Gail Factor
Land scape
CONTEMPORARY ART REVIEW personal connection to this kind of landscape that was very much a part of who she was as an artist .
It would seem that much of her work is designed to provoke an intellectual , nonnarrative response . Do you agree with this statement ? Why or why not ? Do you see a potential narrative application of her work ?
It was most important to my mother that people have their own personal response and experience when witnessing her work . She would not openly share her personal meaning or process unless asked directly . But she wanted others to formulate their own emotional reaction , and have it be significant to them .
Over these years Ms . Factor has exhibited in several occasions , including the recent show , Metamorphosis , A Retrospective recently exhibited with University of Southern California in Los Angeles . How did she consider the nature of the relationship of her art with her audience ? In particular , could you describe the relationship she had with the gallery in terms of a collaboration when curating a show ?
A very private person , my mother loved making art and her allegiance was first and foremost to herself and her art . Yet she was a very warm personable woman who cherished that others wanted to see her work , bask in her work , puzzle in her work , and delight in her work . To this end , she enormously respected collectors and viewers and felt it was a privilege as a professional artist to consider her audience . I think it took the form of her first making the work on her terms , then wanting to share it with others so they might have a visceral response , and finally proud that a work might find its way into someone ’ s collection or home . Galleries were kind to her and she appreciated the efforts made by dedicated gallerists who believed in her work . Differing exhibitions called for flexibility . She knew when to be collaborative and when to step away and trust that a gallery or exhibition space would honor her work .
An interview by Katherine Williams , curator and Josh Ryder , curator landescape @ europe . com