Intense Personal Necessity: Q & A with Joshua Hagler
Posted: October 21st, 2010 | Author: Lance Hewison | Filed under: Digital, Mixed-Media, Painting | Tags: Joshua Hagler, Mixed-Media, Nearly Approaching Never to Pass, Painting, Reaves Gallery | No Comments »
“Evangelist 1″
“All of my work is made as a result of a little game I play with myself and sometimes with other people . . . You win the game by following the link of so many lies that you end up back to something that’s essentially truthful.”
Q: You are exhibiting alongside artist George Pfau for your new show, and I see that the two of you have collaborated before. How did the two of you meet? Also, can you tell me more about how you’ve worked together?
“Ancestor 4″
A: Unlike KateEric, George and I aren’t married, so there’s less yelling and probably not as much sex. I might steal glances or find some tiny thing–a hair, a bit of sawdust–to brush from George’s arm or breast pocket from time to time, but the romance of our collaborative effort resides more in the work than in our special kind of suppressed chemistry.