A quote...

The following is a quote by Peter Reginato - long-time participant in things happening at TAA and fantastic artist in NYC.

Having someone else make your artwork is like having someone else make love to your wife.

Read the review where this quote appears by clicking here. Peter is currently enjoying a solo show at Heidi Cho Gallery in NYC.

Well, then...

Comments

[chris lee]

I knew several of Peter's studio assistants. He must have pimped his wife out quite a bit.

[Stephen]

Two words to contradict Peter Reginato - Sol LeWitt

[Jeffry]

Heck, forget conceptual art: By this reasoning, even the artists of the Italian Renaissance were a bunch of cuckolds.

[chris lee]

And let's not even start on Andy Warhol's "Factory"..don't know how you would characterize THAT..;)

[Joseph Barbaccia]

I understand what Peter is trying to say when he made that over-the-top statement. He likes to get his hands dirty; as do I. But there are times when a concept becomes too large or involves too many disciplines for one person to accomplish. Artists have enjoyed directing and collaborating with other artists (Movie Directors?!) for centuries. As much as I admire Peter's work, if you agree with the quote, you should never marry an architect and expect fidelity.

[Todd]

Peter Reginato reminds me more of Frank Stella.

[peter Reginato]

Warhol's "Factory" a whore House? no seriously Warhols BEST work is the paintings he made in the first 3-5 years .The ones he painted by hand ,all those tarted up photos are just That! A little messy paint to give some color but then again if you don't have an eye you probably think the painting that just went for 70 million or so is a masterpiece... like to hear what Old Masters we a talking about ? and if you ever wondered why you couldn't quite understand why Rubens was such a great painter because you have seen some real dogs so many times ?did you know he had 5 price levels The highest price for the ones he painted and everything else is everything else As far as Sol Dem Witt Take a look at Ron Davis from the mid 60s or for that matter Frank Stella But its mostly about I don't want my art to look like a object or product AND don't you think its time for a change?AND I just wanted to cause a little trouble with the art retards And have some FUN...Peter

[chris lee]

Well, I don't want to say Andy wasn't a "sellout" because I think he'd prefer that he was remembered that way. But I do think the Factory years were definitely some of his best. I think the "Factory" itself was a performance piece. "Power" is a desirable level to be at in one's professional career. "Power Transfer" is an even higher state. Look at the "stars" we have because of Warhol (Lou Reed, Nico, Taylor Mead, Basquiat, etc)The Large Mao paintings, the Disaster series, the movies. Also the critique of "tortured, solitary, impoverished, original" authorship. That is his legacy. The paradox of his embrace of the world as it is and his anemic, pallid persona.

[peter Reginato]

Your right Andys esthetic is a lot like the "rubber neck" phenomena it doesn't matter what side of the road the accident is on people just love to slow down and see blood and guts as long as its not their own .Its a cheap shot but a interesting condition.But then again maybe his esthetic is like the some piece of material thats been twisted and bent that keeps returning to its original form over time

[chris lee]

Oh Peter get over yourself. The sub-text of contempt for Andy and the other Pop artists..Wesselman, Rosenquist,Lichtenstein etc. It's an old argument not worth revisiting. Warhol was a genius. The artworld of The Contemporary West accommodates many significant genres, poses and styles. Warhol is often referred to as a cipher or Rorshach type because he reflects and absorbs what's going on around him. This upsets the true believers in "original authorship". That's what I guess your quote was about..NOBODY CAN SCREW MY WIFE LIKE (OR BUT) ME. The emphasis is on authentic ownership and authorship and his work challenged that. It wasn't about the grotesque and abject or even the banal. It was about looking and owning. No less than an updated Duchamp.
My blog is about "Dada to Prada". The artworld is "lifestyle"now. It's not the dingy tee-shirt, paint splattered khaki's and fist fights at the Cedar Bar. It's effete Yale, RISD and other MFA types creating their own little scene because they aren't pretty enuff for hollywood or tuff enuff for pro-sports.

[chris lee]

I love Peter's work by the way. Alford and Jim say hi;)>

[peter Reginato]

Warhol was a genius. Yes he was but a lousy painter! By the way I like Rosenquist . The positive spin you put on "life Style" is what Andy gave the world but in the end its still superficial ,hollow and a bit tacky and people ARE starting to sense that. Read Ross Kings "The Judgement of Paris" you think you know the story but you only know how it ends.AND by the way tell those two turkeys Alford and Jim to email the old man...but then I guess there no spring chickens either. Chris do you like watching someone screw your "wife"? if you do your a better man than me.Thanks for the compliment...Peter

[Bill Trantham]

Was Warhol a "genius" and a "lousy" artist? Dunno. But, can a great artist also be an idiot? Perhaps Pollock fits this one. I hate verbal caricaturizations; much prefer the visual ones: http://www.sillybill.com/celebrities

[chris lee]

Ok Peter, let's retire the metaphor. "Someone else (the abstract They) Make love to (do)your wife(your art or soul's expression)." We get the point. The whole "authenticity" issue. Authentic inspiration vs detached "quotationon".Got it ;) But isn't that one of the main themes of the Dada to Prada arc since the Abstract Expressionists? All of these MFA's do they really want oil paint on there hands as they struggle thru their 25 page artist statement on their wireless MAC wordprocessor?

[chris lee]

"quotationon"?