Banksy’s art comforts the disturbed and disturbs the comfortable
Conversation with Christopher Page
An exploration of the representation and artifice in Christopher Page's paintings, focusing on the use of framing devices, artificial light, and the relationship between interiority and psychology.
The prescriptive forms of the art world, as in the real world, alienate us from ourselves and our neighbors. It’s normal to make art. This is a manifest truth that is obscured by the institutional imperative to contain and monopolize awe.
“You should never ask an artist about their art,” Maurizio Cattelan said, immediately on arrival. “The best art raises lots and lots of questions,” he added. “Not answers.”