I feel like I'm changing as a human being, and I think that the work needed to be in line with where I'm at. When I was younger and I was making political work, I was trying to figure out where my work fit in because when you're young you're like, "I don't know." I'm Latino, I grew up in Mexico, and so I thought that maybe I had to talk about those things. Then finally I didn't need my identity to rely on anymore. So now the work is becoming about more esoteric things, I guess - my own sort of language.
Have you ever had a moment where you finish a piece, and then all of a sudden the piece sort of takes on it's own life beyond you? It doesn't happen … - Fernando Mastrangelo
Have you ever had a moment where you finish a piece, and then all of a sudden the piece sort of takes on it's own life beyond you? It doesn't happen …
- Fernando Mastrangelo
When I was in college, it was Jacques Derrida. Everyone was dropping quotes. I remember thinking that was important - and I don't say that it's not n… - Fernando Mastrangelo
When I was in college, it was Jacques Derrida. Everyone was dropping quotes. I remember thinking that was important - and I don't say that it's not n…
This is the personal side of things. When I started going through some of those transitions in my mind, just as a human being versus as an artist, I … - Fernando Mastrangelo
This is the personal side of things. When I started going through some of those transitions in my mind, just as a human being versus as an artist, I …
I feel like I'm changing as a human being, and I think that the work needed to be in line with where I'm at. When I was younger and I was making poli… - Fernando Mastrangelo
I feel like I'm changing as a human being, and I think that the work needed to be in line with where I'm at. When I was younger and I was making poli…
It took me a very long time to realize that inherently the materials have this beautiful quality without me having to impose meaning onto them. - Fernando Mastrangelo
It took me a very long time to realize that inherently the materials have this beautiful quality without me having to impose meaning onto them.
I've loosened up over the years about materials. I started off working for Matthew Barney, and that's what his mentality is. Even while we were makin… - Fernando Mastrangelo
I've loosened up over the years about materials. I started off working for Matthew Barney, and that's what his mentality is. Even while we were makin…
I don't look at a lot of design. I try to stay focused on making sculptural art pieces and somehow translating them into design. - Fernando Mastrangelo
I don't look at a lot of design. I try to stay focused on making sculptural art pieces and somehow translating them into design.
When people ask me now about why I make art, I think that's what I'm seeking - a moment of transcendence with a piece. Because otherwise you're just … - Fernando Mastrangelo
When people ask me now about why I make art, I think that's what I'm seeking - a moment of transcendence with a piece. Because otherwise you're just …
Sometimes I think you just have to trust that the things you're doing make sense, instead of sitting down and analyzing this and that and, "Well, I r… - Fernando Mastrangelo
Sometimes I think you just have to trust that the things you're doing make sense, instead of sitting down and analyzing this and that and, "Well, I r…
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