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Loading ...One of the top of the pops – art-wise, that is – at seventy the man has no intention of sitting back, taking it easy and telling tales. No, indeed! He’s still very much craving for new experiences, as frisky and fiery as any mustang colt on the plains back home.
Born in North Dakota into a family of Scandinavian extraction, James Rosenquist has exhibited throughout the world, in Europe and America, and has been awarded an honorary degree in letters and fine arts [www.jimrosenquist-artist.com].
He talks of art as a well-made illusion achieved through simple ingredients. After all, what else is there to “a work of art but minerals mixed in with oils smeared and smudged on a piece of canvas by means of bristles plucked from a hog’s ear”.
Form and colour are the same thing, as far as Rosenquist is concerned. What’s more, what the viewer sees isn’t necessarily what the viewer grasps, because a work of art isn’t deeper than coating on canvas compared to an artist’s wider and deeper experience.
In very essential terms, we discuss with him the meaning of art and the connection between artistic expression and social evolution. What are your preferred media and means for keeping up-to-date?
Ideas come unqualified as to which media could be used. I prefer oil painting because it is very simple and it can become a magic illusion.
Are venues and events like the Venice Biennale suitable for keeping up with the latest trends and developments in the art world and in general?
Art has always been tied to communication. With contemporary communication, can a genius be overlooked in some remote part of the world?
In Plato’s opinion art imitates reality and thus causes a rift with the essence of things, hence his disapproval. Do you see contemporary art as attempting to imitate the contemporary world?
No. Art has always pushed the boundaries of perception beyond contemporary life, art is not an illustration of contemporary life.
What work of art of the past do you reckon is still capable of strongly communicating its meaning to us today?
Artwork has survived because someone has pushed the plasticity of the picture plane or space into sculpture. Through the ages from prehistoric cave paintings, why is an artwork that is not personal still attractive?
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