Press Die Welt - David Hochbaum Oktober 24th 2008

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This wonderful half-page article appeared October 24th - you can read it online at the DIE WELT website - please see the link below!

 Read the article at your leisure here!
 
Press David Hochbaum Kunstkontakter Video


Konstantin Kunstkontakter came back to the gallery and made a video of David Hochbaum's work!

 Watch the video here!
 
Press ART FAIR 21 - WDR TV


Here's Raf Veulemans at the fair, talking about his work!

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Press ART FAIR 21 - WDR


Here is a picture of David Hochbaum's installation on the WDR website.

 See the picture here!
 
Press ART FAIR 21 - Sounds like me


This article mentions David Hochbaum's installation as the absolute highlight of the art fair.

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Press ART FAIR 21 - PRINZ


David Hochbaum featured in Prinz with his bird installation!

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Press ART FAIR 21 - Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung


This is the article that was also published in the FAZ print version on Saturday, October 4th, 2008. It mentions Yasha Young holding her speech in true support of Art Fair 21 at the public press conference.

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Press ART FAIR 21 - Deutscher Kulturrat


This article features Yasha Young and her enthusiastic speech on the fair.

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Press ART Fair 21 - City of Cologne


This article features a picture of David Hochbaum's installation SWARM 5.

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Press ART FAIR 21 - Freie Presse


This article quotes Yasha Young's speech at the press conference at length.

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Press ART FAIR 21 - WDR


WDR, one of Germany's leading radio and television stations, mentions Yasha Young in her role as member of the fair's selection committee.

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Press ART FAIR 21 Campus


This article begins by quoting Yasha Young and then mentions Ansgar Noeth's THE LAST SUPPER in detail later on.

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Press ART FAIR 21 - City of Cologne


Yasha Young is quoted at the end of this one.

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Press ART FAIR 21 - Kölner Stadtanzeiger


You can read an article about the fair that was published October 6th as well. It talks about Madeline von Foerster's painting AMAZON CABINET, which got stuck in customs and almost didn't make it to the fair!

See David Hochbaum, Yasha Young and Till Krautkrämer sit in full view of Ansgar Noeth's "The Last Supper", Wee Flowers' "Oui, mon capitaine!" and Marc Janssens "Angel"!! This picture was also in the paper with an article that quoted Yasha Young's speech in length.



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Press ART FAIR 21 - Kölns Internetzeitung


This article talks about David Hochbaum at the fair.

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Press ART FAIR 21 - Kölnische Rundschau


Yasha Young's speech is quoted.

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Press ART FAIR 21 - Kulturserver Nordrhein-Westfalen


This is an article published on the state website.

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Press ART FAIR 21 - Creative Face


An article on the art fair quoting Yasha Young.

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Press ARTRAVEL Magazine

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French Magazine Artravel published this really nice article on the Fusion 5 Festival.

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Press DIF Magazine - More Fusion 5 Festival Press

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DIF Magazine from Portugal wrote this great article on Strychin Gallery and the 3.14 Hotel's Fusion 5 Festival in Cannes, which took place in March 2008.

 Check out DIF Magazine here!
 
Press Honey Trap

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A cute preview for HONEYTRAP appeared in PRINZ in June/ August. Enjoy!

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Press Fusion 5 Festival in COMING UP MAGAZINE

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Editor Eric Foucher wrote this really great article on the Fusion 5 Festival in Cannes for the French Coming Up Magazine. Enjoy!

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Press RIP Magazine

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Here's an article from RIP Magazine in their April/ May issue 2008 - the interview with Strychnin Gallery owner Yasha Young was later also published in DIE WELT.

 
Press Laurie Lipton article in VIRUS MAGAZINE

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American-born artist Laurie Lipton had a really nice article in Virus Magazine prior to her show with us in Berlin - check it out!

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Press BPM Magazine Fusion 5 Festival

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Here's the article that Nicolas Stecher from BPM Magazine (LA) wrote on the Fusion 5 Festival in Cannes!!

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Press DIE WELT: Laurie Lipton - THE SLEEP OF REASON July 2008

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Works inspired by Goya, by American artist Laurie Lipton. Lipton resides in London and has shown her work all over the world.

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Press DIE WELT: Lori Field - FRACTURED FAIRYTALES June 2008


Article on the show of American artist Lori Field, who had her first solo show in Germany at Strychnin Gallery in June.

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Press DIE WELT article on Yasha Young

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An interview with Strychnin Gallery owner Yasha Young.

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Press NY ARTS Magazine on Scott Radke

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Article on the amazing sculptures of Scott Radke.

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Press NY ARTS Magazine on Natalie Shau

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Feature on Lithuanian artist Natalie Shau.

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Press DIE WELT on DAVID HOCHBAUM May 3rd 2008

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Article on David Hochbaum's London exhibition TRACKING INVISIBLE CITIES.

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Press DIE WELT on BIJOU April 2008

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Article on French artist BIJOU.

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Press NY ARTS Magazine - RAF VEULEMANS

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Article on Raf Veulemans in the March/ April edition of NY ARTS Magazine.

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Press DIE WELT - Mona Lisa preview February 9th 2008


The big group exhibition MONA LISA opened in February. It featured over 50 artists!

 Read a preview here!
 
Press DIE WELT - Goldmine Shithouse November 30th 2007


An article on the Goldmine Shithouse artist residency at Strychnin Gallery in November 2007.

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Press DIE WELT October 27th 2007


Article from October 2007.

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Press DIE WELT September 15th 2007 on DAVID STOUPAKIS


Article on David Stoupakis in DIE WELT.

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Press DIE WELT March 28th 2008

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Article on LABYRINTH in DIE WELT March 28th 2008.

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Press 030 - LABYRINTH March 2008

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Announcement of Richard Kirk and Raf Veulemans' exhibition LABYRINTH in Berlin city mag 030. LABYRINTH opened in Berlin in March 2008. Music for this show was created by Joerg Huettner.

 
Press PIG MAGAZINE Labyrinth March 2008

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Announcement of Richard Kirk and Raf Veulemans' exhibition LABYRINTH in the Italian PIG magazine. LABYRINTH opened in Berlin in March 2008. Music for this show was created by Joerg Huettner.

 
Press Alternative Magazine on Strychnin Gallery London opening, October 2007

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"If you are looking for something completely different from the poncy-arsed bull-shit that is usually fobbed off to the general public as the new fashionable art (I’m thinking the dishonest, shallow, corporate and totally unskilled “work” of the Emin’s and Hirst’s etc) then look no further, The Strychnin Gallery has come to the rescue!
The gallery has bases in Berlin and New York and has recently opened up in London. Like our very precious and unique Horse Hospital, The Strychnin Gallery is a patron, conduit and showcase for all manner of underground, alternative and subversive art, which otherwise would have not got such high exposure. And like The Horse Hospital, The Strychnin attracts a very down to earth, yet intelligent, discerning and fun crowd to its premieres and shows – so if you want to network, or just be sociable, with like-minded people who are into the same kind of sick and twisted art that reprobates like us get off on, then this is the place to visit!
The opening London gala for the group show “Kings and Queens and Childhood Dreams” on October 26th attracted a cornucopia of “Subaltcult” people ( my new expression for “Subversive Alternative Culture” ) and highlights over 50 strange and wonderful artists. Think the comic Heavy Metal mixed Hello Kitty, Manga, Vince Ray, Dali, H.R. Giger, Hans Bellmer, Joe Coleman and biker airbrush art and you will have a rough idea of what to expect. Plus a lot of the sublime artworks are up for sale – most of it online: give them your support and they will be here to stay."


 
Press NY Arts Magazine on Strychnin Gallery London opening

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NY Arts Magazine reported on the Strychnin Gallery London opening which took place in October 2007. The first exhibition in the 65 Hanbury Street location was titled "Kings and Queens and Childhood Dreams" and featured over 50 artists.

You can read the full article on the NY Arts magazine website.

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Press Juxtapoz - Art & Culture Magazin

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Press whitehotmagazine.com - December 2007

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Press taz vom 6.10.2007


T-Shirts für die Bilderkäufer

Mit Jugendkulturen flirten und dabei gegenständlich bleiben. Yasha Young und ihre Friedrichshainer Galerie Strychnin

Das Wort "Gothic" hört die Galeristin Yasha Young nicht gern, wenn es um ihre Strychnin-Galerie geht. "Europäer sehen immer nur Gothic, weil die Bilder dunkel sind, das ist es aber nicht." Passender findet sie die Bezeichnung "Pop-Surrealismus", um die Kunst zu beschreiben, die sie seit zweieinhalb Jahren in einem Ladenlokal an der Boxhagener Straße in Friedrichshain präsentiert.

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Press Welt 07.09.2007

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Press PeeGee Berlin 04.07.2007

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Press TAZ 25.04.2007

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Press Du & ich April-Mai 2007

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Press Prinz 28.3-30.4.2007

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Press SiegesSäule 04.2007

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Press beinArt Interview with Laurie Lipton


Jon Beinart - "What motivates you as an artist Laurie?"

Laurie Lipton - "Ever since I was a little girl, I had the desire to draw. I don't know why. It's an urge, a need. I'm happiest when I'm sitting at my drawing table. The rest of life seems like an annoying interruption. I would gladly just draw and never go out or talk to anyone… but I'm afraid I might disappear up my own whatsit. What a horrible way to go!"

Jon - "Is there something in particular that you aim to communicate with these drawings? Are the themes you explore very personal to you?"

Laurie - "I grew up in the clean & cozy suburbs of New York in the 1950's and 60's. Everything was perfect. Everyone was perfect. I was a perfectly lovely, cute little girl. What the hell was I supposed to do with the swirling mass of anti-Disney feeling careening in my guts? How was I supposed to cope with fear and rage and all the other negative human emotions? If I hadn't found a way of letting out the horror, it would have consumed me from the inside out.
My parents were very proud of my work. They thought I was a child prodigy, a genius. They used to show my artwork at family gatherings. I'll never forget the faces of my aunts & uncles when they looked from me to my drawings! The look of confusion and suspicion…. I was a cherubic child and my imagery was brutal and bloody. One of the great things about my parents was that they never censored me. I was always encouraged to do exactly what I wanted art-wise. In everything else I had to be polite and obedient. Perhaps that's why my imagery is savage but my technique is extremely controlled?"

Jon - "Your technique is remarkably controlled and I assume that each drawing takes a phenomenal amount of patience (and obsession) to complete. I hate to ask you this as I'm sure you have answered this question a thousand times before, but approximately how long does one of your images take to complete? Do you get frustrated when putting so much time and energy into one piece of paper?"

Laurie - "If I sit down in front of a ginormous piece of paper and say, "Okay…. this is going to take me 3 months to complete if I work 12 hours a day, 6 days a week", I think I would just stare at it in despair and not begin. They take as long as they take. It's not the finished drawing but the process that interests me. In fact, once a drawing is "complete", I immediately lose interest in it. People ask me how I can bear to sell something that took so much time and effort. I reply, "It's the NEXT one that's going to be amazing!"
I set impossible tasks for myself; a thousand faces, a city with every window showing, a landscape with each blade of grass……… if I were aware of the time it took, I really wouldn't bother to put myself through it. I'm not a masochist. I approach each drawing with a "Wow! Can I?" feel, and damn the time and consequences. So….. when people ask, as they inevitably do, how long a drawing took me, I lie to them and make up a number. I really have no idea."

Jon - "Yes, I can certainly relate, which is why I cringed when I asked the question. (Although I believe you could fit one of my whole drawings in a blade of grass hidden in one of those ginormous pieces of paper you use). It's wonderful to hear that you approach each new drawing with such enthusiasm. Do you do a lot of planning before a drawing? How much of your process is playful and intuitive?"

Laurie - "While I am sitting doing all those blades of grass, or thousands of faces, images flit through my head. I keep a notebook by my drawing table, or with me when I go out, and I write down images. Yes… write them. They appear in words first: a title or a sentence that encapsulates an idea. Then I do a rough sketch. Then I revise it. Sometimes I play with the composition for weeks. Then I cut my paper and plot out the general idea; i.e. a woman standing in a room. Then I work on the face. The face takes me to the clothing. The clothing takes me to the room, the room takes me to the walls, the floor…and suddenly the drawing is off on it's own and all the plans I had start to shift & change. The deeper I go into the details, the more the sense emerges. It's as if I start with a fuzzy image and it starts to get sharper and sharper until I think, "Oh yes! THAT'S what it's about!" Then I go back over the whole thing and tie it all together, bit-by-bit, centimeter-by-centimeter.
So…. my work is planned but spontaneous at the same time."

Jon - "I'm sure you have received a lot of positive feedback from people who have been blown away by your work and I'm sure people have been distressed and even disturbed by your drawings (I know this happens because of the reaction I have personally witnessed when showing people 'Love Bite' in Metamorphosis). Has anyone ever been so disturbed by one of your images that they felt the need to take it up with you? Has your work ever been censored?"

Laurie - "Actually, my work wasn't "approved" of from the very beginning. My parents loved it, but all of my art teachers tried to discourage me. At my university, my first one woman show elicited an article in the school newspaper saying that figurative work went out in the Middle Ages and "shouldn't be allowed". I recently won a competition on the Saatchi Gallery art website, beating around 4,000 other artists. There was a Blog by the other artists saying that my work was the worst they've ever seen….. mind you, that was probably just sour grapes. I really don't care about other people's opinions of my work. It's lovely receiving compliments, but if people are disturbed, upset or turned-off by what I do, that's their problem. I'm doing these drawings because I must. If I could paint pretty, innocuous pictures and make a fortune, I would do it like a shot! (Just joking)."

Jon - "I have to admit, I find many of your images amusing. I think we share the same deranged sense of humor. Does humor play an important role in your art?"

Laurie - "Yes, Jon, it's major. The one thing I remember the most about my family gatherings was the laughter. We really cracked each other up with our gallows humor. When my mother was dying and I was alone with her in the hospice, we laughed a lot. That sounds odd, but we found life absurd to the point of ridiculousness. It is, isn't it, Jon? Life is surreal…. in a Monty Python kind of way.
I hide jokes in my drawings. I amuse myself with silly innuendoes. I did a show a few years back on "The Day of the Dead" and a lot of the images I came up with really made me laugh. "Family Reunion" and "Lady Death" spring to mind. They just struck me as funny. "Normal" people are not amused, I guess. Do you know any normal people? I've run into a few and they frightened the hell out of me."

Jon - "I couldn't agree with you more Laurie. Life is completely absurd and wonderfully Monty Python like. It's beautiful that you shared that tight bond with your mother up until her passing. Nothing is more bonding than laughter. I'm not sure if normal people exist Laurie. I think the people that appear to be normal are repressed weirdos, but yes. They are scary! Do you have any spiritual beliefs? And if so, do they have an impact on your creativity?"

Laurie - "Ever since I was a child I've been searching for God. This is strange as both my parents were staunch atheists. It may have started in a museum. My father took my brother & me to art museums every Sunday to give my mother some time to herself. I saw religious paintings of Saints and martyrs and spiritual ecstasy and it piqued my curiosity. I asked my mother if I could go to Saturday School (being Jewish, our religious studies were on Saturday in Temples). She was horrified but agreed. The classes were extremely boring…. all about exoduses and tribes and laws…. so I decided to do some research on my own.
I've read almost everything. I've read the Bible cover to cover like a novel, the Koran, the Gnostic Gospels, The Golden Bough, mythology…. I even worked for a private library in Holland that housed the largest collection of books on alchemy & mysticism in Europe and was allowed access to amazing books that the public never sees. I did a number of illuminated manuscripts for this library. I felt a deep connection with the subject matter and was very good at it. The imagery permeated my work too. The symbolism of the mystics goes beyond the conscious mind and digs deep into our collective unconscious experiences. They're timeless.
After all this time and all my research I've come to the conclusion that I know nothing. Life is huge and marvelous and filled with wondrous, unimaginable things. Quantum physics is uncovering vast anomalies in our perception of reality. "Reality" is an illusion. What is possible? What does the universe hold? I really have no idea, but I'm willing to try to remain open to it all and to retain my sense of awe and wonder."

Jon - "Thank you Laurie. I really enjoyed getting inside your head and I am sure our readers will too. What exciting news is there for you in the future? Any upcoming exhibitions or publications? Do you plan to publish a book of your works any time in the near future?"

Laurie - "I would LOVE to publish a book on my work.
I've just joined the Strychnin Gallery and have a group show in New York on July 27th - August 31st. I also have a show in Madrid that starts on Oct.15th t- Nov. 3rd. I have works currently in the American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore until Sept. and am in a touring group show called, "Fellow Travelers", curated by James Lawler, that is going around Denmark, Holland and Iceland throughout the year. You can see all my upcoming shows on my website: Just click on the NEWS section."

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Press beinArt Interview with Suzan Blac


Jon Beinart - "Where do your images come from Suzan?"

Suzan Blac - "As a child I alway's found escapism with pencil and paper, but, as a teenager my drawing's became very 'dark and horrific', which disturbed many people who labeled me 'evil' to be able to conjure up such violent imagery. And, because I felt so 'bad' I began producing 'nice,happy picture's'. I continued painting and selling these up until two year's ago. One day, I just decided that I would NEVER again paint to please other's… I was going to paint what 'I' wanted!… my creative canker was about to burst!!
So… now I paint… my fear's, my anger, my frustration and pain…. I bleed all over my canvasses!
We are conditioned to suppress our negative feeling's… but' they' do the most damage!… So, I embrace them, it is such a cathartic and liberating experience…to be able to express and share such a 'collective emotion' with all the people who identify with the pain of my art…. for they bleed like I bleed."

Jon - "It sounds like years of repression and painting pleasing images made your (current) personal art more guesome. Do you delight in watching people react to your images. Please describe some of the negative feedback you have recieved? I understand that you metaphorically 'bleed' all over your canvases (considering the emotional content of your work), but do you also use your blood as a medium?"

Suzan - "Oh my God… yeah! All those wasted year's!… But I'm going to make up for them now… you ain't seen nothing yet! I'm just testing the water at the moment, because of all the past negative reaction's, but now the positive, amazing reaction's fuel my desire to paint 'from my gut's' and to be as graphically explicit as I want to be! Yeah, I love the reaction's, my art reflect's the viewers mind, depending on their own personal experiences and emotional level's. Their reaction's keep my art alive! The negativity come's from people who don't like to 'feel' unpleasant, morbid thought's, they are in denial, living out their daily 'pseudo-happy' live's. It's not that I wish to 'taint' their world…. I want to show them 'absoulute honesty… pure truth'.. because 'that' is freedom. I have been called…. evil.. insane..mentally disturbed… f****n sick… a satanist.. a witch… oh, and that I need psychiactric treatment!!….. and I thought that I was quite the protagonist!
Ha ha…I have an extremley rare blood group, so the national blood donor org. are alway's taking more than they should…so I dont have much left to paint with, but I do occasionaly throw some on the canvas to match up the colour (I am a perfectionist) or observe how it drips/splatters onto different surfaces…. so whoever buys my original art… will also own my D.N.A…. which could establish proof of authenticity…. Ooh, and they could 'clone' me!.. AAAARRGGHHH!! Hmm… okay.. maybe they are right… I do need pschiatric treatment."

Jon - "Hahaha. If your crazy Suzan, then perhaps I am aswell. I can relate to alot of what you said. I definately agree that a persons reaction relates more to their own mind than the content of an artwork. Are you a fan of B-grade horror films Suzan? I see traces of Hell Raiser in your imagery. Did you overdose on 80's cinematic gore (with terrible acting and poorly written scripts) in your childhood? I was breast fed on the shite (not that my mother totally approved)."

Suzan - "He.He…. there is 'no perhap's Jon!
As long as the reaction's are extreme!… what i really hate, is when someone say's that my work is 'nice'!… I DON'T DO 'NICE'!
Hmm… yes, I was extremley traumatised by horror movie's such as 'Mary Poppin's'… 'The sound of music' and 'Herbie'… and believe it or not I have never seen 'Hellraiser'!
Horror movie's are great.. they force people to deal with fear, especially teenager's! I was much more interested in forensics, serial killers, war, diseases, plagues and otherhuman atrocities…. I wanted to know… just how depraved and heinous mankind could stoop to, I have seen and experienced things that I 'never' want to again…. Hmmm… maybe ignorance is bliss!
It is these things that have influenced my art… after all.. my art 'is' my mind."

Jon - "Yes, I've heard that ignorance is bliss Suzan, but I think it may be too late for you unless you're lucky enough to aquire a brain injury  Augen zwinkern  Touch wood. So you draw inspiration from the real horrors of our society. Have you been influenced by other artists? Who are some of your favorites and why?"

Suzan - "Haha… Jon, but I do have a brain injury, in the psychological sense I mean, it has been damaged beyond repair, so it is just as well that my work is such a servile and solitary occupation. I don't have or desire much contact with other people, art is my sanctuary and my reason for living. It is so ironic that as an artist, my senses are so heightened to the painful ordeals of life, yet, I am able to produce such visceral and intense imagery.
I can't really say that I have been influenced by other painters, I do admire the technical mastery of artists like Van eyck and Holbein and the provoking works of Bacon and Caravaggio… Hmm… Maybe I am! But my biggest influences come from the most courageous of artists such as Jonathan Davies from Korn, who's poignant lyric's and emotive voice incited me to 'paint from my gut's' and to take my art to the extreme. And, Beethoven… who suffered such an abusive childhood, racked with illness, became totally deaf and suffered with tinitus… composed some of the most beautiful music ever heard.
These are my heroes, they gave so much to the world, even though the world tormented and abused them."

Jon - "Thank you Suzan for sharing so much of yourself in this interview. It is great to get to know the woman behind the art. Do you have any upcoming exhibitions or are your works being included in any publications. Any exciting news for the people  Augen zwinkern "

Suzan - "My absolute pleasure Jon! I have to say that I am a 'newbie', I only started networking in December, but so far Ihave had two group shows with the Strychnin gallery and an L.A film director is going to use some of work in his next horror movie…. and now I am happy to say that I am featured on your amazing website!… So, not too bad so far!!
I want to thank you for that Jon, and thankyou so much for the interview. Mainly because it made me think about my work…. So, I just want to say to all the people who love and identify with my art… and have sent me so many beautiful messages and comments….a HUGE thankyou, and that I will not let them down, I will produce the art that 'they' want…. and that I 'will' paint!!"

 
Press beinArt Interview with Kris Kuksi


Jon Beinart - "What inspires you to create art?"

Kris -"What inspires me to create art is finding those things in life that should be brought to our attention, like that of politics, war, famine, discrimination, or just unnoticed beauty and bringing them to life in art."

Jon - "When you create one of your paintings, drawings or sculptures do you plan to communicate a particular message from the outset or does one occur to you as you work intuitively? Also, do you plan your compositions