I want my art to be like pus coming out from a wound. As with other bodily
fluids, it is pure in that there is no artificial ingredient in it. Pus is inevitable, because you
may be able to prevent a wound from becoming infected, but you cannot prevent pus
from forming in infected tissue. It is not an extra but something essential; it is a part of
the healing process. It is unique, as all pus is chemically different. It is real, so
shockingly real that you almost feel pain when looking at someone's pus. Most of all, it
is at once abject and beautiful. Purulent matter gently oozing out of a wound is likely to
be perceived as something repulsive by a layman, whereas an artist with sensitive eyes
can spot the allure of the tiny beige and glossy structure.
Like pus, I want my work to possess a viscerally visual appearance, and not be derived from a pretentious or pedantic need to coat my work with a superficially sumptuous optical layer. I want, from sheer necessity, to create an appropriate form to convey subject matter, such as my innermost feelings or the concept of a deliberate fusion of painting and sculpture. This thesis is a memoir which explains how I have
arrived at my present notion of work.