An Interview with Leeorah Hursky
The artistic residence Leeorah has been invited is not at random. The producers wanted to have on the set a team of artists who understand without prejudices the concept of abuse and the involved traumas.
(L.H.) “I am the victim of sexual abuse as a child… I have taken the journey in the darkness… If you have experienced a sexual abuse you have to meet the darkness and move through it and see it as a gift…. I have been working through it and I know you can take it as a gift… we have an inner abuser in many facets… chocolate… drinking… and so on. When you embrace your inner abuser… ‘abuse’ has no power over you…. “
“You don’t play with my creativity”
Leeorah Hursky comes from a family of artists. When she was 18 years old, she refused to continue her studies at the University of Art.
(L.H.) “Creative knowledge shouldn’t be tempered by education and training. You don’t play with my creativity.
I don’t want anyone to tell me if pink should or shouldn’t go next to blue…
Judgment is the only one that could temper our art…
I apply very little judgment to my painting… art is an emotional experience,… it can’t be judged…. When I finish my painting I can’t say if it is good or not… I can’t see it right away… I need 2-3 weeks for that.” Leeorah has a close friend who looks at and determines if a painting is ready or not for public display.
She chose to study dentistry because she believes that science requires classical training first. She never stopped painting, however. The subject of her paintings changed after she became a healer. Upon returning to Africa, from monsters that grab her canvas she switched to warmer images focused on the human presence and its depths.
(L.H.) “Exhibiting my pictures that are very sexual can be unpleasant…. If you are sexually blocked you will be shocked by my pictures… and you will hate them…
Creativity starts where there are no barriers imposed on one self by itself… this is were your creativity lives… never have a compromised life. Live with passion!…
In my vie and experience, abuse happens and flourishes when sexual energies haven’t been used correctly… My advise is to find where your passion is and just use it in your way and in any way…”
Leeorah Hursky is direct, warm and cheerful…her official website tells it frankly and directly: “Bull woman, universal mother, sacred whore; I guess those are a few labels to give you a flavor of who I am. Others have described me with terms ranging from ‘Angel’ to ‘Sumo wrestler’ (and that from a six foot rugby player). I am a fair buxom beauty (on a good day), with curly red hair, green eyes and a very cheeky smile. I’m a large woman who can dance like a sexy black mama, who’s very comfortable in her skin, and that confidence allows me to be a cheeky seductress as well.”
