said Simmons, shortly after answering my phone call from London. > "I was given the tools, the space, and the support to do whatever I wanted," she explains. ""We also like the artist-as-farmer metaphor," added Simmons. Another would only speak to me at the same time. Dunham's recent paintings often feature naked bathers with giant, almost smiling vaginas, while Simmons' photographs depict the lifelike sex dolls that the Japanese call 'love dolls' and others call 'Dutch wives'.Luckily, Dunham and Simmons were fans of my previous book, Seven Days in the Art World (During that conversation, the younger of their two daughters, Grace, called in from Paris (where she was on holiday with friends) while their elder, Lena, was napping in the TV room. I spoke to a broad range of living artists – from superstars like Ai Weiwei, Damien Hirst, Jeff Koons and Grayson Perry, to lesser known 'artists' artists' and unheralded teachers, to ask them those two questions and to ask how they organise their lives in ways that allow them to summon up self-belief.From the start of my research in summer 2009, I was keen to find an artist couple through whom I could investigate how artists handle competition, embrace muses, and the like. "When Lena cast her mother as a dealer in Girls, Simmons behaved on set like the artist she is. As he told me, "Father, what father? try again, the name must be unique You go into your studio, you have studio visits, you have openings." Shortly afterward, the internet was flooded with articles about Lena's "not-so-famous" artist parents. In his mind, he didn't have a choice because "anything else would be undignified".Simmons enjoys the threat of potential indignity. "The kind of shame I deal with in my work is about returning to the scene of the crime with all my senses operating," replies Lena. The only other time that Simmons has acted in a feature and, indeed, played the role of an artist, is in her daughter's Tiny Furniture. Lena Dunham Reveals She Got Engaged After Jack Antonoff Split, Is Now on a Dating 'Hiatus' this link is to an external site that may or may not meet accessibility guidelines. Meanwhile, her parents trudged on, making their art, having shows, enjoying the appreciation of their peers and support of discerning curators. ( That was the question I set out to answer in my book 33 Artists in 3 Acts.
{{#replies}} She embraces the idea that, as an artist, she can act a little persnickety and say exactly what she wants. "When I am acting, I don't feel like a boss," she explains. Our journalists will try to respond by joining the threads when Grace Dunham in Lena Dunham's 'Tiny Furniture' (2010)'How We See/Look 1/Daria' (2014) by Laurie Simmons (Salon 94)'Untitled (Woman's Head)' (1976) by Laurie Simmons (Salon 94)From left: Laurie Simmons, Carroll 'Tip' Dunham and their daughter Lena Dunham (Aaron P/eroteme)Grace Dunham in Lena Dunham's 'Tiny Furniture' (2010)'How We See/Look 1/Daria' (2014) by Laurie Simmons (Salon 94)'Untitled (Woman's Head)' (1976) by Laurie Simmons (Salon 94)From left: Laurie Simmons, Carroll 'Tip' Dunham and their daughter Lena Dunham (Aaron P/eroteme)There are no comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts
{{#sender.isSelf}} There are no Independent Premium comments yet - be the first to add your thoughts Many of her early films dealt with themes of sexual enlightenment and were produced in a mumblecorefilmmaking style, a dialog-heavy style in which young people talk about their personal relationships. "Although Lena abandoned her desire to be an artist in the strict sense, her definition of an artist could be applied to her current role.
She didn’t have enough to pay anyone, so she ended up asking her friends and family to be part of it and it worked." "People were complaining before they had figured out who my parents were," she explains. Aaron P/eroteme "My parents taught me that you can have a creative approach to thinking that is almost scientific," she explains. In 2006, she produced Pressure, in which a girl and two friends talk about experiencing an orgasm for the first time, which makes Dunham's character feel pressured to do so as well. She chose the latter.Over the course of the four years in which I researched 33 Artists, Lena went from being a university graduate to being the executive producer of her own HBO TV show, Girls, and a household name.
"When Girls first launched, bloggers attacked Lena for benefiting from nepotism, as if Carroll Dunham ran HBO or Laurie Simmons had sway in Hollywood.
It is closer to being a painter." She shines as she admits: "It rescues you from the lonely life of a writer".Lena is also a producer. declared Dunham, who loves working a metaphor. real-world solutions, and more. "We will fight if needed but generally we'd like to tend our fields. While a student at Oberlin College, Dunham produced several independent short films and uploaded them to YouTube. "I feel like I am working in service to myself as a director.
Usually this is stuff I can ignore but don't demean sufferers, don't twist my words, back the fuck up bros. — Lena Dunham … Dunham’s parents are artists Carroll Dunham and Laurie.
She is calmer and more refined than her persona in the series, whose tagline is 'Almost getting it kind of together'.
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try again, the name must be unique It's not in her DNA," she explains.
"As an artist," she says, "you get the opportunity to write the world – or create the world – that exists in your fantasies.
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