Does it pain you to let go of a piece you have sold?
No, not at all!
I love when my artworks find their new homes. Painting is a part of interior. It must be on the wall and not on a shelf :-)
How do you feel about the fact that the pieces exhibited in contemporary art museums are often of artists already deceased?
I feel very comfortable with that. "Museum" is for something that is already a "past".
Another question is should we continue calling the 20th century art "contemporary"?
