Artist David Salle - 'Good Painting Has Immediate Impact' | TateShots
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- 'A good painting has immediate impact', says American artist David Salle, 'but rewards a longer viewing time'.
David Salle is an American painter, printmaker, and stage designer. From his New York studio, the artist talks about the combination of images that go into one of his multi-layered paintings.
The artist also explains how his interest in 'exploring the body in space' has led him to paint the bodies of his models and have them physically lifted onto his canvases to leave an imprint.
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Him: *lights cigar*
Me: "ohh boy, here we go..."
If only we could all love ourselves as much as this guy loves himself.
The moment he lights up a cigar, you know he's gonna be one of those guys.
True, but if I could paint like that I would also be pretty pleased with myself.
Read his art criticism, he's a great writer and thinker.
@@SmithMrCorona he's been smoking cigars for 45 years, as someone who also smokes cigars I can tell you that it has nothing to do with appearances.
if you could paint like he does you would be far more than just a lame commentator visiting his studio via youtube.
The first level reaction.. Ohh boy. That cigar, and he's been painting the same painting since he was 14, thats progress !!
Yeah, those all seemed like negatives, not something I would personally use as an introduction to yourself.. not much progression happening..
"David you ready? "Do that thing you do with the cigar and we'll start filming."
He's been doing it since he was in his 20's chill bro.
hahahaha!
a cigar isn't always a cigar.
Basically
Every single thing he said about his work I 100% agree with. He's so in touch with his art it's miraculous to see. Everything he says about his work, I find that I always longed for in my art. That sense of immediacy, keeping the eye roaming and then back to the initial impact, large, figurative...
I love when he lights up the cigar!.....This could easily be an Abstract Artist 'Mockumentary'
the lighting of the cigar was nice and pretentious
Grace A sort of "I am to sexy for my shirt" gesture
It was the first thing that put me off him, very pretentious!
And stupid. He's surrounded by flammable paints and solvents!
@@Demention94 Best Comment. Almost a self parody. This Tate ain't big enough for the both of us.
@@africo9104 This is like a god damn parody.
The immediate impact that it had on me was that it was more interpretive bullshit. You knew it was coming as soon as he lit the cigar.
word!
Same
I thought the same thing.
You people don't know how to appreciate art OMG .
@@sharongibson3673 Sharon his nane is "David" not "Art".
How to talk and talk and talk without saying anything at all...Bravo!
I wonder if they teach that in college these days? They didn't when I went. Artist Crap Speak 101...I see that so much these days. It's as if galleries are auditioning artists for their looks and shit-speak abilities...!
The cigar put me off immediately, but I tried to resist and stayed.
There is a lot to save after that.
I think it is fundamental to talk about art, and that art not always speaks of itself and this is does not diminish it. The complexity of language, meaning and context behind a lot of good/valid contemporary artworks makes it often impossible to navigate without a map, even for critics and experts. At the same time it is crucial that Art reaches as many people as possible. Surely not all artists are the right people to talk about their own art or even able to, but the idea that good art speaks for itself is naive.
Forgive me because I know this is an old comment, but I think he was talking about paintings. They're designed to draw you in from across the room. Cigars aside.
The best thing to do is just paint and not talk about it. ADDENDUM I'm not saying talking about one's work is a bad thing, but let the painting do the talking. If you need to give a painting a title are you worried people might be seeing something other than what you intended?
ONE YEAR LATER: Thank you to all who took the trouble to comment.
l don't exhibit but am contemplating entering a competition in 2023, purely for the money. I'll let you know if am accepted and whether I'm tempted to speak about myself and my so-called "work." (Yes, l have had to speak to make my point.}
Yes and no because art is also about politics and business to convinced people that your work is valid. This is sad but if you want to be acknowlegded during your life time you have to fight for your work...
So your basically telling yourself you'll never think yourself compassionate enough to make a you tube video to share with other you tubing artist who need it for situations like this. Stupid. Go paint and stop writing about not wanting to talk about painting because you obviously don't love painting enough to want to talk about it with others that much.
no.. u have to have a story to be great
Ironically, and with respect, you are talking about it, you are talking about the role talking plays in the creative act.
If you pick the petals off a rose; you might understand how the rose works; but you no longer have a rose
As John Berger suggested, I think art can be seen as a record of a conversation between artist and subject, and the viewer then has another conversation with the work/s. So I appreciate an artist who is later comfortable to talk about honestly their process or intent which can continue the cycle of our dialogue. Sometimes, It is easy to critique these comments for what jar rather than continue the conversation. And sometimes, an artists work just doesn’t speak to me - and I leave the conversation.
as soon as I see someone lit a cigar I can't take them serious anymore :'(
amen
You don't need to, he takes himself seriously enough for all of us
This is hilarious! Being a NY artist, having weathered many storms, wouldn't it be strange if a turkey vulture suddenly crashed through the windows of his magnificent studio, and landed right on the tip of that cigar.
great idea
I hope you're going to paint that wonderful image!
@@edobarn I have spent the last 5 years drawing horrendous politicians, interspersed with a few decent ones. Finally, I woke up one morning, went to the studio, and started drawing hotrods. that is what I was busy drawing back in the early1960s. The last thing I would want to draw, are New York's famous artists. But hey, you never know - I just do what I am told.
Have loved his work since about 94.
I am grateful for this video. But it seems to me that it’s very important for an artist to be in a stream and to transmit art that is not based on someone’s opinion, while we artists suffer from a lack of attention and we need to somehow survive, which for me justifies attention to the audience in this way but at the same time it really hurts. This way we are not an artists, you become a manager and a salesman. I would like to wish you, if you have already reached a high position in the world of art, to bend your line more and do YOUR work exactly and vision as much as possible. I am grateful to you for your frankness and for raising this topic.
I like the intense passion for seeing scenes of lifestories or glimpses of moments of all kinds of something happening - I would use the word - images of life - and somehow I find it liberating that you seen to use a mixture/collage of drawing, painting, photo silscreens and more - they are definitely very interesting to move into -
When you enter through the gates of the human heart, there are no rules, or boundaries. Art is just a word. What exactly is or isn’t art.
Yes indeed, just paint, just create; Paint, draw, sculpt, write, sing, dance, blow bubbles.... whatever your whispering excitement calls you for.
Stop thinking and channel!
Thinking is for certain tasks: booking a flight or writing a shopping list.
It’s merely a secretary.
We are all children at heart.
Let’s play and enjoy this play, we call:
Life!
Art is something, that has been with me since the early years .
Now I am going some time lapse videos
Good painting takes you out of conceptualization and into the immediacy of the senses.
Uh?
Dada Haiku,.....love the name.
True, conceptualization is too mental. Art is about feelings and the senses.
when your right your right! That's all that needs saying about this dude! Love it!
You're and you're
Oh common....give him a break. I love that cigar moment. His paint stained pants and that glaring stare into the camera. God, can you imagine weedy Jeff Koons or mild mannered Eric Fischl trying a stunt like that?
....... Oh, but these NUMBINGLY BORING & Cynical Comments!!
- If yer' gonna' OPEN ya' Fuckin' Mouth ...... then come out with an
INTELLIGENT RESPONSE!!!
The Wonderful World of 'Social Networking'!
....... 'Global Village'?
- More like 'Cynical, Disillusioned,
GLOBAL ASYLUM'!!
The 3 Art Stooges
Mild mannered Eric Fischl --- aaahhh that quiet charisma! I remember the phrase "one can't draw, the other can't trace" being thrown around about Fischl and Salle, which always got a (guilty) laugh out of me even though I love Fischl. I think there was an interview where Schnabel was asked something about Salle, and he said "Who?" Good times.
Terrific art , enthralled with David's work.
HEY EVERYONE! CAP RICOSM is “enthralled” with David’s work! “ENTHRALLED”
As if anyone gives a sh*t what you think! You’re a pathetic nobody sitting there on your sofa watching pretentious art videos thinking you’re some upper class art critic when you’re just some random clown wishing you were apart of this pretentious group of douche bags so you can feel good about yourself for once.
Making a general statement about something as broad as "art" or "painting" is almost always wrong or meaningless. Why? Because the goals and intentions of the art or the artist differ dramatically. Some art is simply about color arrangement or beauty of another sort, some is to make a political statement, some is to evoke feelings of past experiences or memories of events, some is erotic, etc. Some of the art that is devoted to beauty or eroticism will usually have a more immediate impact, but there is quite a bit of art that does not make an impact initially. Only after spending time with some paintings or other types of artwork, and revisiting it from time to time, will its impact develop and evolve and grow slowly. The personalities, experiences, and influences in the lives of the viewers are also quite varied....any piece of artwork will probably not resonate with every viewer, and some art can only be understood or appreciated by a few.
Thank you for your thoughtful and individual response :) I didn't really love this artist's work upon watching the video (can't say I totally do now either), but I did appreciate hearing about his process and thoughts from the point of view of one human being to another. Creation is a powerful act, no matter how insignificant it may seem to a particular individual or group; it is worth paying attention to nevertheless. Art is essentially the powerful human symbolic gesture of ("despite all of life's sufferings) "nevertheless." I realized as I watched this video: "Even though I don't totally love his work, it's still cool to live in a world where we get these little interviews into people's lives. I realize I actually enjoying learning about artists just as much as their works. Glad this video came around. Glad I got to check out something new today." Then I read the comments...
some art is nice to look at, some art is not nice to look at. This stuff was not nice to look at. People will say anything to validate their reasons on why something is not worth looking at, but if the debate itself is not interesting, the art is not worth much. All good art is controversial, sometime its not worth looking at but also worth talking about which makes it good art. Bad art is bad to look at and boring to talk about. If you want evidence at why this is bad art, watch the video at 0.25 speed, and read the comments during the talky bits... both are equally unfun.
Calvin Burr thank you!!! (Finally a clever comment)
@@SoSo-li6dn even if you make controversial art, something worthy to talk about, but if you are a nobody in an elitist art industry, you will remain a nobody.
@@8thousevirgin yup. but people talk to people. if they dont, they dont.
I’m baffled that he doesn’t plan images in advance, BUT paints on panels with in-set separate panels that work like a punctuation…. No stress there at all. The guy is just that good.
One of the US greatest living artist. Love his New Yorker ? paintings.
wow, it took me many years to connect and understand your work. thank u
But he impresses sudden impact, years of understanding is you finding yourself not finding Salle's meaning.
For an artist to talk about his/her art is difficult. I just fall silent whenever someone asks me to explain my art.
I'm interested in the idea that art tries to grapple with the notion of explanation; whether this is attainable or, for that matter, desirable. It is a non-verbal endeavor, but it is an ongoing doing in the "worlding world". Explanation can suggest stability and order, when it is more in tune with the unravelling nature of things to engage with flux rather than rubber stamp it with illusions of heroism or some imagined arrival at the apex of human victory over all that undermines us.
I totally agree. I think it is because it comes from that same place as emotion. Try to explain sadness, love or passion. Hard to explain.
Always reply, "My work is beyond syntax" - that shuts them up for good.
@@jeroendesterke5917 That's a good one! I swear, I'll try that next time.
@@zenpatriarch-1818 But what is art trying to do? Or why do we do art? Can it be for self-gratification only? Is Flux a new-age concept here or an attempt to collect in one single concept this romantic idea of self-expression that talks more about the profoundly individualistic era we live in than anything else? And going back a bit, why does talking about art has to be about "explaining"? Why can´t we think of it as opening other questions, new connections, paths to explore?
Actually found it enjoyable, I didn't get the negative vibe as bad as everyone else I guess.
Because you are kind and not snarky. I liked the video too. Many prejudged because of the cigar and made up their minds to look for the negative before even watching it.
@@Decopainterandtea I agree. I was already turned off by the cigar before I got a chance to see the collection of ugly paintings.
he's one of the most honest artists you will come across!
The OMG Light the cigar moment doesn't take away what an extraordinary Artist he is.
I appreciate David Salle sharing some of his process.
Me too, because he doesn't have to.
I love the blue double doors with the archway.
Yep, I agree.
Immediate impact, and grows in dimension over time.
This man is obviously comfortable in his own skin...and it shows in his work.
Great video production. It just flows well.
Thank you David Salle. I enjoyed everything you said.
It seems like history collided with the now. Overlapping timelines with a peaceful window for the reflection of memories. We are all carrying the past into the future. Simultaneous integration. It has to be digested in pieces. What an elegant man is he.
A bad artist, in my eyes, presents a blank canvas, this man is no where near that.
None of these paintings are good then- as they had no immediate impact on me, and no impact after a little pause either.
the impact that it has is subjective.
my thoughts exactly
His art is aesthetically pleasing.
No 😊❤
Video was recommended. Title looks interesting. Clicked. Cigar lit. Hit back button.
my school is having a sale on all some books in their library. a book about salle is in this collection and is being sold for $2. i thought his work was semi-interesting and wanted to do some research on it. thank god i put that book back on the shelf.
Wow: As soon as the guy lights his cigar, I think to myself “I like this guy in person as much as I do on paper.” (His book is excellent. [Similar swagger.])
Get over the cigar, guys. Mr. Salle lit up because he knew the interview was starting; it helped him focus; as an ex-smoker I know the feeling. Someone asked why he just doesn't paint instead of talking. Because we his admirers want to hear him speaking about his work; he is doing it for us; he feels a certain responsibility. He is a fluent speaker, the result of many years of quietly working on his own; the fruit of experience and reflection. We owe him.
I enjoy listening to an artist talk about their art though most times I don’t like to listen to others talk about an artist work.
Thank you for sharing..enjoyed this🐦🐦🎈
Hes a parody of an artist.. One of the funiest things Ive watched for a long time ....Its like Spinal tap does art....He a creation of a gallery.....a shill.
Ernest Berry-Songs Restored Spinal Tap is spot on !!!
Totally. This tate ain't big enough for the both of us
It was the “in a way I’ve been making the same painting since I was 14” for me
An artist must put their vision outside of themselves on display, it’s very difficult and vulnerable. Unless you can relate to baring your own soul it’s impossible to understand. Thank you for sharing this perspective.
I left my job in management to pursue my art career. People called me crazy. Hope am not. Hoping I have a bit of talent, and started my youtube channel. Hoping I have support from all of you. Thank you 😊
He’s definitely right about the necessity for balance between the immediate impact and the long term payoff. Paintings are unique in that multiple levels may be present and placed right under the viewer’s nose, and at the same time completely invisible.
Consider the painting in which the human body has been used as a mark making instrument. Those impressions were left on the top layer, and as such could conjure for those individuals who participated in its making, the “circus” involved in its creation Now consider the figures composed beneath those impressions, gesturing and turning in a kind of illusory space. These bodies were presumably created through the use of a brush, a much more common experience for the gallery-going crowd. The circus that is laid upon the canvas at this layer, now mirrors the circus taking place in Salle’s mind as he creates, with the brush operating as a fulcrum of sorts.
Now, observe the contrast brought to bear upon the mind of the viewer, who considers the image before them and considers the mark making implement and its relationship to the body in mind just by looking at this strange surface. Isn’t this another kind of circus?
All this to say that you can focus on the cigar and call him pretentious thereby avoiding any potential embarrassment from exposing your ignorance, or you can take what he’s saying seriously and see where that leads you. There may be something in that experience worth exploring and enjoying. We steal from ourselves when we are too quick to dismiss what we don’t immediately understand.
Jay, I totally agree and appreciate your comment. Thank you.
Damn. This guy is good. His whole f*ckin' vibe's like a mob boss with a paint brush. And that piece at 1:28. Wow.
Wow! Wow! Wow! I'm genuinely blown away by this work! I'm so inspired. Thank you! I needed to see this. Made my day. 🤗🙏👍💖
It’s much better than some of the modern art I’ve seen.
good work!
Obviously many people commenting aren't aware that Salle is one of the most influential painters of postmodern art. Sure, he might not be the best technician, but the emotionless quality of the work is part of the expression. And yes his pretentiousness is well known. But I've always been interested in what he has to say. Like the fascination with listening to a philosopher like Derrida or Foucault even if you disagree with everything they're saying.
A genuine work of art usually displeases at first sight, as it suggests a deficiency in the spectator. (Johann Wolfgang von Goethe)
Vic Proulx .....interesting...it should unsettle you and make you look again...and keep looking....not knowing whether it's good or not...isn't it ?
@@neoaureus Goethe suggests that sometimes there are renewed looks, and a learning to love the exotic.
Vic Proulx ...he never saw a Picasso.
Maybe he wouldn't say that if he's seen today's contemporary or post modernist art.
As a „hobby“ artist (is there such a thing?) I am surprised how many negative comments I find here. I am just grateful for people spending their time creating and not destroying something. I think it is of no use for the inner process inside of yourself judging this man for being himself.
I think some artists forget to actually live and experience reality, so they overcompensate and their work becomes overly contrived by default; they're not expressing themselves authentically; they're creating images to placate their perceived audience...like an interior designer furnishing the lobby of a mediocre hotel.
Very nice comment
Can we quote you? ;)
yeah, will keep that in mind..
So beautiful
yeah I'm not feeling a heartbeat in the work...
I agree, they all look like they needed a image reference to be completed. It’s also just all over the place and sporadic asf
@@ThoughtPumpkin0 The big joke in Salle's day referred to his inability to trace
Google is one click away, stop hatin.
Salle's catalogue of works is undeniably remarkable and concrete.
I'm pretty good with picking up on subtle details, but did anyone else notice that he was smoking a cigar throughout the interview?
lol
Yeah he is the man
Thanx for suggestion!
A vitality of self regard and high dudgeon for the pleboshere.
Agree with Carey. But now I want a cigar
I am attracted to the figures moving in space - somehow the are very imaginary - like Dream travels, glimpses of. Something that happened somewhere
That's how I feel a bit about it too Lis...His paintings just make me think of that moment before you fall asleep when you're still thinking about the day , but your mind is starting to wonder towards sleep. It's so visceral for me, and I have't really seen much else that quite grasps it the same way. That's just my feeling on it though.
Love this true narrative
david sale is a great painter, and his work is much different than schnabel's. his teacher was baldessari and you can tell. he can draw just fine, thank you very much. art isn't just about draftsmanship.
Good to see artists that have made it in the art world. Interesting ART. Thanks for sharing. :)
Great voice! Shoulda been in radio. Liked his simpler narrative and enigmatic works best. I don't smoke but I liked the pretentious BIG cigar lighting in the BIG studio!
In spite of what old Sigmund said about it; sometimes a cigar isn't just a cigar at all.
Something I've been told I HAVE to do in my new VLOG series. Look at the work, the total body of work will tell the story better than i will ever be able to
The negative comments here are pathetic. Weak jealousy plus 'why don't he just talk normal'. In reality, this dude is very plain spoken with minimal tendendency toward theoretical jargoplexing. And his work speaks for itself.
i think the cigar bit is the best
Irony, the cigar is the art, the paint just misses.
Did I miss something? Why are there so many negative comments?
tem uma postura snobe, mas o trabalho é incrível 😍
So nice.
was never a great painter but was swept up along with Fishcle and Longo to become extremly successful - like Schnabel who is a terrible painter and always has been. Salle is a decent collage painter, reproduces well but if you see the works in the flesh -they are pretty lifeless affairs
It seems like contemporary art is dominated by intellectual constructs. Ideas and concepts are more important than simple visual reactions.
Immediate impact with demands. His philosophy just goes through well this era
OMG WE HAVE THE SAME OPAQUE PROJECTOR -that sucker is heavy
I like his attitude
The king’s new clothes
I'm pleased to see a growing distaste for postmodernism and it's priest class. Also pleased he didn't mention a "journey" or "personal truth".
Nếu "làm đỉ" thì tôi củng nghỉ dc như rứa, xã hội thì chỉ thế thôi. Làm việc ở Văn Bản Pháp Luật thì ko thể thay đổi. Tôi là Tác Phẩm Art
This should have been titled "First year art student smokes cigar"
Don't let me laugh 😂😂
True. One split of a second.
I too look into the camera when lighting my luxury cigars. We have a lot in common.
The smell of the cigar embedding in the canvas..
All these people here commenting on "talent" and/or "lack of talent" makes me sick and depressed, and it's only indicative of how much they haven't got a clue of what contemporary art's about: what they call "talent" is just a minuscule part of this trade. "Talent" is such an overrated component. As is "liking" something (in the sense that "I like this, therefore it is good and valuable"). Personally, I am unable to admire someone just for having been born with some gift; it's like admiring a woman for being pretty. You might just enjoy looking at that beautiful woman, but you don't admire her for that reason; she is pretty in an unwittingly way, so to say, there is no merit in that. What I can admire in someone making art, is having made relevant choices, having taken brave decissions and having worked very hard, steadily and sharply, in the development of a certain vision or impulse, and to me David Salle (his petulant manners put aside) certainly seems to be that.
Cristián Silva ...I have issues with the word ‘ talent’.
When you say a person has talent, it connotes some sort of innate gift that they have been blessed with.
And, it short changes the artist by failing to recognize and credit him for the years of work,study and practice that is the real source of his artistic success.
The term is also used to justify quitting.
A person who believes that there are some people who have talent and others who, sadly, lack it, can stop making an effort and give up saying, ‘well, what’s the point? I don’t have any talent.’
@@renzo6490 you get it.
That’s a lot of words ,I liked some of his earlier stuff ,he’s wandered off the path and his paintings look weak and confused now ,it happens .
@@johncastle8254 "Like", pffff.
What about the paintings where you hired my painter friends at that Jersey City Sign Painting shop to do the paintings for you? Your design, granted, but it was they who could paint, not you.
It's odd now that it seems to be more commonplace that 'artists' just hire others to do the work. Surely you'd be a 'designer', if you design something, and an 'artist' if you create the art and vision itself. Strange times. Personally I prefer an artist who does the art themselves XD
Yes first sight impact presence giant
I was like: “He lights up a giant cigar. Nope! Pause! Next!”
Why is the cigar that big of a deal ?
Let the man enjoy a cigar. Hahaha
@@ben2jamming To many, it seems very pretentious, to be lighting it up for a interview.
I feel bad for the people that watched this video and only came away with how he lit his cigar.
Finally a decent comment. I can’t believe how distracted everyone is.
it so beautiful i like your pictures
Judging by the comments here, he was right about painting having immediate impact.
i love his shit.
I have someone sell my art !I hate talking about it to someone it's in one's own eyes to see!.
Lot of people are getting worked up about his cigar lighting part. I think this was shot before the formal interview began (the way he looks self-consciously at the camera after lighting up) and was included as an interesting opening. But it has the effect of a smug/entitled man, which is unfortunate, because he does have something worthwhile to say.
what is the story behind it?
After watching a lot of videos on abstract art, I came down from dismissing them as outright mediocre to artists who have a good colour sense.
color is hard! :)
I like to create long lasting impacts
this reads like an actor playing a painter in a luxury brand commercial... nice paintings tho
I thought at first, is this guy an actor playing the self absorbed.
The best painting in that studio is the job someone did on that blue door.