APRIL GORNIK is an artist in New York City, and she is represented by the Danese Gallery.
Great art is vulnerable to interpretation, which is one reason it remains stimulating and fascinating for generations. The problem inherent in this is that art can inspire malevolent behavior, as per the notion popularly expressed by Anthony Burgess’s (and Stanley Kubrick’s) A Clockwork Orange. When I was young and aspiring to be a conceptual artist, it disturbed me greatly that I couldn’t control the interpretation of my work. When I began painting, it was worse; even I wasn’t completely sure of what my art meant. That seemed dangerous for me, personally, at that time. I gradually came not only to respect the complexity and inscrutability of painting and art but to see how it empowers the object. I believe that works of art are animated by their creators and remain able to generate thoughts, feelings, responses. However, the fact is that the exact effect of art can’t be controlled or fully anticipated.