"Inspiration is for amateurs. The rest of us just show up and get
to work."
Chuck Close
Inside an art gallery, it is easy to forget that the paintings
there are the end products of a process involving not only creative
inspiration, but also plenty of physical and logistical details. It
is these "cruder," more mundane aspects of a painter's daily
routine that motivated Brooklyn artist Joe Fig to embark almost ten
years ago on a highly unorthodox, multilayered exploration of the
working life of the professional artist. Determined to ground his
research in the physical world, Fig began constructing a series of
diorama-like miniature reproductions of the studios of modern art's
most legendary painters, such as Jackson Pollock and Willem de
Kooning. A desire for firsthand references led Fig to approach
contemporary artists for access to their studios. Armed with a
camera and a self-made "Artist's Questionnaire," Fig began a
journey through the workspaces of some of today's most exciting
contemporary artists.
Inside the Painter's Studio collects twenty-four remarkable artist
interviews, as well as exclusive visual documentation of their
studios. Featured artists were asked a wide range of questions
about their day-to-day creative life, covering everything from how
they organize their studios to what painting tools they prefer.
Artists open up about how they set a creative mood, how they choose
titles, and even whether they sit or stand to contemplate their
work. Also included are a selection of Fig's meticulously detailed
miniatures. In this context Fig's diminutive sculpturesreproducing
minutiae of the studio, from paint-tube labels and paint splatters
on the floor to the surface texture of canvasesbecome part of a
fascinating new form of portraiture as diorama. Inside the
Painter's Studio offers a rare look into the self-made universe of
the artist's studio. Inside the Painter's Studio features
interviews with Gregory Amenoff, Ross Bleckner, Chuck Close, Will
Cotton, Inka Essenhigh, Eric Fischl, Barnaby Furnas, April Gornik,
Jane Hammond, Mary Heilmann, Bill Jensen, Ryan McGinness, Julie
Mehretu, Malcolm Morley, Steve Mumford, Philip Pearlstein, Matthew
Ritchie, Alexis Rockman, Dana Schutz, James Siena, Amy Sillman,
Joan Snyder, Billy Sullivan, and Fred Tomaselli.
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