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My studio areas have had many incarnations through the years. I’ve labored in a closet underneath the steps, our front-room, the child’s room when she moved out for faculty and at last my very own studio house, which I named “Pot Luck” (the irony, I do know). My considering on this was, no matter I or anybody else dropped at the studio may grow to be gas for creating, but additionally as a result of the prior tenant was promoting marijuana out of the house earlier than it was legalized. He ended up moving into bother, changing into a squatter and was ultimately evicted. Fortunately, throughout this time, I met the proprietor of the studio and we grew to become pals.
When he put it up on the market my spouse who introduced, “We’re going to purchase that house in your studio.” The timing wasn’t nice. March 2020 and the pandemic had simply hit, not precisely the most effective time to make dangerous strikes. Nevertheless, it’s turned out to be a sanctuary for me, offering a disconnect from residence.
Having my very own house has been a blessing, permitting me to work in several methods, taking my work to a different degree. My dream studio could be one thing like de Kooning’s within the Hamptons, however for now, so long as good music is enjoying and my brushes are moist, I’m set. Wait… a toilet could be good, so I don’t must preserve holding it… —Robert Pokorny
This text was initially printed in our Summer time 2023 Quarterly
Robert Pokorny’s solo present, Inside Out, at Steve Turner in Los Angeles was on view by means of Might 27, 2023
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