Like Look Making Not Knowing Only Painting Performing Person Practice Someone Strange Watching Where Which You

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I just saw a clip of Maria Bamford. She has a comedy show that was filmed and performed from her bed - the whole thing supposedly takes place in her bedroom at her parents house in Duluth, MN. I thought it was great and really strange - to have a comedy special without having to leave your bed.

~Dana Schutz

Topics: Bed Bedroom Clip Comedy Great Having Her House Just Leave Maria Parents Performed Place Really Saw She Show Special Strange Supposedly Takes Thing Thought Whole Without Your

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There are a lot of artists in Gowanus, and certain things come into your visual vocabulary from living there - the scale of the subway and the canal, sometimes it almost looks like a de Chirico painting, with the intense angles of the shadows and everything.

~Dana Schutz

Topics: Almost Angles Artists Canal Certain Certain Things Come Everything Intense Like Living Looks Lot Painting Scale Shadows Sometimes Subway Things Visual Vocabulary Your

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I think that's just part of how it is with making art. Sometimes you're just flooded with ideas, and then other times you're questioning all the ideas you ever had before, and everything is just... lame.

~Dana Schutz

Topics: Art Before Ever Everything Flooded Had How Ideas Just Lame Making Other Part Questioning Sometimes Then Think Times You I Think

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That's when I feel really excited about a painting. When it starts to feel real, when it feels like it has a personality.

~Dana Schutz

Topics: About Excited Feel Feels Like Painting Personality Real Really Starts I Feel

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The distinction between reality and fiction in America seems like it is becoming really blurry. With its religious fanaticism, reality TV programs and fake news broadcasts being aired by the government, the States feel like they are entering the Dark Ages.

~Dana Schutz

Topics: Ages America Becoming Being Between Dark Dark Ages Distinction Entering Fake Fanaticism Feel Fiction Government Like News Programs Reality Reality Tv Really Religious Seems States Tv

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: Unknown

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