INTERVIEW WITH RON KIBBLE

q)Please tell us your name and where you practice.


a)Ron Kibble
Scottsdale Arizona
 

q) Why do you make art


a)It’s a release of thoughts 


q) How do you work


a)Spontaneous consciousness
The beats philosophy of first thought best thought


q)What´s your background?


a)I started viewing my self as an artist in highschool
I studied design  at the university Milwaukee Wisconsin


q) What role does the artist have in society?


a)It’s is a great representation of the society


q) What was a seminal experience for you ?


a)Not sure what you asking with this question


q) Has your practice changed over time ?


a)Only with subject matter like with everyone i am the accumulation of life events 


q) What art do you most identify with ?


a)I dont really identify with most other artist but i can appreciate other arts voice 


q)What´syourstrongest memory of your childhood ?


a)My childhood was riddled with exams
I spent the first 5 years of life in a hospital because of an illnesses many times i was supposed to die
I have dyslexia and at the time schools did not recognize it as a learning disability so i was an out cast in grade school
I grow up on the grounds of an adolescent center 


q) What themes do you pursue ?


a)The human experience 


q) Describe a real life experience that inspired you.


a)I pull my images from the totality of my life


q)What´s your most embarrassing moment ?


a)I do not believe in shame guilt or regret 


q) What jobs have you done other than being an artist ?


a)I work in  behaviour health
In the past i work in retail ,popcorn factory and water bottling factory 


q) What responses have you had to your work ?


a)Seems people either love or hate it 


q) What do you dislike about the artworld?


a)Nothing it is what it is


q) What research do you do ?


a)Absolutely nothing


q) What is your dream project?


a)Eventually i would like to do billboard size painting 


q)What´s the best piece of advice you have been given ?


a)Be true to yourself


q) What couldn’t you do without?


a)Art love money


q) What makes you angry?


a)Nothing i just keep moving forward


q) What is your worst quality?


a)I am who i am good bad beautiful ugly it all makes me the man i am


q)Dogs or Cats ?


a)I have a dog 


q) Making art is a lot like being on lsd.Know what I mean ?


a)We are all on our own trip
Thats what makes life so amazing


q) What does “ copy” mean to you ?


a)To reproduce something that someone else did and claim it as your own


q)What´s your favorite cuss word ?


a) God damn mother fucking bitch

Interview with Georg Oskar Giannakoudakis

q)Walk us through an intimate day in your life

a)Every day is different specially these days I am taking my master here

at Bergen, Norway at Bergen Academy of art and design. I spend much of my

time in my studio and going late to sleep.! Crazy Habit and I like it.

q) Where did you grow up/where do you live now and how does that contribute to your art?

a)My first five years and was brought up in Irapetra which is a town in Creta, Greece,

than I moved to Iceland in very small fishing town and than later to town called Akureyri.

Been there most of my adult life. I am not sure if I be honest I have not think of it that much.

q) What is your earliest memory that propelled you to create?

a)Wow that is a hard one. I wish I remember that.

q) Tell us a little bit about your creative process.

a)I usually start with vague idea sometimes I come up with something which appears

in the process or I use pictures or something which interest me. Than the work has begun

and usually that ends up with picture I had no intend to do. The process is crucial in my practise

it is a special things which happend, surprises and other magical things. 

q) How do you wish for your art to be perceived?

a)I have always had a simple idea about that, if I like it than very likely

someone somewhere would do it as well.

q) What do your internal dialogues sound like?

a)Hmmmmmm…..

q) Do you feel that there are limitations to what you want to create?

a)No, not really.

q) Do you feel art is vital to survival and if so, why?

a)Yes, it saved my life.

q) Describe a world without art.

a)Nothing to describe.

q) Tell us a secret, and obsession.

a)Do your thing and find your obsession.

q) Where can people see more of your work on the internet?

a)www.georgoskar.com

thanks!

Interview with Dave Pollot

 q)Walk us through an intimate day in your life

a)Most of my days are spent at work (I write software by day), and painting when I get home.  I like to have a great craft beer while I paint, so it's become something of a ritual.  I live with my fiancee and our two dogs - so they're a pretty big part of my day-to-day.

q) Where did you grow up/where do you live now and how does that contribute to your art?

a)I grew up in a small town in upstate NY.  I don't know that where, so much as when, has really influenced my work.  I grew up in the 80s and 90s with all of the movies & video games of that generation.  These are the things that have most influenced my work. 

q) What is your earliest memory that propelled you to create?

a)I think that I've always loved to paint.  My father used to paint, and my aunt took me to an art supplies store every year for Christmas.  I'd paint using whatever I could (old paints and cardboard if necessary). 

q) Tell us a little bit about your creative process.

a)I don't know that there's much process to it other than the ritualistic beer that I have while I'm painting.  Lately it's been very spontaneous.  I have a basement full of unaltered pieces waiting for me, and I'll typically look around until I find one that suits what I'm thinking at the time.  From there, I might sketch out the placement of my additions, but very often, I just dive in.  It's pretty hard to leave my easel once I start and so there are times when I'll paint for eight hours at a time.

q) How do you wish for your art to be perceived?

a)I think people should take it for what it is... a parody.  I love the idea of taking pop culture from one generation and adding it to the artwork of another.  It's even better if I can make it seem like it [impossibly so] belonged there the entire time.  Hopefully people will laugh a little as well.  

q) What do your internal dialogues sound like?

a)This is a great question!  They must be very confusing or really boring because I cannot for the life of me recall any!  I think they're mostly a bunch of unfinished sentences about my Fiancee, dogs, beer, and paint. 

q) Do you feel that there are limitations to what you want to create?

a)I feel like never have enough hours in the day to do/paint all the things that I'd love to do/paint.  I don't think I'll ever run out of ideas, so let's just hope I don't run out of thrift art to paint into! 

q) Do you feel art is vital to survival and if so, why?

a)I think that what I do (and what I would consider my "art" to be) is pretty important to me.  It's really great to have an outlet, and it's just amazing to me that people get a kick out what I do.  At this point, it's become such a part of my life, that I'm not sure I'd know what to do without it. 

q) Describe a world without art.

a)It's made of nothing but blank paper and inhabited by people without senses.

q) Tell us a secret, and obsession.

a)I used to honestly believe that if I concentrated hard enough someday I'd be able to move things with my mind.

 I'm obsessed with mashed potatoes & gravy.  

q) Where can people see more of your work on the internet?

a)http://instagram.com/davepollotart

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Dave Pollot Art
Art with a Sense of Humor
www.davepollot.com