Epis.#255: Laura Krifka-- painter and professor--
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Painter and Cal Poly San Luis Obispo professor Laura Krifka talks about:
How her work is at its core about seduction, built through scenarios of being seduced, and how she constructs each painting to both seduce, and, by revealing subtle (metaphorical) cracks in the foundation, she also plays with repulsion; the frank reactions she\\u2019s received from more non-Art World audiences about being a \\u2018weird lady\\u2019 for the things she paints; her process of working with models, whom she really enjoys collaborating with and often become friends, and the \\u2018violence\\u2019 that she feels she brings to their painted visages\\u2026 she feels more comfortable using herself as a model for the more distorted and/or vulnerable characters; how she meets the tremendous adulation she\\u2019s been receiving for her fall 2019 show in Los Angeles with the steadfast belief that it won\\u2019t last\\u2026she always leaves the house expecting some sort of disaster (and yet on the flip side, she\\u2019s very grateful for everything she has--including a tenure-track professorship); how she\\u2019s always planned on having a side hustle, and still plans to even if her work completely blows up (let\\u2019s hold her to that).
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