Purple Magazine
— The Brain Issue #33 S/S 2020

eliza douglas

ART

interview by OLIVIER ZAHM
portraits by NADINE FRACZKOWSKI
from the performance of ANNE IMHOF’s faust, 2017

fearless, empowered, and unique, the american artist, model, musician, performer,
and balenciaga muse incarnates
today’s shifting mind-set

 

OLIVIER ZAHM — What do you do to rest your brain? And to train it?
ELIZA DOUGLAS — I’ve had a lot of different phases: meditation at the Zendo, Ashtanga yoga, antidepressants, veganism. I joined a Lacan reading group, didn’t understand it. I even had a guru once and a mantra. Lately I love watching TV shows, especially while eat­ing pizza.

OLIVIER ZAHM — You’ve spoken openly about having low self-esteem. How has that affected your painting?
ELIZA DOUGLAS — Yeah, I think it’s something that most people deal with in one way or another, but often like to pretend they don’t. In terms of how it’s affected me as an artist, it…

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