“If you have trouble drawing a straight line, you can enjoy the wiggly ones.” Canadian-American artist Jessica Stockholder gives her advice to aspiring artists.
“I would advise people to stay available to their processes. And to not be afraid to make crappy stuff,” Jessica Stockholder says and continues: “The problem that one has in one’s work, that’s the subject.” To her, there’s too much focus on getting things right.
In her own art, if something isn’t working, she’ll, for example, turn the piece upside down or cut it in half: “I don’t think I make mistakes in my art because I take advantage of them.” She explains further: “I think people are too concerned about not making mistakes. Being right. Getting the answer right. Passing the test. We’re not taught in schools to be invested in the process.”
Jessica Stockholder (b. 1959) is a Canadian-American artist who currently lives and works in Chicago, IL, USA. She is known for her site-specific installation works and sculptures, often described as “paintings in space.” She is educated at Yale University, the University of Victoria, the University of British Columbia and the Camden School of Art, London. She has exhibited widely in museums and galleries internationally. Her work is represented in permanent collections of museums, including the Whitney Museum of Modern Art, New York; The Art Institute of Chicago, Chicago; SF MoMA; MoCA LA; the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston; The British Museum, London; and the Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam. Recent solo museum exhibitions include Stuff Matters and the Centraal Museum, Utrecht and Relational Aesthetics at the Contemporary Austin in 2019. Her work has also recently been shown at Leo Koenig Gallery, New York; Kavi Gupta Gallery, Chicago; Raffaella Cortese Gallery, Milan; Galeria Max Estrella, Madrid; and many more.
Jessica Stockholder was interviewed by Roxanne Bagheshirin Lærkesen at her studio in Chicago, IL, in February 2023.
Camera: Sean Hanley
Edited and produced by Roxanne Bagheshirin Lærkesen
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2023
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