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Art Spiegelman: The Horror of the Blank Page

Artist Molly Crabapple interviews (and draws!) Art Spiegelman for Vice magazine:

Because of Photoshop we all know that photographs lie every second that they open up their mouths. You can’t really trust a photograph. It could have just as easily been a photoshopped collage. So, it’s probably more plausible to trust an artist. You get to feel whether you trust them or not… Artists tend to have to reveal more of themselves even when they try to be as scrupulous as Joe Sacco. It has a place insofar as concentrating on something has a place. We’re living in an ADD universe. The computer encourages that second-to-second dopamine rush as you go from click to click. What’s valuable about comics and print is they actually are a venue where you end up spending time.

Art Spiegelman’s Co-Mix: A Retrospective runs November 8th – March 23rd at the Jewish Museum in New York City.

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  1. I loved this quote. So true, and I have been pulling back somewhat from rampant computer use for the same reason.

    I have two of Art Spiegelman’s books: Maus and In the Shadow of No Towers–very interesting man.

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