The show’s title is an excerpt from Runaway Horses, a novel by the influential poet and author Yukio Mishima. ‘Early on in my life, Mishima’s writing inspired an interest in Japan, an interest that resulted in my move there,’ explains Blum. ‘The quote feels apropos to this transformative juncture for me and the gallery: “Perfect purity is possible if you turn your life into a line of poetry written with a splash of blood.”‘
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