The original version of this artwork is part of Art Matters, a unique three-month Flat Files exhibition on September 1 - November 30, 2021
in New York City,
The time when you are young or do not have much experience.
Children inspire me. Their ability to transcend a certain rotten situation is astounding. Play tap in the ruins of a bombed Syrian city. Playing football in the most miserable neighborhoods. They are always looking for the light. They will save the future that our generations have really screwed up, without even blaming us for it. If only we could keep the kid inside ourselves a little more, we wouldn't be such a mess. Art can help us regain our childhood innocence
I remembered that as a young girl I so much liked to cut images from magazines to paste them into school agendas, scrapbooks and even on my bedroom door. Add to this the fascination I always had for walls filled with old posters, flaking paint, scrappy billboards.. Read more…