People always say that my work is sensational or shocking but there are truly shocking things you could do, and my sculptures don't go anywhere near that.
Sentiment: NEGATIVE
I am not a performer but occasionally I deliberately work in a public context. Some sculptures need the movement of people around them to work.
The thing with sculpture is, 90% of the time, when I pass a piece of sculpture, it's in public or somewhere, and it's just, how inconvenient that that's there. It takes up so much room, and it's so oppressive.
I had a natural feeling for sculpture, and the nudes are my sculpture.
There's always constantly interesting things to do, and who knows, maybe I will be a good sculptor. I haven't decided what I am going to do next, but I am not going to quit just because I did something interesting.
People expect me to me a 'shock rocker,' but there's nothing you can do anymore to be shocking.
Most people respond to my paintings quite generously, but there have been cases where I think people - a few critics in particular - were actually moved by the work but were disturbed by the feelings it evoked, so they attacked it. Some people find the realm of my work quite uncomfortable.
I believe people can have a profound experience by being surrounded by something beautiful - that's what I aim for. My sculpture is about the way you feel when you're standing under it and inside it. It's experiential art.
I got so I was really just sick of sculpture.
My sculptures cause an uproar, astonishment, and put a smile on your face.
I love my sculptures, and I was lucky I had them for 50 years because no one would look at them, and I really liked having them around.