James Himber
New York, NY, United States
Exhibitions:
Cheryl Pelavin Gallery
New York, NY
Group Show
Ninth Street Espresso
Avenue B & 10th Street
Solo Show
www.saatchionline.com/jhimber
Who am I:
I am who I am from years of hard work and undying passion.
What do I do:
If what I do confronts or ch allenges me, then I’m on the right track.
What did I want to do:
exactly what I’m doing only better and on a larger scale.
What do I love:
What I love to do is that which makes death less frightening.
What do I detest:
over intellectualizing and moderation of feelings.
What can I teach:
What can I teach if I know so little?
What I wish I could teach:
how much more powerful your imagination is than your hand-held device.
My hidden talent:
is hidden behind colossal self doubt and internal disquietude.
My weapon of seduction:
My most seductive weapon is a loaded paintbrush and an unrelenting vision.
What’s on my ipod:
What my ipod is for is to calm the chaos in my head.
What’s in my closet:
is the front bumper to a 1963 Mercury Comet.
What’s in my refrigerator:
is an unresolved battle between hedonism and austerity.
What’s in my future:
are paintings that look nothing like anything I’ve ever painted before.
A great moment:
is like a beer commercial only the people are much uglier.
My biggest mistake:
is a goat named Ezekial.
A quote:
I called to the executioners that I might gnaw their rifle-butts while dying. I called
to the plagues to smother me in blood, in sand. Misfortune was my God. I laid myself
down in the mud. I dried myself in the air of crime. I played sly tricks on madness.
- Arthur Rimbaud