“The goal is just to try to get better and better, and the only way that makes sense to do that is to work with the best people. Surround yourself with the best artists and learn from them, and try to sink your teeth into the best material possible.” PeopleWayTryingArtistGoalMaterialsTeethMake SenseGet BetterSurroundSurround YourselfBest Artist Author:Jon Bernthal
“I don't want to have anything to say, it just gets in the way. I think the journey of an artist is a journey of discovery and some engagements with paint, with the nature of material, with bodily things...One wants to open the story, not close it.” ThinkingWayWantStoriesArtistJourneyMaterialsDiscoveryPaintEngagement Author:Anish Kapoor
“I don't know of any artist who started off in the 50's who's making it now with new material.” KnowsArtistMaterials Author:Don Everly
“Art today is a new kind of instrument, an instrument for modifying consciousness and organizing new modes of sensibility . . . . Artists have had to become self-conscious aestheticians: continually challenging their means, their materials and methods.” KindMeanArtSelfTodayArtistChallengesConsciousnessMaterialsConsciousMethodInstrumentsSensibilitySelf ConsciousModifying Author:Susan Sontag
“The debut show, “Second Lives: Remixing the Ordinary,” is supposed to be about how artists reuse humble or unusual materials. There’s good work here, but much of what’s on view is actually more about obsession and repetition: a couch made out of 3,500 quarters, a necklace composed of 100 handgun triggers. The building, too, seems caught between wanting to be an object of decorative delectation and making an architectural statement.” ArtMadeShowsSeemsArtistViewsDesignObjectsBuildingMaterialsOrdinaryCaughtHumbleStatementsObsessionSupposed To BeMuseumsUnusualQuartersGood WorkRepetitionTriggersCouchesDebutNecklacesHandgunsReuse Author:Jerry Saltz
“It's really hard to find materials. Also, prices of metal have gone completely through the roof, insanely expensive. And if you go to a dictionary and look up starving artist, you'll see my picture.” IfsLooksHardArtistGoneMaterialsLook UpExpensiveMetalsRoofStarvingDictionaryStarving Artist Author:Z'EV