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These days, no one has any influence — neither the individual institutions, nor the artist, nor the dealer: everything has become a system and everyone adapts themselves to it.
The artists also operate within this power structure, in this networked system, which does not allow itself to be revolutionized and within which no artistic exceptions are tolerated. If an artist serves the system, he/she becomes a part of it. If not, he/she gets the chop. It’s that simple.
Today, the curators are the ultimate artists: they serve the system and make sure that it works. I do not have a single good word to say about anybody.
Today, a famous artist is an expensive artist and money is the synonym for success. There is no more to say on the matter.”
“All I would say is that if an artist can afford it, I think it’s wonderful to go to school; undergrad and grad; use that time to meet your peers, develop your language, seek shelter from the storm, form gangs, understand that these are hot-house years that will not come again and are invaluable - and please put on a bikini if you are a young woman; or just wear really tight ass-fitting jeans and no shirt if you are a young man; and do not take off these garments or wear anything else until you are in your late-30s.”
