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Jerry Saltz Quotes

Artschwager's art always involves looking closely at surfaces, questions what an object is, wants to make you forget the name of the thing you're looking at so that it might mushroom in your mind into something that triggers unexpected infinities Picture Quote #1

Damien Hirst is the Elvis of the English art world, its ayatollah, deliverer, and big - thinking entrepreneurial potty - mouthed prophet and front man. Hirst synthesizes punk, Pop Art, Jeff Koons, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Bacon, and Catholicism Picture Quote #1

First let me report that the art in the Barnes Collection has never looked better. My trips to the old Barnes were always amazing, but except on the sunniest days, you could barely see the art. The building always felt pushed beyond its capacity Picture Quote #1

I don't know much about auctions. I sometimes go to previews and see art sardined into ugly rooms. I've gawked at the gaudy prices, and gaped at well clad crowds of happy white people conspicuously spending hundreds of millions of dollars Picture Quote #1

I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists, and are, in nearly unsurpassable ways, literary Picture Quote #1

If only we could persuade galleries to observe a fallow period in which, for two months every other year, new and old works of art could be sold in back rooms and all main galleries would be devoted to revisiting shows gone by Picture Quote #1

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It is not possible to overstate the influence of Paul Cezanne on twentieth century art. He's the modern Giotto, someone who shattered one kind of picture-making and invented a new one that the world followed Picture Quote #1

Many museums are drawing audiences with art that is ostensibly more entertaining than stuff that just sits and invites contemplation. Interactivity, gizmos, eating, hanging out, things that make noise - all are now the norm, often edging out much else Picture Quote #1

Marlene Dumas is one of the two or three most successful female artists alive, if you judge by prices. I've never reviewed her work, because I find nothing in it to get excited about no matter how hard I look Picture Quote #1

Mission accomplished. The Museum of Modern Art's wide open, tall ceilinged, super reinforced second floor was for all intents and purposes built to accommodate monumental installations and gigantic sculptures, should the need arise. It has arisen Picture Quote #1

Not to say people shouldn't get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich people give them their money. (Just writing it makes me cackle.) But too many artists have been making money without magic Picture Quote #1

Rumors sound of galleries asking artists for upsized art and more of it. I've heard of photographers asked to print larger to increase the wall power and salability of their work. Everything winds up set to maximum in order to feed the beast Picture Quote #1

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The alchemy of good curating amounts to this: Sometimes, placing one work of art near another makes one plus one equal three. Two artworks arranged alchemically leave each intact, transform both, and create a third thing Picture Quote #1

The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none - not one - of his ideas about subject matter, surface, color, composition, touch, scale, form, or skill is remotely original. They're all cliche and already told Picture Quote #1

The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8 year olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years Picture Quote #1

There's something pleasing about large, well - lit spaces. I love that dealers are willing to take massive chances in order to give this much room to their artists. Most of all, I love that more galleries showing more art gives more artists a shot Picture Quote #1

Those who love him love that he sells the most art; they take it as a point of faith that this proves Kinkade is the best. But his fans don't only rely on this supply and demand justification. They go back to values Picture Quote #1

Willem de Kooning is generally credited for coming out of the painterly gates strong in the forties, revolutionizing art and abstraction and reaching incredible heights by the early fifties, and then tailing off Picture Quote #1

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Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books Picture Quote #1

A canon is antithetical to everything the New York art world has been about for the past 40 years, during which we went from being the center of the art world to being one of many centers Picture Quote #1

A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low Picture Quote #1

Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations; it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness Picture Quote #1

After it's hothouse incubation in the seventies, appropriation breathed important new life into art. This life flowered spectacularly over the decades - even if it's now close to aesthetic kudzu Picture Quote #1

Almost all institutions own a lot more art than they can ever show, much of it revealing for it's timeliness, genius, or sheer weirdness Picture Quote #1

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Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe Picture Quote #1

Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery, works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them Picture Quote #1

Biennial culture is already almost irrelevant, because so many more people are providing so many better opportunities for artists to exhibit their work Picture Quote #1

Calling a young artist 'great' these days can give one the heebie jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade Picture Quote #1

Early twentieth century abstraction is art's version of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. It's the idea that changed everything everywhere: quickly, decisively, for good Picture Quote #1

Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age Picture Quote #1

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Artschwager's art always involves looking closely at surfaces, questions what an object is, wants to make you forget the name of the thing you're looking at so that it might mushroom in your mind into something that triggers unexpected infinities (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Damien Hirst is the Elvis of the English art world, its ayatollah, deliverer, and big - thinking entrepreneurial potty - mouthed prophet and front man. Hirst synthesizes punk, Pop Art, Jeff Koons, Marcel Duchamp, Francis Bacon, and Catholicism (Jerry Saltz Quotes) First let me report that the art in the Barnes Collection has never looked better. My trips to the old Barnes were always amazing, but except on the sunniest days, you could barely see the art. The building always felt pushed beyond its capacity (Jerry Saltz Quotes) I don't know much about auctions. I sometimes go to previews and see art sardined into ugly rooms. I've gawked at the gaudy prices, and gaped at well clad crowds of happy white people conspicuously spending hundreds of millions of dollars (Jerry Saltz Quotes) I often find myself privately stewing about much British art, thinking that except for their tremendous gardens, that the English are not primarily visual artists, and are, in nearly unsurpassable ways, literary (Jerry Saltz Quotes) If only we could persuade galleries to observe a fallow period in which, for two months every other year, new and old works of art could be sold in back rooms and all main galleries would be devoted to revisiting shows gone by (Jerry Saltz Quotes) It is not possible to overstate the influence of Paul Cezanne on twentieth century art. He's the modern Giotto, someone who shattered one kind of picture-making and invented a new one that the world followed (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Many museums are drawing audiences with art that is ostensibly more entertaining than stuff that just sits and invites contemplation. Interactivity, gizmos, eating, hanging out, things that make noise - all are now the norm, often edging out much else (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Marlene Dumas is one of the two or three most successful female artists alive, if you judge by prices. I've never reviewed her work, because I find nothing in it to get excited about no matter how hard I look (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Mission accomplished. The Museum of Modern Art's wide open, tall ceilinged, super reinforced second floor was for all intents and purposes built to accommodate monumental installations and gigantic sculptures, should the need arise. It has arisen (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Not to say people shouldn't get rich from art. I adore the alchemy wherein artists who cast a complex spell make rich people give them their money. (Just writing it makes me cackle.) But too many artists have been making money without magic (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Rumors sound of galleries asking artists for upsized art and more of it. I've heard of photographers asked to print larger to increase the wall power and salability of their work. Everything winds up set to maximum in order to feed the beast (Jerry Saltz Quotes) The alchemy of good curating amounts to this: Sometimes, placing one work of art near another makes one plus one equal three. Two artworks arranged alchemically leave each intact, transform both, and create a third thing (Jerry Saltz Quotes) The reason the art world doesn't respond to Kinkade is because none - not one - of his ideas about subject matter, surface, color, composition, touch, scale, form, or skill is remotely original. They're all cliche and already told (Jerry Saltz Quotes) The style of ancient Egyptian art is transcendently clear, something 8 year olds can recognize in an instant. Its consistency and codification is one of the most epic visual journeys in all art, one that lasts 30 dynasties spread over 3,000 years (Jerry Saltz Quotes) There's something pleasing about large, well - lit spaces. I love that dealers are willing to take massive chances in order to give this much room to their artists. Most of all, I love that more galleries showing more art gives more artists a shot (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Those who love him love that he sells the most art; they take it as a point of faith that this proves Kinkade is the best. But his fans don't only rely on this supply and demand justification. They go back to values (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Willem de Kooning is generally credited for coming out of the painterly gates strong in the forties, revolutionizing art and abstraction and reaching incredible heights by the early fifties, and then tailing off (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Works of art often last forever, or nearly so. But exhibitions themselves, especially gallery exhibitions, are like flowers; they bloom and then they die, then exist only as memories, or pressed in magazines and books (Jerry Saltz Quotes) A canon is antithetical to everything the New York art world has been about for the past 40 years, during which we went from being the center of the art world to being one of many centers (Jerry Saltz Quotes) A sad fact of life lately at the Museum of Modern Art is that when it comes to group shows of contemporary painting from the collection, the bar has been set pretty low (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Abstraction brings the world into more complex, variable relations; it can extract beauty, alternative topographies, ugliness, and intense actualities from seeming nothingness (Jerry Saltz Quotes) After it's hothouse incubation in the seventies, appropriation breathed important new life into art. This life flowered spectacularly over the decades - even if it's now close to aesthetic kudzu (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Almost all institutions own a lot more art than they can ever show, much of it revealing for it's timeliness, genius, or sheer weirdness (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Art is changing. Again. Here. Now. Opportunities to witness this are rare, so attend and observe (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Auction houses run a rigged game. They know exactly how many people will be bidding on a work and exactly who they are. In a gallery, works of art need only one person who wants to pay for them (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Biennial culture is already almost irrelevant, because so many more people are providing so many better opportunities for artists to exhibit their work (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Calling a young artist 'great' these days can give one the heebie jeebies: The word has been denatured in the past decade (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Early twentieth century abstraction is art's version of Einstein's Theory of Relativity. It's the idea that changed everything everywhere: quickly, decisively, for good (Jerry Saltz Quotes) Elizabeth Peyton, the artist known for tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant youth, is now painting tiny, dazzling portraits of radiant middle age (Jerry Saltz Quotes)

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