“A word refers to something in the real world and so, in a way, does a photo. It's not the thing itself, but it's a kind of suggestion of where you might look for that thing.” WorldWayLooksKindDoeRealMightReal WorldSuggestions Author:Robert Barry
“I think you say the word in your mind anyway, you know. When you look at a word, you say it.” ThinkingKnowsMindLooksWords You Say Author:Robert Barry
“I shoot a lot of video, first of all, whatever I think is interesting, just my travels; hard to say why. If something looks good, I take a picture or try to shoot it.” IfsThinkingTryingFirstsLooksHardInterestingVideo Author:Robert Barry
“I shoot in black and white, sometimes color, sometimes if it looks good I shoot out the window of the airplanes or whatever, anything that - sometimes I secretly take secret photos, shoot video of people on the plane if it's not too crowded. I don't know, whatever comes up.” PeopleIfsKnowsLooksSometimesBlackWhiteSecretColorWindowCome UpVideoPlanesAirplaneBlack And WhiteCrowdedPhoto Shoots Author:Robert Barry
“My videos rarely run longer than 20 minutes. They're made for private viewing in your home or specifically either that or for a gallery situation where you sit and look.” LooksMadeHomeRunningSituationMinutesVideoGallery Author:Robert Barry
“I didn't make videos for a long time because I hated the look of TV sets.” LooksLongTvsLong TimeVideoHated Author:Robert Barry
“I mean, part of the justification for art is art history, the fact that you're part of this tradition. You can't really operate outside of it. So looking for what this work is really about, if I look at Velázquez, if I look at Las Meninas or The Tapestry Weavers [1657] or something and really study it and try to figure out what that painting is really about, then I find relationships between what I'm trying to do and what he was doing.” IfsTryingLooksMeanArtFactsStudyFiguresPaintingArt IsTraditionJustificationTapestryArt HistoryWeavers Author:Robert Barry
“People who look at art don't really - don't go with the artist. They don't sort of accept what he or she has done and kind of go with it. There are always - either there's too much color or not enough color, either it's not conceptual enough or it's too conceptual. In other words, most criticism isn't what the viewer expected that it would do based on what they think you have done and that's good as far as I'm concerned.” PeopleThinkingLooksKindArtDoneEnoughArtistAcceptingToo MuchColorConcernedCriticismExpectedViewers Author:Robert Barry
