I once was a jazz poet, still a comedian but now paint to express my words, my feelings, my love, my frustration.
You decide who will appear in Artforum Magazine, take home $25,000, and display their work at The Art of Elysium's Salon!
I don't like to label it, I don't have a favorite one. It could be as simple as each one can do what they aren't supposed.
Where do you find inspiration?The marching calm… but really "I have no idea" - and especially when I don't. It can be, don't want any pancakes.
What would you do with $25,000?Me on a stage, with videos of girls with guns in bikinis and sound effects behind me. I would have a drum set to run to and a music track of Dusty Springfield. oh.. and I would buy my wife 10 grey t-shirts.
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