Abstract is not a style. I simply want to make a surface work. This is just a use of space and form: it's an ambivalence of forms and space.
Interpretation
Joan Mitchell emphasizes that her abstract work is not just a style but a deliberate exploration of space and form.
In this quote, Joan Mitchell conveys her approach to abstract art as a significant engagement with the elements of space and form rather than simply adhering to a specific artistic style. She highlights the complexity and ambivalence in how various forms inhabit and interact within a space, suggesting that art is a thoughtful investigation into these relationships, rather than a mere aesthetic choice.
In practice
During an art symposium to discuss the nature of abstract expressionism.
A stage play is basically a form of uber-schizophrenia. You split yourself into two minds - one being the protagonist and the other being the antagonist. The playwright also splits himself into two other minds: the mind of the writer and the mind of the audience.
Do you drink?" "Of course,I just said I was a writer.
I think of myself as a performance artist. I hate being called a pop star. I hate that.
For my art, there is a common theme most of the time: it is using the things we can see to search for the world we cannot see.
To me, this acquirement of nervous, physical, and emotional concentration is the one element possessed to the highest degree by the truly great dancers of the world. Its acquirement is the result of discipline, of energy in the deep sense. That is why there are so few great dancers.
There may be stranger reasons for being alive. There are books There’s interlibrary loan. There are books you can fall into and pull up over your head.
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