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“When you get a critique, people think you're criticizing them but it's really an intellectual conversation. You can't get emotionally attached.”

Quote by Kalup Linzy

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Kalup Linzy, born on July 23, 1977, is an American artist known for his diverse practice encompassing painting, sculpture, performance, and video. His work is recognized for its unique style and profound reflections on contemporary social issues. more

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“Sometimes you divorce a part of yourself to save yourself emotionally.”

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“When I stepped back from the gallery I was in a phase where I thought I wasn't going to be making work for a gallery context for a while. People were like, "You should never leave a gallery if you didn't have somewhere else to go," but I wasn't trying to disrespect the gallerists in that way.”

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“I'm actually looking for a gallery, but the thing is some galleries just want to show the video work and some are just interested in the 2-D work. It has to be a gallery where I can do the 2-D collages, the video, and live performance, where it's not this weird conflict, where it can all move forward.”

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“If I want to do something in the TV industry, I should be allowed to explore that, but not in a way where it has to cancel out or ruin my visual art career.”

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