On Creativity & Destruction
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On Creativity & Destruction
All art is a kind of exorcism. This is what gives art its power to change the conditions of our life.
Jerry Saltz • Art Is Life: Icons and Iconoclasts, Visionaries and Vigilantes, and Flashes of Hope in the Night
This presentation follows the life of Joel Nessim through a restrospective collection of his paintings, his lifes dedication and work. Ever since he was young he was engaged with creation, and fascinated with the influence of lived experiences translated onto the canvas. The ability for humans to adapt and change was something that Joel projected
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Every good artist knows this is true of the best work: It takes some plundering of the self. You go in there and you have a look around and you bring back something that might make people uncomfortable and you write it down—even if it’s awful, even if people don’t want to hear it, even if it makes you, the artist, seem like a freak.