“When you get a critique, people think you're criticizing them but it's really an intellectual conversation. You can't get emotionally attached.” PeopleThinkingConversationIntellectualCriticizeCritique Author:Kalup Linzy
“When I stepped back from the gallery I was in a phase where I thought I wasn't going to be making work for a gallery context for a while. People were like, "You should never leave a gallery if you didn't have somewhere else to go," but I wasn't trying to disrespect the gallerists in that way.” PeopleIfsWayShouldTryingLike YouPhasesSomewhere ElseGalleryDisrespect Author:Kalup Linzy
“I cast people from right around me. I was at my alma mater. It's special to have most of the graduate students in it [and] one professor, because I feel like in terms of this school, I was one of the few students lucky enough to break into the art industry or the contemporary art world.” PeopleWorldFeelsArtEnoughSchoolTermBreakSpecialStudentsIndustryLuckyCastsContemporaryProfessorsGraduatesArt WorldContemporary ArtGraduate StudentsAlma Mater Author:Kalup Linzy
“I remember when I first started putting things on the web and people were writing about it. I totally didn't keep up with what was going on because I wanted to present stuff in museums and galleries and have some presence on the web. I feel fortunate to have posted stuff in the beginning.” PeopleFeelsWritingFirstsWantedRememberStuffFortunateMuseumsRemember WhenGallery Author:Kalup Linzy
“I almost feel like if I didn't have the gallery and museum content it would be easy to get lost. People's attention spans are so short; they see something and it trends for a few days and then it goes away and something else comes.” PeopleIfsFeelsWould BeLostEasyAttentionTrendsMuseumsGalleryEasy To GetAttention Span Author:Kalup Linzy
“I think I'm aware of entering my late 30s versus being in my late 20s, when the web was coming out as this new thing. It reminds me of how people used to tell me about my great-grandmother and how they used to gather around a radio listening to soap operas.” PeopleThinkingUsedListeningLateRadioGrandmotherComing OutOperaNew ThingsEnteringVersusSoapSoap OperasGreat Grandmother Author:Kalup Linzy
“I was in that generation where I was torn if you should put it on the web because you're giving it away for free but you also want people to see your work.” PeopleIfsWantGivingShouldGenerationsTorn Author:Kalup Linzy
“As artists, sometimes our work is chaotic; we don't easily communicate our needs to other people in a way that they understand.” PeopleWayNeedsSometimesArtistCommunicateChaotic Author:Kalup Linzy
“People say if you keep making work and keep putting it out, better things will come. I think artists should never forget that. I think that's what you have to be committed to if you're an artist, that's where the good feelings come from. It's so easy to get caught up in other stuff, like the business part of it. If you just have to be aware, just keep putting it out there.” PeopleIfsThinkingShouldFeelingsArtistEasyStuffForgetCaughtCommittedNever ForgetCaught UpEasy To GetGood Feeling Author:Kalup Linzy
