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Squeak Carnwath is a mysterious artist known for his unique artistic style and works. His practice spans painting, sculpture, and installation art, often exploring the relationship between humans and nature, as well as social and political issues.

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“Painting comes to reality through illusion. An illusion that allows us to make a leap of faith; to believe. To believe in a blue that can be the wing of a bug or a thought. It makes our invisible visible.”

Believe Reality Painting Illusion Blue Wings Invisible Visible Leap Bugs Leap Of Faith

Book:Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

Source: Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

“When you're ambitious, it's really hard to be supportive of other people. But it's our job to try, even though one gets jealous.”

People Trying Hard Jobs Jealousy Jealous Ambitious Supportive Get Jealous

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“I want painting to be my flashlight.”

Want Light Painting Flashlights

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“It is not the job of art to mirror. Images reflected in a mirror appear to us in reverse. An artist's responsibility is to reveal consciousness; to produce a human document.”

Humans Art Jobs Artist Consciousness Responsibility Produce Mirrors Reverse Documents Mirror Image

Book:Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

Source: Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

“Painting, like water, takes any form. Paint is a film of pigment on a plane. It is not real in the way that gravity-bound sculpture is real. It is, however, real.”

Way Real Film Form Water Painting Paint Bounds Planes Gravity Sculpture Pigment

Book:Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

Source: Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

“The visible is how we orient ourselves. It remains our principal source of information about the world. Painting reminds us of what is absent. What we don't see anymore.”

World Information Painting Source Remains Visible Principal Absent

Book:Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

Source: Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

“Painting is an investigation of being.”

Painting Investigation

Book:Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

Source: Squeak Carnwath, recent paintings: September 8-October 8, 1994, John Berggruen Gallery

“Painting is a kind of call and response. During the act of painting one is listening, paying attention to a self, a voice simultaneously recognizable and foreign.”

Kind Self Voice Attention Painting Listening Response Pay Attention

Author:Squeak Carnwath

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Born: May 24, 1947
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