The self-portrait is an act of objectifying the self and in that regard is a unique form of portraiture.
I do not believe that the way paint is applied should be more important than what is portrayed. - Burton Silverman
I do not believe that the way paint is applied should be more important than what is portrayed.
- Burton Silverman
I continue to make paintings of people and their moments in our time because I am of that time. Out of that I hope to make pictures that are timeless. - Burton Silverman
I continue to make paintings of people and their moments in our time because I am of that time. Out of that I hope to make pictures that are timeless.
Alas, it is just a single image - an extended moment perhaps. Unlike a biography, a portrait cannot present the many differing moments that make up a… - Burton Silverman
Alas, it is just a single image - an extended moment perhaps. Unlike a biography, a portrait cannot present the many differing moments that make up a…
My best training came from doing illustrations because it taught me to compose my paintings more effectively, to improve my colors, and to be ruthles… - Burton Silverman
My best training came from doing illustrations because it taught me to compose my paintings more effectively, to improve my colors, and to be ruthles…
I love an art which allows me to document my place in this mix... This is my past and my future. It has its own logic and finally, its own sense of f… - Burton Silverman
I love an art which allows me to document my place in this mix... This is my past and my future. It has its own logic and finally, its own sense of f…
I am wedded to who I am. - Burton Silverman
I am wedded to who I am.
In an era when museum curators were busy introducing the public to photographs of daily life taken by Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Diane … - Burton Silverman
In an era when museum curators were busy introducing the public to photographs of daily life taken by Robert Frank, Henri Cartier-Bresson, and Diane …
I hope that we can bridge the worlds of appearances and of insights, and thus rescue art from triviality, from 'sensation' alone. - Burton Silverman
I hope that we can bridge the worlds of appearances and of insights, and thus rescue art from triviality, from 'sensation' alone.
We do not see everything in the environment in the complete, totally resolved, explicit character of the photograph. We, in fact, prioritize our seei… - Burton Silverman
We do not see everything in the environment in the complete, totally resolved, explicit character of the photograph. We, in fact, prioritize our seei…
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