I think he's saying that art today are more full of cheap tricks to shock than anything else, that it's more to do with getting the biggest crowds for probably the wrong reasons. To him, art today contains less depth than art by the Old Masters, but I wouldn't say that painting today is visually boring. After all, being shocked is exciting. Perhaps the painting is shallow in terms of it's 'intentions', but it can still rouse interest in visual terms, I think.
-What attracts you to painting?
A unity of form, colour and marks in an interesting style.
-Is there a particular painter that 'says it all' for you in terms of painting? What are the qualities that make these particular paintings so attractive/compelling/meaningful to you?
Again, it's about the way the whole thing is put together, a sense of harmony. I don't have one particular painter who really does it for me, but I do admire Jenny Saville's pieces, mostly for their interesting compositions and vivid marks.
-What, in your opinion, makes painting different to anything else?
Unlike photography, it's all about interpretation, about seeing how the artist sees its model and how they choose to express it through that particular view. It's the fascination of assigning the same thing to several people and coming back with pieces of work which are completely different to each other and unique to themselves.
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