When I was painting in art school - and I think many painters in the 1980s worked similarly - a finished painting would often be constructed from lots of other paintings underneath. Some of these individual layers of painting were better than others, but that was something that you would often only realise retrospectively.
I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I could feed that directly into my … - Chris Ofili
I was listening to a lot of hip hop, music like Public Enemy that was about raising consciousness, and I realised I could feed that directly into my …
- Chris Ofili
When I was painting in art school - and I think many painters in the 1980s worked similarly - a finished painting would often be constructed from lot… - Chris Ofili
When I was painting in art school - and I think many painters in the 1980s worked similarly - a finished painting would often be constructed from lot…
I'm aware that success can overwhelm you. The perception of you can be elevated to such a status that it's not you any more. - Chris Ofili
I'm aware that success can overwhelm you. The perception of you can be elevated to such a status that it's not you any more.
There was a point in time where the thought of people even talking about me made me anxious. Physically. - Chris Ofili
There was a point in time where the thought of people even talking about me made me anxious. Physically.
In the end, it doesn't really matter what you paint. It's all just a routine to connect yourself finally with other people. - Chris Ofili
In the end, it doesn't really matter what you paint. It's all just a routine to connect yourself finally with other people.
There's a magic that comes from playing entirely to who you are. I've got my specialist subject - in the Mastermind sense - and I wouldn't change it,… - Chris Ofili
There's a magic that comes from playing entirely to who you are. I've got my specialist subject - in the Mastermind sense - and I wouldn't change it,…
Sometimes, as I feel a door or an exit point in my work is closing, I'll try to create an opening so as not to stifle the creative process, which I s… - Chris Ofili
Sometimes, as I feel a door or an exit point in my work is closing, I'll try to create an opening so as not to stifle the creative process, which I s…
The studio is a laboratory, not a factory. An exhibition is the result of your experiments, but the process is never-ending. So an exhibition is not … - Chris Ofili
The studio is a laboratory, not a factory. An exhibition is the result of your experiments, but the process is never-ending. So an exhibition is not …
When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to my life. - Chris Ofili
When I left the Royal College, I decided I would only make paintings that I would want to look at myself, that felt close to my life.
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