By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art has become a boutique operation, manipulated by fashion, self-serving art scholars and the vagaries of the auction block. — Abe Ajay Copy Share Image
Every time some new huckster of angst-ridden metaphor is appointed by Art Forum, the congregation genuflects, stroking the catalog like a handful of Rosary… — Abe Ajay Copy Share Image
The search which takes place in my studio might best be described as a mining operation, a vertical dig in which a number of… — Abe Ajay Copy Share Image
Somewhere in my head, a private conviction exists that 'Search is the Process' and 'Discovery the Art Form. — Abe Ajay Copy Share Image
By and large, the making of serious, thoughtful and occasionally valuable art has become a lonely persuasion, while the marketing of art has become… — Abe Ajay Copy Share Image
Collage-making, for me, is basically an act of painting, allowing me to indulge in an appetite for immediacy. — Abe Ajay Copy Share Image
I advise students on the subject of color as follows: If it looks good enough to eat, use it. — Abe Ajay Copy Share Image
It is essential for me to become involved in another search, and 'search' is the proper word to use because it promises discovery along… — Abe Ajay Copy Share Image
The art world is now a fashion industry, led by its Whitney Biennial 'nose for the new look.' But nobody, it seems, has the… — Abe Ajay Copy Share Image
