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I love this Belgian painter! His way of talking, his manic ways of painting and boxing and overall presence are inspiring. I am going to try to find the full documentary somewehere. Awesome stuff!
Saturday, June 12, 2010
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Nice, I really like his paintings, they're fantastic and they remind me of both Francis Bacon and Egon Schiele (the latter a huge inspiration for Aeon Flux creator Peter Chung, by the way).
ReplyDeleteSam comes across as kind of cool in the video, but I'm very torn when it comes to his obsessive relationship with the whole artist myth. Part of me sort of gets inspired by him, but another part of me feels he is extremely full of himself and certainly bordering on the classic Narcissistic Embittered Artist territory. But maybe I'm just projecting dark memories of myself at the height of my unhappy artistic self. :)
Well, I see what you mean. It could be that he suffers from the 'Narcissistic Embittered Artist' syndrom, but I don't think so. From the nuances in his speach, and maybe this doesn't come across really well in the subtitles, I think we are dealing with a slightly crazy man here, in a way that Vincent van Gogh can be concidered a crazy man. He is not really bitter but somehow tormented by his own obsessive behaviour.
ReplyDeleteBut this is just guessing. Important thing is that we stay humble.