sadness & SILENCE
The loss & violence in Orlando this week is unbearable. I was once watching an interview with today’s artist in which he was trying to speak to his inspiration, his inner voice. He said,”I represent this world, this culture.” I heard this and wondered about the world of which he spoke, this world of children in arresting situations, and hoped his work wasn’t REALLY representative of the world. I don’t want the world to be that painful, that complicated. But it is. I love this work. I will always love this work. Today, I wish it didn’t feels quite so real. Today’s AAAD Artist of the Day, Gehard Demetz has put a face on our world today. (continues below)
“I represent this world, this culture.” — Gehard Demetz