November 19, 2012

Jeffrey Collins in the House


Last week, painter/musician Jeffrey Collins generously stopped by my studio in Gowanus for a visit and to interview me on video for his upcoming project called Who's Afraid of Red, Yellow and Blue, inspired by the famous film Painters Painting. You can see various fragments of his project at Duochrome Films.

I'm a big believer in documentary projects like this, and especially in characters like Jeffrey who are natural enthusiasts about art, self taught (autodidacts have the best education because it is tailored and not born of an off the shelf, generic curriculum) and self motivated from a genuine love for art and less so for the career aspect of the art industry. Watching Jeffrey set up his camera rig, with its modifications homemade from PVC and rubber bands, filled me with a strange confidence in what he was doing.

Feel free to contribute to his film project (you can find a mechanism for that here, the art world needs more of this kind of thing.

Posted by Dennis at November 19, 2012 7:57 AM

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