So I posted a video portrait of Chuck Close not too long ago here
Here’s a interview by Charlie Rose that I found:
Chuck Close is very erudite, and his loved of art–especially painting–really shows through in this interview.
Working in the studio this afternoon, (Yeah, I do actually make art.) I had a small epiphany. Something I hadn’t really thought about before this. I was starting a new painting on a canvas panel, doing some preliminary drawing, roughing some stuff out, and when I set it down to do something else, I was reminded of the first painting I tried making, back when I was 15 or 16. The only similarity here being the canvas panels, the subject matter is not similar, and this panel is bigger.
Those aren’t the only differences. I never finished that first one so many years ago, I gave up on it. I put some colors down, and made a science-fictional space scene, but the colors weren’t right, and I didn’t know how to mix color back then, or about underpainting, or anything really, and that was the end of that painting.
Since then, I’ve learned about color theory, underpainting, scumbling, and how to start, and (more important) how to finish a painting/piece of art, and not to give up until it’s done, or until I know it’s unsalvageably bad, at which point, I’ll start over.
I will go on and finish this painting, it may change in many ways before I’m done, but it will be done. Then I’ll go on to the next one, and then the next, and so on. And that is what it is, and what it takes, to be an artist, whether you sell your work or not, is to keep going on to the next one. It’s not about the one you’ve finished, but about the one still inside, the one yet to come.
I guess voters didn’t speak loudly enough last fall, and the Democrats are just as ball-less as ever.
Dems abandon war authority provision .
Guess it doesn’t really matter when we pull out of Iraq, because we’ll just be moving the troops to Iran. It’s so much fun having such imperialistic leaders
As an aside, our military strategy, and budget are now dependent on how it affects Israel? Nice.
The founder of Juxtapoz magazine, Robt. Williams is one of the most popular artists in America today.
He’s in the collections of Nicolas Cage, Leonardo diCaprio, Johnny Depp, Jesse James & many other celebrities.
Here’s an interview of him on youtube:
A profile of one of my favorite modern painters Chuck Close.
Arne Glimcher presents a series on great living artists. Following the artist into his studio, Arne Glimcher, presents a relaxed and informal portrait of Chuck Close, his work and methods. From his studio space, to the hanging and unveiling of an exhibition the film shows the artist at work and in conversation, discussing the people, places and artists that have influenced and inspired his work, his inspiration in nature, in the art of past civilizations and the work of artists still producing today. Arne Glimcher is one of the foremost gallerists and contemporary art dealers in the world
