I made silk screens of my drawings. I could add a drawing that was made with a machine or digitally to a drawing that was made by hand. What I love is that you can't tell how they're made. For some reason, fooling the eye really excites me.
At some point, I get a weird feeling, and that's when I know it's done. I probably ruin a lot of really perfectly fine things. So part of working on … - Amy Sillman
At some point, I get a weird feeling, and that's when I know it's done. I probably ruin a lot of really perfectly fine things. So part of working on …
- Amy Sillman
That’s the huge problem with an abstract painting. When are you done? You’re done when you don’t want to do it anymore. - Amy Sillman
That’s the huge problem with an abstract painting. When are you done? You’re done when you don’t want to do it anymore.
All accidents and experiments, and discoveries, are what my work is about. The problem that I have as an artist is being way too critical. - Amy Sillman
All accidents and experiments, and discoveries, are what my work is about. The problem that I have as an artist is being way too critical.
Who would be an artist that was perfectly happy? Maybe nowadays, but when I grew up in the '60s, you had nobody in the art club who was popular. No c… - Amy Sillman
Who would be an artist that was perfectly happy? Maybe nowadays, but when I grew up in the '60s, you had nobody in the art club who was popular. No c…
Every painting I've ever done has like 100 paintings under it. - Amy Sillman
Every painting I've ever done has like 100 paintings under it.
A lot of what I do in my work is taking a thing and either washing it off, scraping it, covering it, scraping it and then washing it, turning it upsi… - Amy Sillman
A lot of what I do in my work is taking a thing and either washing it off, scraping it, covering it, scraping it and then washing it, turning it upsi…
In my work, we're not looking at an icon, we're not looking at a sign, we're not looking at a representation. We're looking at something. I do have t… - Amy Sillman
In my work, we're not looking at an icon, we're not looking at a sign, we're not looking at a representation. We're looking at something. I do have t…
I've never read a book on shape. I've read books on gesture; I've read tons of books on color, surface, field, ground, representation, abstraction. B… - Amy Sillman
I've never read a book on shape. I've read books on gesture; I've read tons of books on color, surface, field, ground, representation, abstraction. B…
I make paintings really slowly because I change them and change them and change them and change them and change them. I don't really know how to not … - Amy Sillman
I make paintings really slowly because I change them and change them and change them and change them and change them. I don't really know how to not …
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