Is Art A Self-Portrait? In Conversation With Donald Lokuta by Larry Baumhor
Donald Lokuta, photo by Larry Baumhor Is Art A Self-Portrait? In Conversation With Donald Lokuta by Larry Baumhor No one knows who we are anymore, our masks are cracking and we’re running out of plaster. “All serious art is a self-portrait. It must be,” – Donald Lokuta . Lokuta thought that Cindy Sherman’s statement “that none of my work is about me or my private life,” is nonsense. “My photographs are certainly not self-portraits or representations of myself, though unfortunately people always keep saying they are,” – Cindy Sherman . Cindy Sherman, photo by Larry Baumhor “We’re all products of what we want to project to the world. Even people who don’t spend any time, or think they don’t, on preparing themselves for the world out there – I think that ultimately they have for their whole lives groomed themselves to be a certain way, to present a face to the world.” – Cindy Sherman. ...