“My background is in painting but in school in the sixties, like many artists of that time, I believed that painting was dead. I began to work in collaboration with other artists in the creation of performances and installation works. Soon after, I started making video and photographic works and in the process became fascinated with the media itself. Before long I was setting things up just for the camera. In l970 I got a dog and he turned out to be very interested in video and photography as well.” WellsLongSchoolArtistProcessMediaDogCreationPaintingPhotographyPerformancesCamerasBackgroundsSettingVideoSettingsCollaborationFascinatedSixtyInstallation Author:William Wegman
“I believe the media pretty much dictates the way relationships are handled, even in the way we handle ourselves. Abuse, cheating, threesomes, it's inspired by music and television. Irresponsible artists and writers with a hidden agenda, just working against the moral fabric that God intended for us to have.” WayBelieveArtistI BelieveMoralMediaTelevisionAbuseInspiredHandleAgendasCheatingFabricIrresponsibleArtists And WritersThreesome Author:Tony Gaskins
“Allowing for exceptions, there is still one basic difference between the traditional arts and the mass-media arts: in the traditional arts, the artist grows; in a mass medium, the artist decays profitably.” ArtStillsArtistGrowsDifferencesMediaMassTraditionalMediumsExceptionAllowingDecayMass Media Author:Pauline Kael
“media saturation is probably very destructive to art. New movements get overexposed and exhausted before they have a chance to grow, and they turn to ashes in a short time. Some degree of time and obscurity is often very necessary to artists.” ArtArtistTurnsGrowsChanceMediaMovementDegreesDestructiveAshesExhaustedPublicityObscurityShort TimeSaturation Author:Joyce Johnson
“New York City is just one node on the global cultural scene. Social media reflects the state of the world, so I've become more devoted to that. To be a NYC artist feels local and small. Social media feels now.” WorldFeelsStatesArtistSocialCitiesMediaNew YorkSceneSocial MediaLocalsJust OneNew York CityDevotedNyc Author:Kenneth Goldsmith