Things have character. So I’m interested in how the character of the thing might function as a protagonist in what isn’t a narrative. Jessica Stockholder Read Quote
It doesn’t matter what I use. It can be anything. What’s interesting is how what I’m doing meets with the stuff I use. Jessica Stockholder Read Quote
Focused attention necessarily has an edge, but as focus changes, the edge shifts. Jessica Stockholder Read Quote
I am more interested in asking questions about the edges of things and thoughts. So the objects I use are not initially the subjects of the work; they are its ground. Jessica Stockholder Read Quote
Pictures often sit inside of pictures, but the edges of pictures and objects are rarely subjected to serious challenge; we are presented with distinct, whole pictures and objects. Jessica Stockholder Read Quote
I work in response to the limitations of any situation and in relationship to what’s possible. Jessica Stockholder Read Quote
I make things complicated for myself and chaotic, so I feel unsettled, and then the challenge is to make something structured and complete emerge from that. Jessica Stockholder Read Quote
