The breakdown of the modern movement led to what later became known as postmodern-whatever the hell that means-referring to the mixture of people and backgrounds that became a common thing among artists in America. Many of the great artists in America, for example, came from Jewish families and backgrounds that fled all the way from Russia. It's remarkable, the great masters of American art and cinema who were coming from old roots in little villages there. And then Hollywood, and the haunting, hypnotic impact that American Cinema had throughout the world . . .
I was asked in 1969 by Lucy Lippard to define art. I think at the time I said that art was a matter of life and death, meaning just the breathing and… - Tony Shafrazi
I was asked in 1969 by Lucy Lippard to define art. I think at the time I said that art was a matter of life and death, meaning just the breathing and…
- Tony Shafrazi
By the late '50s, something was happening in England, and it got to be quite exciting. The music world then started to explode with the Beatles and t… - Tony Shafrazi
By the late '50s, something was happening in England, and it got to be quite exciting. The music world then started to explode with the Beatles and t…
I think that the first responsibility of an artist is to follow truth, and the innate original forces and energies that are within them. At the same … - Tony Shafrazi
I think that the first responsibility of an artist is to follow truth, and the innate original forces and energies that are within them. At the same …
I'm happy that the evolution of art in the past 25 years, and the place of art in global culture-and even finance-has gotten to be so important. One … - Tony Shafrazi
I'm happy that the evolution of art in the past 25 years, and the place of art in global culture-and even finance-has gotten to be so important. One …
I think being from Iran sharpened my eye as an art dealer. This is why, today, I think the true definition of so-called postmodernism is the acceptan… - Tony Shafrazi
I think being from Iran sharpened my eye as an art dealer. This is why, today, I think the true definition of so-called postmodernism is the acceptan…
For me, being Christian Armenian, born into the Islamic culture in Iran and then, at the age of 13, being sent to England and embracing the English c… - Tony Shafrazi
For me, being Christian Armenian, born into the Islamic culture in Iran and then, at the age of 13, being sent to England and embracing the English c…
The image of the bank robber I had in mind was more in the European tradition where you'd rob banks and give to the poor, like Robin Hood. It was tha… - Tony Shafrazi
The image of the bank robber I had in mind was more in the European tradition where you'd rob banks and give to the poor, like Robin Hood. It was tha…
I think that the whole experience of living, breathing, thinking, and being lost in wonderment is, for me, that of being an artist. And the idea of i… - Tony Shafrazi
I think that the whole experience of living, breathing, thinking, and being lost in wonderment is, for me, that of being an artist. And the idea of i…
The breakdown of the modern movement led to what later became known as postmodern-whatever the hell that means-referring to the mixture of people and… - Tony Shafrazi
The breakdown of the modern movement led to what later became known as postmodern-whatever the hell that means-referring to the mixture of people and…
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