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2 Sept 2026 Conversations with Tyler Michael Moritz on Origin Stories, Exile, and Obsessive Curiosity
“I think the tougher, more strenuous, grueling works of art that other people would have difficulty living with have many layers to them.”
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…Is it easy to live with an Otto Dix painting or sketch? It hangs on the wall. Many people think it’s ugly. It reminds one of unpleasant things in history, right? Yes, for Harriet and me it is. I think the tougher, more strenuous, grueling works of art that other people would have difficulty living with have many layers to them. You explore them, and they’re difficult pictures, and they’re not easy at first sight. Unlike easier pictures that may be a bit more decorative, they leave room for plenty of exploration, as the years go by. Then they’re redolent, they tell stories. They’re redolent of history. They’re images of a different epoch. I think most of the paintings that we’ve been lucky enough to find over the years, they are tough paintings. I feel that way about Haitian art, which has many brutal scenes. For you, is Chagall too sentimental?…
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