Myles Turner

Artist Statement

I've always been known for making due with what I have rather than be related to art or just in life. Salvaging something that was discarded or others may deem unusable has been one of my strong suits. That's why I'm choosing the theme of appropriation and recycling to start a discussion about what is harmfully/respectfully taking from someone else and passing it as my own. I'm also choosing to explore this concept because for a long time I have felt like a fake because I was better at recreating someone else's work rather than creating my own from scratch. Now that I have realized imitation is the highest form of flattery and that every type of artist has attempted to reproduce another's art with their own spin on it. Now I feel like I can make anything.