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“I'm not anti conceptual art. I don't think painting must be revived, exactly. Art reflects life, and our lives are full of algorithms, so a lot of people are going to want to make art that's like an algorithm. But my language is painting, and painting is the opposite of that. There's something primal about it. It's innate, the need to make marks. That's why, when you're a child, you scribble.”

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Jenny Saville

Jenny Saville is a British painter known for her surrealistic style and large-scale portrait paintings. Her works often depict the human body, characterized by their intricate brushstrokes and rich color layers. more

“The art I like concentrates on the body. I don't have a feel for Poussin, but for Courbet, Velásquez - artists who get to the flesh. Visceral artists - Bacon, Freud. And de Kooning, of course. He's really my man. He doesn't depict anything, yet it's more than representation, it's about the meaning of existence and pushing the medium of paint.”

Men Feels Art Body Artist Courses Existence Paint Flesh Mediums Pushing Representation Visceral

Author:Jenny Saville

“I do hope I play out the contradictions that I feel, all the anxieties and dilemmas. If they're there in the work, then that's brilliant.”

Ifs Feels Play Artist Anxiety Brilliant Contradiction Dilemma

Author:Jenny Saville

“If there's a narrative, I want it in the flesh.”

Ifs Want Flesh Narrative

Author:Jenny Saville

“Be the Worst You Can Be: Life's Too Long for Patience and Virtue”

Long Virtue Worst

Author:Charles Saatchi