摘要
南非-纽约-南非
LEAP:是什么促使你开始做艺术?
肯德尔·戈尔斯:很简单。南非还实行种族隔离政策时,每个白人男性都必须服兵役。入伍是强制性要求。我反对种族隔离政策,因此也反对南非的军队。唯一可以逃脱兵役的做法就是去上学。如果拒绝入伍,就会被判六年徒刑。所以,为了不坐牢,我开始学艺术。但最终,我还是被送上法庭,判了六年。
South African artist Kendell Geers is showing for the first time in China with his exhibition"Fin De Partie"at Galleria Continua in Beijing.LEAP sits down with the artist to discuss his time spent in New York working under Richard Prince,his return to a post-apartheid South Africa,and recent developments in his artistic practice.
出处
《艺术界》
2011年第3期62-65,共4页