Below is perhaps the worst interview I have ever read. It's from the May issue of the Brooklyn Rail, perhaps not a disreputable (but still pretty bland) Gotham paper of culture and news. Two middle-aged painters, Peter Acheson and Chris Martin from Coldplay, interview some other middle-aged painter named Katherine Bradford. Now, the last third or so does calm down to a level of rather inoffensive adult conversation, but most of this is just mind-bogglingly stupid. Exemplary exchanges include:
"Bradford: The title is 'Regatta Armada.' Like most of my other paintings, it deals with the image of the boat. I think of the basic boat shape as a massive hull, connecting it to earth or sea, and then as it goes up into the air it turns lighter, like a sail.
Martin: I see it as an upside-down mushroom."
or just simply:
"Acheson: You are painting eighteenth century boats with sails. Why don't you paint destroyers or aircraft carriers?"
Believe me: tip of the iceberg. Funny shit...here:
http://brooklynrail.org/2007/5/art/katherine-bradford-with-chris
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Martin: Well your paintings often make me laugh out loud. If a painting makes me laugh, I feel it’s serious.
hilarious but touchingly naive? there should be more of this taking the artist less seriously.
But they're not naive. They're all fairly educated bourgeois artists. That's why it's so head-stratchingly funny!
i got you an early birthday present: yay
-b
ps turn the sound up
Thanks b! I just kinda wet myself a little!
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