What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole installation thing – the construction, the objects, the technology. It really adds up.
“What makes the production of my work so expensive? The whole … Read More
Teaching at university isn’t like teaching in an art school.
“Teaching at university isn’t like teaching in an art school.” … Read More
The different aspects of my activity, whether it’s writing criticism, or doing visual work that incorporates writing, or teaching, or curating, is all of a single cloth, and I don’t make any separation in terms of those practices.
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I don’t necessarily think that installation is the only way to go. It’s just a label for certain kinds of arrangements.
“I don’t necessarily think that installation is the only way to … Read More
It’s hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves.
“It’s hard for me to understand how working-class people support themselves.” … Read More
There’s a moment of recognition. It’s that white-light kind of stuff that just “works.” I love that. And you know it when it happens, whether it’s a movie, music, a building, a book.
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There are so many moments and works that influence us in what we do. Movies, music, TV and, most importantly, the profound everydayness of our lives.
“There are so many moments and works that influence us in … Read More
I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I am asking people to be as rigorous in their pleasure as in their criticism.
“I think there are different ways of being rigorous, and I … Read More
the art world has always been an unrelenting taste machine, but now flavors of the month have morphed into flavors of the minute. Again, all a reflection of a wider cultural condition. I mean, the art world is slow compared with the music and movie businesses.
“the art world has always been an unrelenting taste machine, but … Read More
Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work on a formal and visual level, as regards meaning and content the two practices parted ways.
“Although my art work was heavily informed by my design work … Read More
It entered the visual vocabulary of photographers, painters and sculptors and focused on what pictures and words look like and what they can mean.
“It entered the visual vocabulary of photographers, painters and sculptors and … Read More
Images are made palpable, ironed flat by technology and, in turn, dictate the seemingly real through the representative.
“Images are made palpable, ironed flat by technology and, in turn, … Read More
I’d always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers and watched the Sunday morning news shows on TV and felt strongly about issues of power, control, sexuality and race.
“I’d always been a news junkie, always read lots of newspapers … Read More
Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea of enveloping a space and getting messages across that connect to the world in ways that seem familiar but are different.
“Things change and work changes. Right now I like the idea … Read More
I think there are lots of ways to make good work. You can throw big bucks at a project and make what some would call crap, or you can work very modestly with eloquently moving results.
“I think there are lots of ways to make good work. … Read More
Love is something you fall into.
“Love is something you fall into.” Barbara Kruger
You know, one of the only times I ever wrote about art was the obituary of Warhol that I did for the Village Voice.
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I worked with someone else’s photos; I cropped them in whatever way I wanted and put words on top of them. I knew how to do it with my eyes closed. Why couldn’t that be my art?
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Warhol’s images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at the time of his background in commercial art. To be honest, I didn’t think about him a hell of a lot.
“Warhol’s images made sense to me, although I knew nothing at … Read More
I’ve always been very tied to language.
“I’ve always been very tied to language.” Barbara Kruger