Im interested in what would normally be considered the worst aspects of commercial art.
ROY LICHTENSTEINYou have no idea where reality is, so to have an idea of what people think is pretty hard.
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Yeah, you know, you like it to come on like gangbusters, but you get into passages that are very interesting and subtle, and sometimes your original intent changes quite a bit.
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Organized perception is what art is all about.
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There is almost nothing you can say that holds up as a generalization, because it depends on too many factors: size, modulation, the rest of the field, a certain consistency that color has with forms, and the statement you’re trying to make.
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Use the worst colour you can find in each place – it usually is the best.
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I think its the tension between what seems to be so rigid and cliched and the fact that art really cant be this way.
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Im not really sure what social message my art carries, if any.
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Color is crucial in painting, but it is very hard to talk about.
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But usually I begin things through a drawing, so a lot of things are worked out in the drawing. But even then, I still allow for and want to make changes.
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There must be something about art… almost all cultures have done art. It’s a refining of the senses, which are there to keep us alive. As far as we know, no other animals do that.
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And I dont really want it to carry one. Im not interested in the subject matter to try to teach society anything, or to try to better our world in any way.
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Personally, I feel that in my own work I wanted to look programmed or impersonal but I don’t really believe I am being impersonal when I do it. And I don’t think you could do this.
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Painting stems from a sense of organisation, the sensed positions of contrasts. Not that it is about this.
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My work isn’t about form. It’s about seeing. I’m excited about seeing things, and I’m interested in the way I think other people see things.
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When I met Steve Kaufman, I thought he was Gene Simmons, but what an artist talent he is. He will be an art force in the art world to deal with.
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I was at Rutgers University, and that was a center for Fluxus in a way. But it wasn’t what I was interested in.
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