Richard Weinstein has spent a lifetime looking closely at people. Here, he considers what the great masters taught him, and what, still, he hopes to learn.
“Preserving my energy for a singular purpose allows me to fully execute an original idea.”
At age two, I saw my father’s surgical atlases on the floor. They made a deep impression on me visually.
I think art can tell more about the artist than they want to share.
I often think that freedom is the final and most elusive ingredient in making art. When you shake off the outer voices as well as the self-imposed rules, and listen only to the work you’re making.
Every project is guided by different questions, but generally they are connected with understanding and visualizing how power and oppression operate in our society.
It’s OK not to always be visible. Your work also doesn’t need to be easily understood. Also, don’t take rejection too deeply. And the reverse–don’t take being chosen too deeply either.
As an artist I reserve the right to change everything when I choose to.
It was just me, surrounded by so much amazing artwork night after night, just me, a flashlight and the collections of popes, kings, and pin-drop silence.
I feel that contemporary art creatives today must address the social and environmental catastrophes that are happening every day in our world.