“The art must be out and riding a bike”
“Nina Hemmingsson on the absurd demands that everything must be edifying”
“This is a kulturartikel which is a part of Aftonbladet’s opinionsjournalistik.”
“Sometimes it is said that art is a question of democracy, I have also said it unfortunately. I want to apologize for it. To call art for a question of democracy is to invite to the standing cuts of the artists and their works. It does not mean that art is not a question of democracy. But since we can not know until afterwards what really worked, everyone should just stop guessing and backtracking out of the room.”
“Because I really just want to be loved, I am happy that I happened to choose that particular conclusion. I want to of course communicate with what I do, but just while I draw, I have never been able to think of on the receiver, because I’m afraid it’ll make me self-conscious and anxious.”
“But to subscribe directly. The way from the brain, passed through the arm and out on the paper is so short that I don’t have time to think about what the people want before it is too late and the image is already there.”
“It has become so boring now that artists, especially female, is expected to be edifying instead of fun. The best description I find in the much talked about poddavsnittet The madwoman in the refugee camp of A wolf looking for its pod, which, among other things, take up the absurd demands placed on the director, writer and actor Lena Dunham.”
“She has ended up in a loop of massive criticism for basically everything she does (in brief: she should be more politically correct), she then asks if the apology is public, which is not allowed. Now, she seems most have given up.”
“nJag talking about criticism, which is that the art must be constructive and världsförbättrande. As when I did a series called ”Fittans year” and received criticism for the woman in the series has a female genitals (all of the women do not have it).”
“I’m an artist who designed a series of, not someone who illustrated a booklet published by the, let us say, the county council, where the requirement of representation, of course, can and should be set higher. Furthermore, the series is an interpretation. For me, that means ”pussy” not just a body part, but in this case also a spiritual strength.”
“Not that it makes much difference what I thought. Or to some thought that I should have chosen a different word. I’m just saying that I impossible can adjust for this type of objections. What if I did it, the pictures would come out. I can’t imagine a better illustration of the emptiness.”
“nKonst can do to understand the beyond their formuleringsförmåga, or it makes you not give a shit but get a strong sense. Alternatively, you feel nothing at all. Yes, I do not understand what art is supposed to be good for the if it may not be completely out and ride.”
“I can no other than to portray me. Most people are not like me, yet it happens quite often that others recognize themselves in my drawings. I, who see me as an introvert person, can look inward, tell you what I see and reaching out. By dragging the lines around my person, to discern me, so I will close to one another. I think this is magical.”
