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“I feel that once I start something, there is some kind of energy beyond me that enters me and it just comes out. And that’s what I’m always looking for – I’m looking for not too much thinking, and too much analyzing about what is going on, and just let it flow.” — Kenny Scharf
In these challenging times, nothing invigorates quite like watching an artist at work. Try not to covet his respirator mask. In this 2015 video from Out of Sync – Art in Focus, iconic artist Kenny Scharf paints one of his signature murals at New York’s Coney Island on a warm summer day in 2015. Scharf talks about his early days, how he finds his inspiration, and how he seeks out and goes with the flow as he makes his works.
From Out of Sync:
Kenny Scharf is an American painter who lives in Los Angeles. California. He moved to Manhattan, New York City to receive his B.F.A. in 1980 with a major in painting at the School of Visual Arts.
He is known for his participation in the interdisciplinary East Village art scene during the 1980s alongside Jean-Michel Basquiat and Keith Haring.
His do-it-yourself practice spanned painting, sculpture, fashion, video, performance art, and street art. Scharf was fascinated by television and the futuristic promise of modern design. His works often consist of pop culture icons, such as the Flintstones and the Jetsons, or caricatures of middle-class Americans in an apocalyptic science fiction setting.
