Artist Richard Prince
talks about his latest exhibition at Museo Picasso Málaga
"When I was working on some of the Picasso paintings this past summer,
the latest Wilco album was always on."
MALAGA.- Museo Picasso Málaga is showing the world premiere of an
exhibition of previously unshown work by Richard Prince, one of the most
outstanding artists on the international contemporary art scene.
Richard Prince approaches the subject of Pablo Picasso in an exhibition
of 116 works that include paintings, collages and photo-collages that
the US artist has produced over the last two years, along with a
selection of graphite, watercolours on paper and a pencil drawing from
the 1970s.
The Malaga exhibition will be on until 27th May. It has been curated by
Museo Picasso Málaga and organized in collaboration with the Fundación
Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte (FABA).
José Lebrero Stals, Artistic Director of the Museo Picasso Málaga
interviews Richard Prince:
How much fetish is in the work that will be shown in Málaga?
I love drawing the mouth. It calms me down. It’s perhaps the most
interesting place on the body. We do a lot of things with it.
What role do dance and music play in the conception of your work?
There’s always music playing in my studio. Sometimes I play the same
album over and over. The same one all summer. I just keep repeating it.
When I was working on some of the Picasso paintings this past summer,
the latest Wilco album was always on. I don’t think it had anything to
do with the way the figures appeared. That had more to do with El Greco
and Cézanne.
Is there any connexion to literature in this group of works?
Same thing really. I’m always reading. Sometimes a few books at a time. I
was reading an advance proof of Jeffrey Eugenides The Marriage Plot and
Peter Coyote’s autobiography this past September when I made some of
the small Picasso collages. I don’t think anything of those readings
entered into the work. I read some Picasso poetry and I don’t think the
verse entered the work either. I’m not sure I really think about whether
other mediums like music and literature affect what I’m working on.
Is there a particular period of Pablo Picasso’s oeuvre that inspired you
for your own work?
The Rose period is some of my favourite work by Picasso. I loved how he
used black and white photographs of classical Greek and Roman sculpture
and made impressions of these images. I also like the artist and model
series. It’s subject matter that’s there everyday. He never lets go of
the body.
Are the nude women from soft porno magazines of the fifties or sixties?
Or could this be my own projection?
The figures are from anatomy books. “How to draw the figure” books.
Recently published. They’re very generic. They don’t belong to anyone.
They are put out for people who want to draw the figure.
Do you think that by masking them with Picasso motifs makes them more
anonymous or familiar, due to the popularity of Picasso’s masks?
I think I found a way “into” these figures by drawing faces on the backs
of their heads. Using the blank dark space of the hair as space to put a
face on. When I found this way in… “my contribution”… I knew it was
time to get it on…
Which of today’s artists, writers, musicians or film makers are relevant
for you? And which of these would help to give further insight into
your work?
I’m affected by all kinds of things. Just like any other artist. Maybe
the most affecting thing for me is the newspaper. Everyday I read it and
there’s all kinds of “stuff” in it that gets me going.
Could you comment on the different ways (if any) you deal with W. de
Kooning and P. Picasso?
Paying “homage” to de Kooning was more specific… it started out as an
extension of my “hippie” drawings and I was pretty much focused on his
“women” series. Picasso was more general. He’s who I grew up with. I’ve
always made drawings after Picasso. Ever since I was a kid. Drawing is
the base, the foundation for most of what I do. Even if it’s just making
a straight line.
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Artist Richard Price talks about his latest exhibition at Museo Picassa Malaga
Artist Richard Prince
talks about his latest exhibition at Museo Picasso Málaga
"When I was working on some of the Picasso paintings this past summer,
the latest Wilco album was always on."
MALAGA.- Museo Picasso Málaga is showing the world premiere of an
exhibition of previously unshown work by Richard Prince, one of the most
outstanding artists on the international contemporary art scene.
Richard Prince approaches the subject of Pablo Picasso in an exhibition
of 116 works that include paintings, collages and photo-collages that
the US artist has produced over the last two years, along with a
selection of graphite, watercolours on paper and a pencil drawing from
the 1970s.
The Malaga exhibition will be on until 27th May. It has been curated by
Museo Picasso Málaga and organized in collaboration with the Fundación
Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte (FABA).
José Lebrero Stals, Artistic Director of the Museo Picasso Málaga
interviews Richard Prince:
How much fetish is in the work that will be shown in Málaga?
I love drawing the mouth. It calms me down. It’s perhaps the most
interesting place on the body. We do a lot of things with it.
What role do dance and music play in the conception of your work?
There’s always music playing in my studio. Sometimes I play the same
album over and over. The same one all summer. I just keep repeating it.
When I was working on some of the Picasso paintings this past summer,
the latest Wilco album was always on. I don’t think it had anything to
do with the way the figures appeared. That had more to do with El Greco
and Cézanne.
Is there any connexion to literature in this group of works?
Same thing really. I’m always reading. Sometimes a few books at a time. I
was reading an advance proof of Jeffrey Eugenides The Marriage Plot and
Peter Coyote’s autobiography this past September when I made some of
the small Picasso collages. I don’t think anything of those readings
entered into the work. I read some Picasso poetry and I don’t think the
verse entered the work either. I’m not sure I really think about whether
other mediums like music and literature affect what I’m working on.
Is there a particular period of Pablo Picasso’s oeuvre that inspired you
for your own work?
The Rose period is some of my favourite work by Picasso. I loved how he
used black and white photographs of classical Greek and Roman sculpture
and made impressions of these images. I also like the artist and model
series. It’s subject matter that’s there everyday. He never lets go of
the body.
Are the nude women from soft porno magazines of the fifties or sixties?
Or could this be my own projection?
The figures are from anatomy books. “How to draw the figure” books.
Recently published. They’re very generic. They don’t belong to anyone.
They are put out for people who want to draw the figure.
Do you think that by masking them with Picasso motifs makes them more
anonymous or familiar, due to the popularity of Picasso’s masks?
I think I found a way “into” these figures by drawing faces on the backs
of their heads. Using the blank dark space of the hair as space to put a
face on. When I found this way in… “my contribution”… I knew it was
time to get it on…
Which of today’s artists, writers, musicians or film makers are relevant
for you? And which of these would help to give further insight into
your work?
I’m affected by all kinds of things. Just like any other artist. Maybe
the most affecting thing for me is the newspaper. Everyday I read it and
there’s all kinds of “stuff” in it that gets me going.
Could you comment on the different ways (if any) you deal with W. de
Kooning and P. Picasso?
Paying “homage” to de Kooning was more specific… it started out as an
extension of my “hippie” drawings and I was pretty much focused on his
“women” series. Picasso was more general. He’s who I grew up with. I’ve
always made drawings after Picasso. Ever since I was a kid. Drawing is
the base, the foundation for most of what I do. Even if it’s just making
a straight line.
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Artist Richard Prince
talks about his latest exhibition at Museo Picasso Málaga
"When I was working on some of the Picasso paintings this past summer,
the latest Wilco album was always on."
MALAGA.- Museo Picasso Málaga is showing the world premiere of an
exhibition of previously unshown work by Richard Prince, one of the most
outstanding artists on the international contemporary art scene.
Richard Prince approaches the subject of Pablo Picasso in an exhibition
of 116 works that include paintings, collages and photo-collages that
the US artist has produced over the last two years, along with a
selection of graphite, watercolours on paper and a pencil drawing from
the 1970s.
The Malaga exhibition will be on until 27th May. It has been curated by
Museo Picasso Málaga and organized in collaboration with the Fundación
Almine y Bernard Ruiz-Picasso para el Arte (FABA).
José Lebrero Stals, Artistic Director of the Museo Picasso Málaga
interviews Richard Prince:
How much fetish is in the work that will be shown in Málaga?
I love drawing the mouth. It calms me down. It’s perhaps the most
interesting place on the body. We do a lot of things with it.
What role do dance and music play in the conception of your work?
There’s always music playing in my studio. Sometimes I play the same
album over and over. The same one all summer. I just keep repeating it.
When I was working on some of the Picasso paintings this past summer,
the latest Wilco album was always on. I don’t think it had anything to
do with the way the figures appeared. That had more to do with El Greco
and Cézanne.
Is there any connexion to literature in this group of works?
Same thing really. I’m always reading. Sometimes a few books at a time. I
was reading an advance proof of Jeffrey Eugenides The Marriage Plot and
Peter Coyote’s autobiography this past September when I made some of
the small Picasso collages. I don’t think anything of those readings
entered into the work. I read some Picasso poetry and I don’t think the
verse entered the work either. I’m not sure I really think about whether
other mediums like music and literature affect what I’m working on.
Is there a particular period of Pablo Picasso’s oeuvre that inspired you
for your own work?
The Rose period is some of my favourite work by Picasso. I loved how he
used black and white photographs of classical Greek and Roman sculpture
and made impressions of these images. I also like the artist and model
series. It’s subject matter that’s there everyday. He never lets go of
the body.
Are the nude women from soft porno magazines of the fifties or sixties?
Or could this be my own projection?
The figures are from anatomy books. “How to draw the figure” books.
Recently published. They’re very generic. They don’t belong to anyone.
They are put out for people who want to draw the figure.
Do you think that by masking them with Picasso motifs makes them more
anonymous or familiar, due to the popularity of Picasso’s masks?
I think I found a way “into” these figures by drawing faces on the backs
of their heads. Using the blank dark space of the hair as space to put a
face on. When I found this way in… “my contribution”… I knew it was
time to get it on…
Which of today’s artists, writers, musicians or film makers are relevant
for you? And which of these would help to give further insight into
your work?
I’m affected by all kinds of things. Just like any other artist. Maybe
the most affecting thing for me is the newspaper. Everyday I read it and
there’s all kinds of “stuff” in it that gets me going.
Could you comment on the different ways (if any) you deal with W. de
Kooning and P. Picasso?
Paying “homage” to de Kooning was more specific… it started out as an
extension of my “hippie” drawings and I was pretty much focused on his
“women” series. Picasso was more general. He’s who I grew up with. I’ve
always made drawings after Picasso. Ever since I was a kid. Drawing is
the base, the foundation for most of what I do. Even if it’s just making
a straight line.
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