Leon Golub Professions : Painter Born : January 23, 1922 Died : August 8, 2004 Browse All Authors Top 7 quotes by Leon Golub Monsters exist because we create them, through war and violence, and distortion, and the way we handle people and so on. Leon Golub monsters war people I think of myself as a kind of reporter; I report on the nature of certain events. I think of art as a report on civilization at a certain time. Leon Golub civilization art thinking Artists are part of the information process... Visual history is important in providing a record of what is going on - levels of intention, levels of confidence, levels of aggression or control. Leon Golub records important artist I am trying to make some kind of connection to what is going on in the world, to make some sort of contact. And I use the instruments that our modern world offers, these extraordinary instruments of photography and film and computers. Leon Golub connections photography trying People say: But photographs are all lies. That's not the point. The lie is a truth, too. How the hell are we going to know what Kissinger looks like? Well, the photograph tells us one version; I'm trying to tell it also, but differently. Leon Golub trying lying people Over the years a photo-mania developed. At times, photographic images have signaled a way forward and gotten me out of a bind. Leon Golub way-forward way years The freeze of a photographic gesture, the fix of an action, how an arm twists, how a smile gets momentarily stabilized or exaggerated - to try to get some of this is important... The photofix inflects the almost literal shaping of a figure, changes of movement or potential movement, and a sense of occurrence or event. Leon Golub twists important trying Similar Authors Barry McGee painter Brion Gysin painter Bridget Riley painter Boris Vallejo painter Allan Kaprow painter Augustus John painter All Authors
