June, 2024. In response to sooim lee and Xinyi Liu


Katya Grokhovsky is an artist, independent curator and educator.



June 29th – July 1st 2024 - New York – Melbourne

I’m writing and drawing this on my phone on a plane. I’m flying to New Zealand, from New York, then onto Australia, where my parents reside. As an only daughter, I see my parents once a year.

I enter a lost day, June 30th, a long-haul void. My favorite.

I don’t care about beauty much. Not anymore at least. Why do I owe the world my prettiness?

I do not. Being an artist and a woman is still, somehow, a rebellious act.

A Bad woman, not a Good woman.

Hard to manage

Dominant

Aging

A devoted, obsessed artist

Not reproducing

Not married

Deadly serious about her art and career

Has many degrees

Travels the world by herself

She sleeps with whom she pleases

She’s not here to nurture you

She will tell you the truth

She grants herself her own freedom daily

She won’t listen to your advice

She’s not your wife nor your mother

She has no mouth, but her ears hear all

Through centuries of trauma, she pursues her dreams for those who couldn’t

She stands alone, in dignity

She sees all




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