“As a result of World War II, European artists migrated to America, enlarging the scene and diminishing Paris as the center. America was beginning its dominance of the art world with the emergence of the Abstract Expressionists.” WorldArtWarAmericaArtistResultsSceneParisWar Of The WorldsAbstractWorld War IiWorld War IDominanceEmergenceArt World Author:Arne Glimcher
“If Abstract Expression reached for the sublime, Pop turned ordinary imagery into icons. Roy Lichtenstein and Andy Warhol illuminated the transformative power of context and the process of reproduction. Claes Oldenburg's soft ice-cream cones and hamburgers changed sculpture from hard to soft, from stasis to transformation.” IfsHardProcessChangedExpressionOrdinaryTransformationPopsIceAbstractCreamSublimeIce CreamSculptureImageryIconsReproductionHamburgersWarholOf ContextConesStasisIce Cream Cones Author:Arne Glimcher
“I like the idea of a love story between men. There is a great affection between men, which exists much more in ethnic groups: Latin, Italian, Jewish.” MenIdeasStoriesGroupsAffectionLove StoryLatinItalianEthnic Groups Author:Arne Glimcher
“I was an actor as a kid in Boston. Then I went to art school with Brice Marden, the Massachusetts College of Art. So the hybrid of being an actor and artist is a director.” ArtKidsSchoolArtistActorsCollegeDirectorsBostonHybridArt SchoolMassachusetts Author:Arne Glimcher
“I think very often the price paid for a work is the trophy itself.” ThinkingPaidTrophies Author:Arne Glimcher
“I actually taught perceptual psychology at N.Y.U. when I was younger. I was interested in the aesthetic impulse in lower primates. But what really interested me in Dian Fossey was that she made a difference - she saved the gorillas.” MadeDifferencesPsychologyTaughtSavedImpulseAestheticPrimatesGorillas Author:Arne Glimcher
“The most wonderful time to be in the art world was in the sixties, because it wasn't a business - there was no business of doing art.” WorldArtWonderfulSixtyArt WorldWonderful Times Author:Arne Glimcher
“I've always been in love with the movies. They're the dreams of the 20th Century.” DreamCentury20th CenturyBeen In Love Author:Arne Glimcher
