gustav klimt

• Scandinavian in New York

How do you work? Well, I am a stonemason, so it's very physical. It's dirty and hard. A bit like war and peace actually! With my work in stone, it's all about taking away material, about reducing and freeing something that's inside the stone. So I used to always have pre-conceived concepts about what I wanted to do, I am beginning to change this, though. With my painting and when I work in clay, I let it just grow. Because that's not there yet, the way something in stone is. It's more about looking for something that doesn't exist. If you weren't an artist then what would you be? There was never another option, really. Most kids draw when they're little, I just never stopped. I started at age 2. Then my parents weren't very supportive and they kept saying "You can't do this." And so it ...

... art resembles that of Norwegian sculptor Gustav Vigeland, which I thought was just crazy! But I al... your work? I'm going to quote Gustav Klimt: "If anyone wants to find out anything about me as...

• Nordic Reach
• Vol. XVIII Num. 15, Novembre 2005
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