{"id":17061,"date":"2024-09-24T06:12:00","date_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/?p=17061"},"modified":"2024-09-24T06:14:30","modified_gmt":"2024-09-24T10:14:30","slug":"episode-606-dmitry-samarov","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/chimeraobscura.com\/vm\/episode-606-dmitry-samarov","title":{"rendered":"Episode 606 – Dmitry Samarov"},"content":{"rendered":"

Virtual Memories Show 606:
\nDmitry Samarov<\/a><\/p>\n

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“I start the book out with the statement that somebody else should be writing and publishing this thing, but nobody did, so I had to do it.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

\"\"<\/a>Artist Dmitry Samarov<\/a> returns to the show to bail me out after a stressful couple of weeks and to explore his fantastic new book, MAKING PICTURES IS HOW I TALK TO THE WORLD<\/a>, a survey of his art from the ’80s to today. We talk about the process of selecting pieces for the book, what artistic legacy means to him, finding roots of his work in his childhood, and why the notion of ‘progression’ doesn’t apply to his work. We get into the transformative experience of working at Tangible Books<\/a> and how it’s inspiring his new ‘zine project<\/a>, why he’s culling a lot of his library and how he’s deciding which books to keep, how his bookshelf paintings started to open him to abstraction, and why literary folks like Magritte but painters don’t. We also discuss our monastic devotion to art and Antonio L\u00f3pez Garc\u00eda’s devotion to painting his quince tree<\/a>, why artistic memoirs tend to be no good but why not-great artists can be good critics, what it means to see his own books in thrift stores, how moving some furniture can change one’s perspective, why he’s against starting art with An Idea, and a lot more. Give it a listen!<\/a> And go get Making Pictures Is How I Talk To The World<\/a>!<\/p>\n

“There’s change, but progression implies you start at the bottom and head to the top. There may be that in my work, but it’s not my place to judge.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n