Really, lines emerges when the edges of things visually butt up against each other. The meeting of edges can produce all kinds of sensations-a thud, a vibration, a harmony. The thing that is a constant in all of my work is the sense of edge.
I’ve thought a lot about line, trying to get at what that means in my work, since I generate lines in both two and three dimensions and in a variety of materials and media. But I think this idea of engagement as engagement gives art its very specific force. Because of this, art has the unique role of presenting us with a work (painting, object, performance, installation, etc.) that has no practical use beyond our own engagement with it. Clearly, that’s not to say that art has no purpose. That’s a different conversation. In general, we collectively separate art from the creative disciplines that generate something utilitarian-practices like graphic design, architecture and craft. It’s a pretty weird distinction that we seem to implicitly agree on.
Q: What power does art have that other outlets do not?
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