Sherman Sam, Artist and Critic, La Châtaigneraie, 1985

Sherman Sam

La Châtaigneraie, 1985

Artist and Critic

Singapore 

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I live in North London and Singapore. I am an artist and critic. Let’s just say that it is more of a vocation than a profession filled with ebbs and flows. But it is a highly satisfying life.

My favourite Ecolint memory must be hanging out in the Art house. Then it was in a house at one edge of the field. All the oddballs seem to accumulate there. Not oddball oddballs, but Oddball Oddballs!

I would say that Ecolint and La Châtaigneraie changed my life. The encouragement to think critically and encouragement, in general, laid the foundations to help me develop as an individual. Also, the gentle expectation that we were going to go out there and do things among my peers. Ecolint helped me to realize that there is a right vocation for each of us.

If I had to do it all over again, I think I would try to be friendlier, or maybe the right word is “curious”. I think I was quite shy then.

 My words of wisdom for Ecolint students: the time you spend outside of the classroom is as important as the time in the classroom. You know that, but you just don’t.

 What legacy do I want to leave? I think that every work of art that leaves the studio is a little piece of legacy.