Arne Svenson, The Workers at Julie Saul Gallery - Video interview
Channel: galleryIntell
Date: 2015-05-05

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"So, when I started 'The Workers', I used that knowledge of not only critical analysis of my own work by others, but I used my trips to the Met. And one thing I did see immediately with this new work, with 'The Workers', was that I had to use an oval and it was a very tough decision to make because it’s an extraordinary statement – an oval. It has a lot of connotation. And part of the motivation behind this particular series was that I wanted to illustrate and show us the people that build the palaces for 'The Neighbors'. So, I started looking in neighboring buildings, and buildings up and down the street and out of the neighborhood, and looking through glass and seeing workers and as I saw them, it came to me that it was a noble profession and how is nobility shown in many-many paintings and through history? It is through the oval. So, I turned the tables, in a way so that the neighbors, you know, the wealthy inhabitants of New York City were relegated to a harsh and geometric container, and the workers were awarded the oval."

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