I'm trying to deal with ideas about histories, fame, hearsay, and how public identities are constructed.

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Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.

Listen: our culture is saturated with irony whether we know it or not.

I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.

I just say I'm an artist who works with pictures and words.

I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom...

I think people have to set up little battles. They have to demonize people whom...

Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's...

Do you know why language manifests itself the way it does in my work? It's...

Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that...

Direct address has been a consistent tactic in my work, regardless of the medium that...

I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a...

I don't necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It's just a...

As with the Princess Di crash, which sent the media on the most insane feeding...

As with the Princess Di crash, which sent the media on the most insane feeding...

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially...

Prominence is cool, but when the delusion kicks in it can be a drag. Especially...

I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday...

I'd always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday...

There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just works. I...

There's a moment of recognition. It's that white-light kind of stuff that just works. I...

I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to...

I think I developed language skills to deal with threat. It's the girl thing to...

I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in...

I'm an artist who works with pictures and words. Sometimes that stuff ends up in...

I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to...

I think what I'm trying to do is create moments of recognition. To try to...

Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his...

Warhol's images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his...

Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space...

Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space...

I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to...

I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to...

I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means....

I feel uncomfortable with the term public art, because I'm not sure what it means....

Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is...

Look, we're all saddled with things that make us better or worse. This world is...

I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far...

I try to deal with the complexities of power and social life, but as far...

I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody...

I've always thought that it's good to watch the news to find out what everybody...