“Every time I put a collection together I'd scrap it because there was no "meaning," until I wrote about the two black men - friends - in the beginning of the book. So much of their experience was ABOUT trying to find friends in the authors/artists I wrote about - subjects that were/are a source of comfort, somehow, since none of them "fit," either” MenTryingTwoBookTogetherArtistBlackSubjectsSourceFitComfortCollectionsScrap Author:Hilton Als
“It's very hard to find artists in the history of western art who don't make portraiture ideological in some way.” ArtArtistWesternIdeological Author:Hilton Als
“People approach people of color with preconceived ideas. I don't think this is just restricted to white people, but I think that lots of black and white artists, when race is a subject matter, they put race or the ideology around race first. They don't see the person and the complications of the human being.” PeopleThinkingArtistBlackIdeologyBlack And WhiteComplication Author:Hilton Als
“The artist’s memory is a dangerous, necessary thing. Never disavow what you see and remember-it’s your brilliant stock-in-trade: remembering, and making something out of it. Artists remember the world as it is, first, because you have to know what it is you’re reinventing; that’s a rule, perhaps the only one: being cognizant of your source material.” KnowsWorldFirstsRememberArtistMemoriesDangerousMaterialsSourceTradeBrilliantReinventingCognizantNecessary Things Author:Hilton Als
