“THE FIRST RULE OF PAINTING IS TO TAKE EVERYONE ELSE OUT OF THE EQUATION. I AM THE VIEWER, SO IDON’T UNDERESTIMATE MY VIEWERS. THEY SEE EVERYTHING, AND I JUST HAVE TO ASSUME THEY ARE ME. I CAN’T PAINT FOR ANYONE ELSE. IT’S ALL ABOUT HAVING THE COURAGE TO SAY THIS IS FINISHED, AND THEY HAVE TO KNOW I AM THE BOSS IN PAINTING. It’s LIKE BEING A SOLDIER BECAUSE I HAVE TO BE HARD AS FUCK TO FALL IN LOVE WITH THESE THINGS AND LET THEM GO.”
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“AFTER A SHOOTING SPREE, THEY ALWAYS WANT TO TAKE THE GUNS AWAY FROM THE PEOPLE WHO DIDN’T DO IT. I AM SURE AS HELL I WOULDN’T WANT TO LIVE IN SOCIETY WHERE THE ONLY PEOPLE ALLOWED GUNS ARE THE POLICE AND THE MILITARY”.
ARTIST BENEDICTE AURBERT RINGNES IS ESTABLISHING THE EXHIBITION NAMED ARNOLD WITH MAIN OBSERVATION TO PRE- AND POST RENESSANCIAL TIMES PLAYING WITH POSTMODERNISTIC TECHNIQUES BY ACTIONS OF MASCULINITY VS FEMININITY, COPYING VS RE-USAGE, POLITICAL VS RELIGIOUS LIBERTIES. ALL REASONED BY HER UNIQUE WEST-COAST ROMANTICISM.