“The dominant problem of pictorial art since the nineteen-fifties is photography, and, by extension, film and video. The basilisk eye of the camera has withered the pride of handworked mediums. Painting survives on a case-by-case basis, its successes amounting to special exemptions from a verdict of history.” ArtProblemEyeFilmCasesSpecialPaintingPridePhotographyBasesCamerasVideoMediumsDominantExtensionsNineteenVerdictWitheredPictorialExemption Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“The problem of making artists talk about their work is that when they're making their work the left-brain is shut off. So if you talk to an artist about it, you're talking to someone who wasn't there. It's hopeless.” IfsProblemArtistLeftBrainTalkingHopelessTalking To SomeoneLeft Brain Author:Peter Schjeldahl
“My problem with political art is not that it's bad art necessarily, but that it is terrible politics.” ArtProblemPoliticalTerribleArt IsPolitical Art Author:Peter Schjeldahl
