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Artist Quotes by Janet Echelman

8 Artist quotes by Janet Echelman

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Janet Echelman’s eight observations on the artist’s place in the world highlight her fascination with space, material, and public interaction. These brief insights provide a handy primer on how she thinks her kinetic sculptures engage viewers and reshape environments.

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My whole career I've been interested by the distinction between an emotional and an intellectual response to an artwork.

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I believe people can have a profound experience by being surrounded by something beautiful - that's what I aim for. My sculpture…

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In Portugal, my sculpture 'She Changes' refers to the town's fishing history, to the era of seafaring trade and discovery. The contemporary…

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It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to…

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Advances in technology have opened up possibilities in the cultural realm throughout history. I'm intrigued by developments in technology - as an…

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The most powerful part of the art is experiential, yet it's the hardest to describe because it's nonverbal.

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I never studied sculpture, engineering or architecture. In fact, after college I applied to seven art schools and was rejected by all…

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In my regular life, I am very involved in commissions for cities and sometimes countries. And I think of public art as…

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My whole career I've been interested by the distinction between an emotional and an intellectual response to an artwork.

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When ideas are young and vulnerable, criticism can be lethal.

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As a child, I always enjoyed building forts by stringing up bed sheets and clothes. I continue to be inspired by makeshift structures, including…

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My sculpture thrives in the context of the city, interacting with people in the course of their daily lives.

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My monumental netted sculptural environments move through time, animated by an ever-changing 'wind choreography,' making invisible air currents suddenly visible to the human eye.…

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In Amsterdam, the river and canals have been central to city life for the last four centuries,

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I recognize that it is through the engagement with my craft - by recognizing an idea and drawing it out, building physical models, collaborating…

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The spaces I want to be in are nurturing and soft and saturated with color. Our cities don't have enough of that, and as…

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I believe people can have a profound experience by being surrounded by something beautiful - that's what I aim for. My sculpture is about…

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In Portugal, my sculpture 'She Changes' refers to the town's fishing history, to the era of seafaring trade and discovery. The contemporary site is…

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You can't stumble upon something new and wonderful if you don't have time to stumble.

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When developing an idea, I remind myself not to start with compromise. I envision the ideal manifestation of the idea, as if I had…

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It's good for art to make us think, to give us a shared experience that creates a dialogue, makes us talk to each other,…

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I believe that public space should be intentional: it should be obvious that you belong,

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Advances in technology have opened up possibilities in the cultural realm throughout history. I'm intrigued by developments in technology - as an artist it…

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