In this episode of ’74PODCAST Series “How Can We All Make it into the Future?”, Harif Guzman, a contemporary artist first gained recognition for his work as a street artist in New York, talks to the curator and founding director of the Museum of Now, Denis Leo Hegic about how the Covid-19 pandemic affected his work and current living situation, his alter ego and fashion brand Haculla, social change through art and culture and his transformative story from the street to the art world.
“You can’t really grow once you’ve become too comfortable with your own thoughts and your own kind of ideas. As they say, minds are like parachutes- they only work when they are open.” – Harif Guzman
“There is a discussion about the world of art that happens out there on the streets and the world of art that happens within galleries or museums – the gatekeeper mentality still exists. Harif seems unimpressed by it, regardless of his success in both dimensions.” – Denis Leo Hegic