How does andrew salgado paint

Only one? Who are your favorite writers? Georges Batailles articulated so beautifully in prose what I was trying to get at through my painting. Is painting dead? Its not going to happen, and if anything, its refreshing to see that painting is still so alive and well today and still has the power to move, shock, and surprise.

Now, is photography dead? I think photographers need to be on their toes today, because anyone with a mobile device fancies themselves an amateur photographer. What is the fine-art photographer doing to set himself apart? Favorite brush? DaVinci makes some short fat ones that are my crutch. Monet or Manet? If I had to choose any of the Modernists, give me Gauguin. View Portfolio. Andrew Salgado View artwork. The artist at work. Photo Credit: Oskar Proctor.

Inside Andrew's studio. Seen inside the artist's studio. The artist in action. What are your favorite art work s , artist s? Francis Bacon was the greatest. I buy a lot of art…pay it forward. But if I expect people to fork over big sums for my work, surely I believe that this system should function both ways, and I should acquire other artists.

It really is a drug. What are the best responses you have had to your work? I think good art always polarizes. Look at Philip Guston , or George Condo. Even Pablo Picasso or Francis Bacon. It repels as it compels. I mean, even the modernists were deemed atrocious when they first came upon the scene. I have no time for ambivalence. Love me or hate me; pick one, but nothing in the middle. Pleasant paintings are so boring.

And I like to challenge myself as well as challenge my viewer. Which has afforded me the ability to produce the work that I want — I have the freedom to experiment because I can lock myself into the studio and not surface for 6 months until a body of work is completed. One thing that is incredibly important to me is that I improve and change with each body of work.

People that have followed my career for some time have now come to expect to be surprised. They never quite know how it will be different, but they anticipate change.

What do you like about your work? Andrew Salgado Talks To Yatzer. Stefania Vourazeri. View all Photos. Play Pause Hide all View all Close. Recent Articles. Home About Terms of use. Search for. Adult Content This post contains adult material and may not be suitable for people under legal age. To me, it seems like a cheap trick. The work also comes from a politicized source. The work is aggressive because it is asking the viewer to consider and challenge something beyond what is immediately visible.

I know a lot of big, bold, and brash artists but to me these adjectives recall something almost pejorative: like a big tacky sign. I do think from time to time the work is bombastic, but with each successive body of work I tend to focus on an adjective that subconsciously comes up and guides me. I also think the work is changing, rapidly, and markedly. There was a foray into video during my Masters at Chelsea College in London in , spurred by necessity as a result of insufficient studio space and a painter turned performance artist as the course Director who tried telling me I was a performer and not a painter.

However, even those videos were ultimately all about paint. When I left the degree I also returned to painting, which is really where my love-affair lies. Everything else has been quite causal. I believe in being informed by your immediate surroundings.

However, their use is always quite subversive. This to me is almost a form of trickery; the viewer is pulled right into the piece — endlessly looking.