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- Title
John Currin with Phong H. Bui.
- Authors
Bui, Phong
- Abstract
"Once I discovered my love of looking at paintings, I found myself falling in love with different painters." In any case, as you told James Cuno in one interview, it'd be super hard for any young painter to look at a master like Rembrandt, I'm paraphrasing here, which can be so intimidating, so stressful, but they can learn a whole lot from Rembrandt's students like Karel van der Pluym, Carel Fabritius, or say Ferdinand Bol. B Currin b : It's like what we'd talked before about a bad de Kooning versus a good de Kooning, I always hated the idea when everyone makes similar paintings. John is both a painter and a connoisseur who seems to treasure and thrive on the pleasure of absorbing countless methods, materials, and techniques from the painting culture as a highly personal practice and meditation. Rudy Burckhardt, a friend of de Kooning's, once told me a story in the late '50s, early '60s, when de Kooning was very famous: they were walking on the street and a young painter came up to him and said "How do you like it, when everyone paints like you Mr. de Kooning?".
- Subjects
PARODY; LIBIDO; PERSPECTIVE (Art); JOY
- Publication
Brooklyn Rail, 2021, pN.PAG
- ISSN
2157-2151
- Publication type
Article