Whether working with porcelain or spray paint on wood panel, Morel Doucet begins with beauty. In a new conversation with Colossal, he discusses why he wants to entice viewers and tempt even the most unexpected audiences to engage with issues of displacement, the climate crisis, and what it means to be an immigrant in the U.S. He approaches his activism similarly because, to him, they’re one and the same. He says:
As an artist, the work that I make is inherently political.
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A Colossal Interview: Morel Doucet on Beauty, Gentrification, and Why He Uses Poetry to Tell His Story
