SSH: Each process speaks to a different tactility and fragility. How do you think about these intimacies in your practice as an artist who works across these mediums? SOUTH SOUTH (SS): Drawing, printmaking and sculpture all create different forms of intimacy between the artist and the work that unfolds and require particular visceral embodiment. Once a work leaves this space it lives through the eyes of another. At the same time, the privacy within my work space is a place I hold dear. I find myself drawn to understanding this state through works on paper. An exchange, determined by time and understanding, through a generosity in sharing private thoughts. I keep going back to intimacy as a state where I find resonance. If a person finds something in the work they hold close, it is a very special exchange. ![]() SSH: Each audience brings their own histories, translations and languages. SS: How do you think about the audience for your work? Does this influence your thematic references or the ways in which you present your work? ![]() I find myself moving closer to drawing’s ability to speak to things that cannot easily be expressed in words. ![]() And how drawing can reveal the hidden within ourselves. Seher Shah (SSH): I am interested in how spaces speak to us through the visible and unseen. SOUTH SOUTH (SS): How would you describe the evolution of your artistic practice, particularly this movement toward interiority that has strongly influenced the most recent years of your work?
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