I'm not anti conceptual art. I don't think painting must be revived, exactly. Art reflects life, and our lives are full of algorithms, so a lot of people are going to want to make art that's like an algorithm. But my language is painting, and painting is the opposite of that. There's something primal about it. It's innate, the need to make marks. That's why, when you're a child, you scribble.
I like making work in my studio day in and day out, but I'm not so interested in the business side - Jenny Saville
I like making work in my studio day in and day out, but I'm not so interested in the business side
- Jenny Saville
I'm not anti conceptual art. I don't think painting must be revived, exactly. Art reflects life, and our lives are full of algorithms, so a lot of pe… - Jenny Saville
I'm not anti conceptual art. I don't think painting must be revived, exactly. Art reflects life, and our lives are full of algorithms, so a lot of pe…
I do hope I play out the contradictions that I feel, all the anxieties and dilemmas. If they're there in the work, then that's brilliant. - Jenny Saville
I do hope I play out the contradictions that I feel, all the anxieties and dilemmas. If they're there in the work, then that's brilliant.
The art I like concentrates on the body. I don't have a feel for Poussin, but for Courbet, Velásquez - artists who get to the flesh. Visceral artists… - Jenny Saville
The art I like concentrates on the body. I don't have a feel for Poussin, but for Courbet, Velásquez - artists who get to the flesh. Visceral artists…
Whether you think you like Rubens or not, his influence runs through the pathways of painting. Like Warhol, he changed the game of art. - Jenny Saville
Whether you think you like Rubens or not, his influence runs through the pathways of painting. Like Warhol, he changed the game of art.
I want people to know what it is they're looking at. But at the same time, the closer they get to the painting, it's like going back into childhood. … - Jenny Saville
I want people to know what it is they're looking at. But at the same time, the closer they get to the painting, it's like going back into childhood. …
If there's a narrative, I want it in the flesh. - Jenny Saville
If there's a narrative, I want it in the flesh.
There is a thing about beauty. Beauty is always associated with the male fantasy of what the female body is. I don’t think there is anything wrong wi… - Jenny Saville
There is a thing about beauty. Beauty is always associated with the male fantasy of what the female body is. I don’t think there is anything wrong wi…
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