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Reader: Interviews with blowhard artists make me want to hurt myself

It took 1,600 hours and 10,000 pounds of marble for Colorado artist Francisco Sotomayor to create "American Woman," a monumental sculpture. Reviews are mixed -- both of the piece, and of our recent interview with Sotomayer...
By Patricia CalhounAugust 3, 2012
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It took 1,600 hours and 10,000 pounds of marble for Colorado artist Francisco Sotomayor to create “American Woman,” a monumental sculpture.

Reviews are mixed — both of the piece, and of our recent interview with Sotomayer.

Says PalmalaHanderson:

I do like the nipples. . .

But listening to or reading interviews with blowhard artists going on about their bullshit makes me want to put a pencil through my eyes/ears.

But nipples . . .mmmmmm.

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Patricia Calhoun is editor emeritus of Westword, the alt-weekly she co-founded in September 1977. She was editor-in-chief from 1977-2026. She’s been inducted into the Colorado Press Association Hall of Fame, the Association of Alternative Newsmedia Hall of Fame and the Colorado Restaurant Association Hall of Fame (probably for her bar tab). She’s received dozens of local, state and national awards for writing, including first place for feature writing and first place for column writing with the Society of Professional Journalists, and is a weekly commentator on Colorado Inside Out, PBS12’s public affairs roundtable.

patricia.calhoun@westword.com

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