Steve Bishop

It's Easier To Love Your Song Than It Is To Love You

1 March – 12 April 2014

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Steve Bishop
I Opened My Mouth / Zz (with Francesca Henry-Pierre) (detail), 2014
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Steve Bishop
I Opened My Mouth / Zz (with Francesca Henry-Pierre) (detail), 2014
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Steve Bishop
I Opened My Mouth / Zz
(with Francesca Henry-Pierre) (detail), 2014
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Steve Bishop
I Opened My Mouth / Zz
(with Francesca Henry-Pierre) (detail), 2014
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Steve Bishop
I Opened My Mouth / Zz (with Francesca Henry-Pierre) (detail), 2014
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Steve Bishop
I Opened My Mouth / Zz (with Francesca Henry-Pierre), 2014
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Steve Bishop
I Opened My Mouth / Zz (with Francesca Henry-Pierre), 2014
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Steve Bishop , "It's Easier To Love Your Song Than It Is To Love You"
Installation view at Supportico Lopez, Berlin 2014
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I opened my mouth to speak, but a much better point was made. This was as much to my surprise as to everyone else’s. Initially stunned, agreement followed. The first few exclaimed “That’s it!” and then soon others “Yes, that’s the answer to this whole thing!” I was right but I didn’t realise why. Not straight away at least. In time I understood what I had said and like everyone else, agreed wholeheartedly. But I had not the slightest inkling of where the thought had come from. In fact, I intended to say something else, but a garbled mix of two sentences using mostly all the same words, but with entirely different meaning, was brought forth to unanimous praise.