New interview online! In the studio with Katarina Caserman. “The first one is the thrill that I get right before I start the painting. Everything is still open, all the possibilities are there and each painting is an opportunity do something that it was technically impossible to imagine in the first place. It is the “honey moon phase”. Then there is the second, the longest and for me the most frustrating stage which is basically making a sense of the mess I have created for myself. It is a problem solving with no preconceived notions. There are no predetermined rules, and I cannot use the same exact solutions I’ve used in the past. Each work has its own internal structure and my task is to observe it, recognise the logic behind it, and react and act upon it. Third stage is finishing or concluding a painting, and this moment is filled with the cathartic sensation - but not the same one that you get once you finish reading a book. I still have to treat it as if it is not approaching the end, otherwise I might get tricked into thinking that I cannot change anything at all because I get used to the way it is appearing. And the final stage is an epilogue: accepting the painting’s final form and naming it accordingly.” Words by James Ambrose. Link in Bio. #katarinacaserman #art #artist #paint #painting #contemporary #contemporaryart #gallery #artgallery #emergent #emergentmagazine