“I could name many women who travel or who work with America as a theme. I think it was more not being able to name canonical women, whose work is part of the American canon.” ThinkingAbleAmericaNamesThemeCanon Author:Cynthia Daignault
“Now, at a moment when photography is so pervasive that it's been forced to grapple with its own identity and look inward, it feels like a natural moment for painting to look out, to reclaim that directive of picturing America.” FeelsLooksMomentsAmericaNaturalIdentityPaintingPhotographyInward Author:Cynthia Daignault
“Stores are the same everywhere; small downtowns are done. Not just in America, but globally. You hear the same music on every station, all our building materials look the same, and all our clothes look the same. But I thought that it couldn't be that simple, because Arizona is not Minnesota. There is this other reality, which is a reality of landscape.” LooksDoneRealityAmericaSimpleBuildingMaterialsClothesStoresLandscapeStationsArizonaDowntownMinnesotaBuilding Materials Author:Cynthia Daignault
“Artworks, whether fiction, music, or painting, because they have the power and possibility to become truth, when repeated enough or told enough are somehow truth about what America is, whether they were or not.” EnoughAmericaFictionPossibilityPaintingArtwork Author:Cynthia Daignault