An Ode to Painting | Artist Charlie Roberts | Louisiana Channel
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- American artist Charlie Roberts thinks that we are living in an exciting era for painting. Even though painting’s obituary has been written several times in the past decades, Charlie Roberts believes painting is alive and thriving - and this is not in spite of, but, in part, because of new digital media.
In this interview, Charlie Roberts explains his love for painting as an art form and why a painter like Edvard Munch gets a big museum while the rock and roll legend Mick Jagger probably never will. Going from old masters like Bruegel and Fragonard to contemporary painters like John Kørner and Nicole Eisenman, Charlie Roberts explains how some artists use paintings as a medium to engage with the lives around them and original and playful ways.
Speaking on what makes a good painting, Charlie Roberts makes a point on how an excellent painting, requires more than simply technical abilities: “At a certain point, you can make an image in Photoshop, and you can copy it perfectly. Painting like that is a skill that can be learned. Anybody can figure it out. So, there’s gotta be something else besides the technical side of it.”
For Charlie Roberts, this “something else” includes the ability to capture something beyond mere visual representation. “The paintings that really sing throughout time are the ones that caught this energy that is really hard to catch, so when people can catch that, it is amazing,” Charlie Roberts concludes in his ode to painting.
Charlie Roberts is born and raised in Kansas, United States. He graduated from Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design, Vancouver, Canada in 2005. He is known for collecting and sampling elements from contemporary pop culture, hip-hop to art history in his praxis that spans wood carving, ceramics, painting on canvas and watercolour on paper. Roberts currently lives and works in Oslo, Norway.
Christian Lund interviewed Charlie Roberts in Roberts’ studio in Oslo, Norway, in 2022.
Camera: Rasmus Quistgaard
Edited by: Nanna Rebekka
Produced by: Christian Lund
Copyright: Louisiana Channel, Louisiana Museum of Modern Art, 2023
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"With sculpture, you make a decision."
*Watch Charlie Roberts talk about the process of making sculptures right here:*
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instantly had to look this guy up. love his work, and his energy.
Super cool and intelligent artist. What he said, I believe can apply to any medium one works in, including performing arts. Thanks for the reminder of how fun it is to work. I need that every day! 🙏🏼🙂⭐❤
I love Charlie's work! hope to see more of him in the future!
He would make a great art teacher.
on to it, fascinated by this guy
lovely video, great paintings!
Charlie is so much fun!
Awesome Charlie!!
very cool work, and process
Very interesting! 👌😍
legend for giving credits to chief
Artists love Sosa
I think he said john currin lol
I agree about instagram being so great for art
jajajajajjajaja!!!! A true artist.....Its so obvious. He is able to draw anything....
Eh... ok, shout out John Currin. He said John Currin , just saying.. The other guy seems cool; the KØrner guy. Not like John Currin needs a shout-out... fuck that guy, nah he's cool..