“There is a tendency in my work toward minimalism, in terms of stripping away the unnecessary. I am seeking a tightly ordered gestalt, usually. I've always felt a strong affinity towards Mondrian's work. I understand the importance of those subtle planar and linear modulations he made in the course of building up the incredible visual tension in his work.” StrongTermBuildingImportanceIncrediblesTensionUnnecessaryMinimalism Author:Philip Taaffe
“I'm not so interested in this series of ruptures, where minimalism took over pop art, and then neo-expressionism was a triumph over that. I'm not interested in rupture - I'm interested in healing, bringing things together, building bridges. Not dismissing what has come before as a kind of modernist precedent, where one thing has to be broken in order to achieve something else. I don't believe in that kind of attitude. I think we're beyond that at this stage.” ThinkingBelieveKindArtTogetherHealingAttitudeAchieveBuildingBrokenNot InterestedMinimalismPop Art Author:Philip Taaffe