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opening at the royal academy of arts in london, where she displays her works alongside those of edvard munchr will gompertz she talked about her passion for painting and her love of life. edvard munch‘s work is about his emotions, and identifying them. 1870, 1890, it wasn't really cool to be a man, and go around saying, "i'm filled with rage and jealousy." and with your paintings, are you a body through which these works are created? the work comes from an energy, and it's an energy that i can't hold within myself, that has to come out. and i think if it doesn't come out, ifeel like i'm going to spontaneously combust. these paintings are like, bang, totally direct. they're hiding nothing. she's not interested in beauty. she's interested the truth. and she's never shied away from that. you don't have to make art that makes people happy. you have to make art that makes people feel. it's like being a conductor. it's like "boomph!" you know, you really, really go for it. i think that painting is about unrequited love. a lot of people know what that feels like. at the moment, like, i want you to