A
Slow Walk with Marco Maggi
A
conversation with Sheila Yoshpe
Marco
Maggi was born in Montevideo, Uruguay. He has represented his country
in biennials in San Pablo, Korea, Havana, and in Mercosur. In the
last year, his work was exhibited in MoMA in NYC, the Hirshshorn
Museum in Washington, D.C. and MoCA in Los Angeles.
In
1998, he received an MFA from SUNY New Paltz, the town where he
draws twelve hours a day, seven days a week. He interrupts his work
to sleep, walk on Huguenot Street, and eat as little as possible.
We
did this interview in two sessions: eating at P&G’s and
walking along the Wallkill River.
Why
New Paltz?
Since
1998, I have had the opportunity to visit many cities. For an artist
to travel so much, it becomes an illness similar to that which happens
to professional athletes that tour. Visiting as many airports as
shows, you have the opportunity to choose the perfect place to live
and work. When I finished my Master’s degree in New Paltz,
I was certain New Paltz was the best place in the world to draw
in a serene and subversive manner.
In
New Paltz, the deer cross the streets and the students dance until
four in the morning. Thousands of young people transmit energy and
balance out a landscape that without them would be excessively bucolic:
orchards, pumpkins, and golf courses. Add t that being able to buy
specific materials locally, by Internet, and in Manhattan. Manhattan
at an ideal distance, in one and a half hours one goes from unplugged
reality to a spectacular shock of stimuli and possibilities.
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