Interview with JOHAN KLEINJAN
q)Walk
us through an intimate day in your life
a)Get up and wish I got up a
bit earlier. Take a shower and have breakfast while listening to dutch talk
radio. Go to my studio to work on new drawings or paintings and get distracted
by internet. Recieve a call from a friend about stressful work, find out music
people think i'm a teacher and accidentally get a great new idea for a new hip
hop project.
Go to
the other side of the city on my bicycle to get a roll of film developed,
return to the studio and overhear someone in an other studio talking very
loudly about pregnant prostitutes. Work some more and return home to cook or
eat out with my girlfriend. Work some more at night and maybe watch a
motorcycle gang series before going to sleep.,
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 village called Zuid-Beijerland, close to Rotterdam
in The Netherlands Rotterdam Rotterdam
q) What
is your earliest memory that propelled you to create?
a)Lego
propelled me to create and wanting to become a car designer, so I did more
constructing then drawing. I only started drawing in my observational style
when I met my superkrisis classmates in high school.
q) Tell
us a little bit about your creative process.
a)If
there is something or someone interesting around I start drawing in a cheap
notebook. (At the moment I use notebooks made of blank yellow papers, because
that kind of paper sucks up the in very nicely.) If its gone too fast or
whatever I take a picture. In the studio it take more time to start working,
because most of the time I combine various source-pictures in one drawing.
q) How
do you wish for your art to be perceived?
a)I
hope people will see the world around them a bit different after viewing my
krisis people and skewed environments.
q) What
do your internal dialogues sound like?
a)Ok,
I'll finish this painting., Mmm what's happening on facebook,, ah! I should
work on., ….................. Ai , there is still one drawing to upload on tumblr,. Ok , work on … …..... .
.. . . Mmm, interesting race-bike
wheels, buy new tires as well? How much are the shipping costs compared to this
other shop?... stop! work on! ..Maybe it's easier to start with dark colors
first and add lighter ones on top instead of the other way around.. Should I
make this next one on paper or panel...?
Can I still find the pictures I need? , , , Aah, It's already 14:00.
Aaagh, this gouache stinks, why do some colors start rotting while others stay
fresh? Maybe if I let them dry they will stop stinking...
q) Do
you feel that there are limitations to what you want to create?
a)It's
mostly a lack of time and an abundance of distractions that limit me.
q) Do
you feel art is vital to survival and if so, why?
Mmm,
for survival maybe only food and shelter are vital. But for me it's an
important part of my life, as I'm always drawing of making things.,
q)
Describe a world without art.
a)It
probably won't look so different, only museums and art schools would be
shopping malls or hotels, and galleries would be shops. But if all art is gone,
people will immediately start making new work, except maybe when there is a
worldwide dictatorship and all art is banned, but then artists can always go
underground..
q) Tell
us a secret, and obsession.
a)I am an otaku of
everything
q) Where can
people see more of your work on the internet?
On my website, and new
drawings and other small stuff on my tumblr
postato da Claudio Parentela @ 03:46
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