Fluids in general are present in my work; in fact, I think they obsess me. Sweat, saliva, semen, blood, shit, piss, milk, pus, fat, water and oil. Greased and slathered into the fabric of making a living.
Aesthetics and process aside, which emotion do you want to trigger with your work, and why?
Tenderness, violence, beauty, fear, anxiety, lust, affection all interest me. A realness unsettled. I’ve always liked that manic energy, it’s probably why I like making art in physically demanding ways. It’s also why sports, football, wrestling, and weightlifting had such a draw for me in my youth. It gets me out of my head and into my body. Art doesn’t come well from making from the neck up. Words words words. Fleeting at best. Perhaps my dyslexic socially self-conscience inadequacy. It can gets in the way.
