Thursday, March 19, 2009

Gema Alava, artist statement

Gema Alava es una artista espanola que acabo de conocer a traves de la gaceta de becarios de la Caixa.

Su trabajo resulta bien interesante. Me he sentido particularmente identificado con la parte en que dice que no le interesa expresar sus ideas individuales y que "su arte no es sobre su persona":

"I try never to produce work that communicates only a single idea. I want to be open to different interpretations and I'm not interested in communicating my own individual ideas. My ideas are not the most important thing. That is not why I make my work. It is not about my persona, it's about things that intrigue me".

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