I had the opportunity to sit down with Ms. Scott to discuss her art work. Here are some highlights.
Justin : state your name for the record
Kerry: Kerry Marie Scott
Justin : um, now im looking at some of your work here, im seeing a common denominator....let me put this out there, uh, equines. am i at all close?
Kerry : uh huh. i love horses and i always have since i was a little girl. actually um my first pony ride is what sparked both obsessions. like i started horseback riding and when i got back home from the party or whatever the pony ride was at i drew little stick horses.
Justin: did you ever get a hard time about always going back to the same content?
Kerry: yeah. i didnt care.
Justin: once you get outside of the classroom setting its valued to have a calling card, a trade mark, and you know its easy to recognize if you see something like this a couple years down the road i might think "hm i might know that person, i might have done an interview i got an A on in thesis class."
Justin: lets quickly talk about the future. this is your last year, youre a senior, whats next? in your life, the art world, anything?
Kerry: um im not really sure what i want to do after i graduate. i really kind of hate NYC and i didnt plan on becoming a gallery artist when i came in here, but im not sure what else my paintings are good for.
Justin: one last question, and as short as possible, what is art?
Kerry: hm?
Justin: what IS art?
Kerry: (silence) there is your answer.
Justin: silence says it all.
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Not really any depth to this one. You need to probe the link to horse painting.Or ask about the obsession with this subject matter. It isn't unusual for girls to like horses, my little pony onwards. But is probably is unusual to be painting them at art school. You don't ask anything about the technique, how the images are developed, etc. It would also be good to illustrate this with an image or two. If you want to reference the classics how about Stubbs?
ReplyDeleteI had a lot more of the interview that I did not transpose because of time constrictions that were involved with my three-partner group. I don't have the original recording anymore but I can talk about what Kerry said about her work non-verbatim if that helps.
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