I'm trying to make a primitive painting. I'm trying to summon the archaic. I want to enter into a primitive situation. This is my protest against the sensory deprivation that we experience, which is due to this tendency towards globalization, towards homogenization, towards the generic - a technological standard rather than an aesthetic standard. I'm mining history, trying to regenerate a pictorial situation that is more humanistic. It's not about commodification, it's not about fitting into some sort of corporate structure. It's opposed to that direction.
Design is meant to grab you and win you over. It is meant to function in a way so as to make life easier. Obviously painting has to do with something… - Philip Taaffe
Design is meant to grab you and win you over. It is meant to function in a way so as to make life easier. Obviously painting has to do with something…
- Philip Taaffe
I think that is the role of the artist in society - the cultural role of the artist is to perform a healing function. - Philip Taaffe
I think that is the role of the artist in society - the cultural role of the artist is to perform a healing function.
I have a fairly unwieldy set of concerns that go into determining what I do in the paintings, such as the history of the decorative, patterns of cult… - Philip Taaffe
I have a fairly unwieldy set of concerns that go into determining what I do in the paintings, such as the history of the decorative, patterns of cult…
There is a tendency in my work toward minimalism, in terms of stripping away the unnecessary. I am seeking a tightly ordered gestalt, usually. I've a… - Philip Taaffe
There is a tendency in my work toward minimalism, in terms of stripping away the unnecessary. I am seeking a tightly ordered gestalt, usually. I've a…
I'm not so interested in this series of ruptures, where minimalism took over pop art, and then neo-expressionism was a triumph over that. I'm not int… - Philip Taaffe
I'm not so interested in this series of ruptures, where minimalism took over pop art, and then neo-expressionism was a triumph over that. I'm not int…
I have been very influenced by the Japanese concept of space - the preciousness of space, and how one's environment can be shaped to make the most ou… - Philip Taaffe
I have been very influenced by the Japanese concept of space - the preciousness of space, and how one's environment can be shaped to make the most ou…
I'm not so interested in the effort that it takes to have a self-promotional outlook. I believe in being quiet and making my work and just trying to … - Philip Taaffe
I'm not so interested in the effort that it takes to have a self-promotional outlook. I believe in being quiet and making my work and just trying to …
I don't want to fetishize the past. I want there to be a natural sequence coming out of a synthesis of the ideas and information that I gather togeth… - Philip Taaffe
I don't want to fetishize the past. I want there to be a natural sequence coming out of a synthesis of the ideas and information that I gather togeth…
I'm very tolerant of other art and other artists. But what I truly appreciate, what I truly admire in contemporary art, is work that takes on more th… - Philip Taaffe
I'm very tolerant of other art and other artists. But what I truly appreciate, what I truly admire in contemporary art, is work that takes on more th…
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