Best quotes by Barry McGee on Art
Checkout quotes by Barry McGee on Art
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‟ I have tons of art books. I have them all over the place. They are in my car, in my bag, and in my studio. There are books around me all the time.
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‟ I love biographies. I read Patti Smith's 'Just Kids.' I'm into that time frame in New York, the '70s and '80s. In art school, I read 'Close to the Knives,' the autobiography of the artist and AIDS activist David Wojnarowicz.
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‟ I wasn't trying to turn graffiti into an art form. I just wanted to learn about art. I wanted to learn this game.
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‟ I'm really into California art from the '60s.
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‟ Drawings, paintings, and sculptures. That's the three pillars of art academia.
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‟ As soon as street art got popular, I was just like, 'I'm out of here.'
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‟ I want to do just, like, regular art. Whatever is made today on canvas goes up against all of art history. It's the most radical thing.
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‟ I love graffiti because it enables kids from every social extraction to do something that brings them closer to art, when they normally wouldn't be stimulated to be visually creative. Graffiti helps to develop an awareness of immediate expressive and uncontrolled freedom.
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‟ I just try to get away with as much as I can. I don't think that's very radical in the art world.
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‟ I'm really into California art from the '60s. I like a lot of Bay Area artists, like Nathan Oliveira and Bruce Conner.
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‟ I like the idea that you can paint something outdoors, and anyone can see it. It's open to anyone, and people have to deal with it. In the gallery, it's the same 150 people on the San Francisco art scene. There's a dynamic on the street that's definitely more interesting.
- Barry McGee