I practice detachment; months or weeks before a show. I’m not the type of artist who is in constant need to draw, nor am I in perpetual gleeful anticipation of coming home to spend my few extra hours creating “art.” I seek human interaction, everyday, with everyone, though I find the word interaction - reciprocal action or influence - too strong, or false, actually, because this implies a give-and-take, when, really, it is, at all times, a take-and-take-in. I observe, indulge, allow myself to be influenced by everyone, take it all in, and reserving my reciprocities for, well, detachment.
In my lack of voice, I create. My inclination towards a passive, reserved way of living is an answer to my lack of voice, because I gather, then release. My body of work is a retort to (my) life. And each one is final.
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I Practice Detachment.
A two-man show featuring works on paper by Tof Zapanta and Mano Gonzales.
2nd Floor Gallery, Altro Mondo, The Picasso.
Show runs from Jan 23 - Mar 14, 2014.
A two-man show featuring works on paper by Tof Zapanta and Mano Gonzales.
2nd Floor Gallery, Altro Mondo, The Picasso.
Show runs from Jan 23 - Mar 14, 2014.
I Practice Detachment
The Companionability of Nonexistence
Introspection in Inclination
It Never Feels Right, But Sometimes It Feels Good
The Occasion of Turning Away to Get In(to)
Dismissal as Incentive
