• Marlene Dumas



    TITEL: Miss January 1997


    Biography:
    1953Born in Cape Town, South Africa
    1972-1975
    BA Fine Art, University of Cape Town
    1976-1978
    Atelier 63, Haarlem, Netherlands
    1979-1980
    Institute of Psychology, University of Amsterdam

    Artist's Writings Marlene Dumas 

     
    I never meant to stay
    l suppose that's what they all say.

    It  was my first time in a peepshow
    so when the girl smiled at me
    I said, 'Only looking', and she replied,
    That's how I got started here too'.

    Art and Prostitution
    lf a Prostitute is a person
    who makes it a profession
    to gratify the lust of various persons
    for economical reasons or gain,
    where emotional involvement may
    or may not be present-

    Then it seems not so far removed
    from my definition of an artist.
    Artists usually love to pretend.
    Artists usually pretend to Iove
    much more than they can handle.
    They want everyone to want them
    while they don't want anybody.

    Fame and Fortune
    You can't get away from
    the people you don't like
    because they pay for you.

    Sweet Nothings, op. cit., pp. 114, 131. 'Art and Prostitution' was originally published in the catalogue Auf
    dem Strich: Arbeiten zum Thema Prostitution, Kulturviertel im Sophieenhof, Kiel, Germany. 'Fame and
    Fortune' is previously unpublished

    MMaxi


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