Every time I put a collection together I'd scrap it because there was no "meaning," until I wrote … - Hilton Als

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Hilton Als

Every time I put a collection together I'd scrap it because there was no "meaning," until I wrote about the two black men - friends - in the beginning of the book. So much of their experience was ABOUT trying to find friends in the authors
artists I wrote about - subjects that were
are a source of comfort, somehow, since none of them "fit," either

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I thought of the structure as musical. The first piece, for instance, contains the names
subject matter of every person to come in the book. Like a piece of music with themes, etc.

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Recalling, for me, is a great way of living, so not to forget.

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I feel like there are so few girls in New York like that anymore, who are not focused on getting a man with money.

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I think I'm just generally more interested in figuration than abstraction. I think that painting abstraction often feels like painting colors to me, whereas portraits always feel like something connected. I like the exchange, the collaborative aspect of sitter and subject for sure.

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I think it's cultural racism more than anything, which dovetails with actual racism, but the cultural racism to me is even more shocking.

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