I try to get out of an image's way in order to let it articulate what is hidden.

There was a belief after World War I that painting could be an act of civil revolt. I want this exhibition, 'New Museum,' to be an act of civil disobedience. It's not so much about the New Museum on the Bowery, but the idea of challenging museums as projections of cultural authority. It's painting as insurgency.

People get confused when they see my shows, but that isn't the intention. My intention is to destabilize the act of seeing.

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