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Art in the age of the digital image is completely different from experiencing art in physical form.

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My love affair with painting is bittersweet.

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At its best, what art does is, it points to who we as human beings and what we as human beings value. And if Black Lives Matter, they deserve to be in paintings.

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My mother sent me to art classes at the age of 11. I began to have kids around me say, 'Will you make drawings for me? Will you make a painting for me?' And it really clicked.

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When I'm at my best, I'm trying to destabilize myself and figure out new ways of approaching art as a provocation. I think I am at my best when I push myself into a place where I don't have all the answers.

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Gauguin is creepy - let's just face it. He goes off into the Pacific, and he's looking at these young girls, and the colonial gaze: It's just really problematic.

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The erotic and the art historical imagination is something that gets very little play when people talk about my work, and when they rarely do, they try to problematize it.

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Artists should be able to thrive and allow their ideas to flourish as much as those in biotechnology or finance.

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Obama stands as a signal that this nation will continue to redefine what it means to push beyond the borders of what's possible.

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I have a fondness for making paintings that go beyond just having a conversation about art for art's sake or having a conversation about art history. I actually really enjoy looking at broader popular culture.

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Artist

Born: Unknown

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