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| Femme Maison 1982 1947 |
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As a sculptor, I am interested in space – whether it is real or imagined. Sometimes I want to hide, and sometimes I want to go out and seduce.
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| Femme Couteau , 2002 |
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| Janus Fleuri, 1968 |
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When I was growing up, all the women in my house were using needles. I have always had a fascination with the needle, the magic power of the needle. The needle is used to repair the damage. It's a claim to forgiveness.
don't believe there is a feminist aesthetic. A lot of the emotions that I am expressing in my work are pre-gender. I am lucky to have been brought up by my mother who was a feminist, and fortunate enough to have married a husband who was a feminist, and I have raised sons who are feminists.
I am a long distance runner and a lonely runner, and that's the way I like it!
I don't need success. It's not what motivates me. Though success is sexy.
I am not interested in any one material. The materials are just materials, and they are there to serve me.
I want to be at peace with myself and others. And that's hard.
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| Cell XXV - (The View of the World of the jealous WIFE), 2001 |
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My use of the word 'cell' has to do with the fact that I am a prisoner of my memories. The original suite of the Cells had to do with the five senses and memory and had nothing to do with the issues of humiliation and internment. The sense of containment in the Cells has also to do with the idea of isolating problems in order to solve them. I also like to know my limits and that's why I prefer claustrophobic spaces. The Cells also express the notion that people are isolated from one another and unable to communicate. This is the human condition.
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| The Nest, 1994 |
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For me, sculpture is the body. My body is my sculpture.
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